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RF&P 8 and C
Title:  RF&P 8 and C
Description:  Another photograph from the yard tower at Potomac Yard in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:34:24 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 8(SW1500) RFP C(Yard Slug) PC 2231(GP30) PC 2216(GP30) RFP 3(SW1500)
Views:  1248   Comments: 2
RF&P 5 and B
Title:  RF&P 5 and B
Description:  An EMD SW1500 and a slug work at Potomac Yard, April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:28:12 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 5(SW1500) RFP B(Yard Slug)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
RF&P 5
Title:  RF&P 5
Description:  An EMD SW1500 switching at the once vast Potomac Yard in Alexandria, VA, in July 1976. This photograph was taken from a passing Amtrak train heading north from Florida.
Photo Date:  7/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:27:09 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 5(SW1500)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
RF&P 7
Title:  RF&P 7
Description:  A friend of mine worked for Penn Central and then Amtrak and in April 1976 he was able to get us access to Potomac Yard and this photo is taken from the yard tower there.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:30:40 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 7(SW1500) PC 2216(GP30) PC 2202(GP30)
Views:  933   Comments: 0
RF&P 91
Title:  RF&P 91
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Potomac Yard in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:31:32 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RFP 91(SW1500)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
Southern 2343
Title:  Southern 2343
Description:  The EMD SW1500 is working the Atlanta yard with a slug (traction motors but no diesel engine) in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:11:05 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2343(SW1500) SOU 914(Yard Slug)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
Reading 2754
Title:  Reading 2754
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/11/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:14:00 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2754(SW1500)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Reading 2755
Title:  Reading 2755
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Wayne Junction in October 1976.
Photo Date:  10/11/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:27:28 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2755(SW1500)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Reading 2758
Title:  Reading 2758
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/8/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:22:34 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2758(SW1500)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
Reading 2758
Title:  Reading 2758
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at the Wayne Junction shops in April 1977 photographed from a passing train.
Photo Date:  4/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 9:28:41 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2758(SW1500)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Reading 2761
Title:  Reading 2761
Description:  An EMD SW1500 working Allentown Yard in May 1976.
Photo Date:  5/22/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 5:07:01 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2761(SW1500)
Views:  667   Comments: 2
Reading 2762
Title:  Reading 2762
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/1/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:15:36 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2762(SW1500) RDG 3619(GP30)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
Reading 2765
Title:  Reading 2765
Description:  A switcher rests between assignments at Abrams Yard in August 1976. This green and yellow livery (nile green and gold in Reading speak) was the intermediate paint scheme used in the 1960s by the railroad.
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:54:19 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2765(SW1500)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
Reading 2766
Title:  Reading 2766
Description:  Ten months after Conrail, little has changed for this EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:18:03 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2766(SW1500)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
Reading 2767
Title:  Reading 2767
Description:  Switching at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/23/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 10:30:09 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2767(SW1500)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Reading 2770
Title:  Reading 2770
Description:  A switcher and caboose, both still in Reading livery, almost a year after the formation of Conrail at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 10:25:59 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2770(SW1500)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
Conrail 9590
Title:  Conrail 9590
Description:  An ex-Reading EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in October 1977.
Photo Date:  10/21/1977  Upload Date: 9/1/2013 8:07:37 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 9590(SW1500)
Views:  455   Comments: 0
Conrail 9592
Title:  Conrail 9592
Description:  EMD SW1500, Abrams Yard, May 1978. Another quicky Conrail repaint with rather sloppy cab numbers.
Photo Date:  5/13/1978  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 4:37:34 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 9592(SW1500)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
Conrail 9616
Title:  Conrail 9616
Description:  A local freight crosses DeKalb Street in Bridgeport, PA, in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 4:39:35 PM
Location:  Bridgeport, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 9616(SW1500) CR 9618(SW1500)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
Conrail 9617
Title:  Conrail 9617
Description:  A quicky Conrail repaint of an ex-Reading EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in August 1977.
Photo Date:  8/13/1977  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 10:59:58 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 9617(SW1500)
Views:  425   Comments: 0

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