RailPictures.Net Photo: CR 2776 Conrail GE U23B at Princeton Junction, New Jersey by Charles Freericks

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» Conrail (more..)
» GE U23B (more..)

» Princeton Junction
» Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA (more..)
» April 01, 1978

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» CR 2776 (more..)
» Unknown

» Charles Freericks (more..)
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A Conrail freight train led by a long-hood front U23B (so it's facing forward believe it or not, these units were known as "Long Snauters") passes through Princeton Junction on April Fool's Day 1978. Behind it is a GP38-2. Penn Central ordered the GP38-2s and U23Bs at the same time, a bargain basement selection of the least expensive locomotives in the two major builders' catalogs. The 38-2s, while everywhere, were good power. The U23Bs, as related to me by rails at the time, were garbage.

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