Three black Penn Central locomotives, and a third in the grey and maroon livery of the old Erie Lackawanna Railroad, lead a train of new automobiles on flatcars.

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April 1976.
Although its after April 1st, 1976, you can't tell Conrail has begun. Three PC units and an EL SDP45 are hurrying a merchandise train through Leetsdale, PA

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Hot Shot December 1976. An eastbound hot shot rolls into LEETS at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania.

Hot Shot
December 1976.
An eastbound hot shot rolls into LEETS at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
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LEETS May 1975. PC SD40 6083 leads an eastbound under the home signal of LEETS tower at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania

May 1975.
Penn Central SD40 6083 leads an eastbound freight under the home signal of LEETS tower at Leetsdale, PA

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Bee Line Brute May 1976. Reading ALCO C630 5308 has yet to receive its new identify under Conrail. The trailing Penn Central U25B 2501 also hasn't picked up a patch job yet either. Both were shot at Leetsdale, Penns...

Bee Line Brute
May 1976. Reading ALCO C630 5308 has yet to receive its new identify under Conrail. The trailing Penn Central U25B 2501 hasn't picked up a patch job yet either. Leetsdale, PA.

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Jade Green May 1976. CR 22893 still wears the paint of former owner, Penn Central in Leetsdale, PA

Jade Green. May 1976. CR 22893 still wears the paint of former owner, Penn Central in Leetsdale, PA

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