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Owner: Conrail
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:CR 6453 (SD40-2)
Serial Number:786148-13Order No:786148
Frame Number:786148-13Built:10/1978
Other locos with this serial:  NS 3386(SD40-2) CR 6453(SD40-2)
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CR 6453 eastbound
Title:  CR 6453 eastbound
Description:  At CP BANKS MP 113
Photo Date:  4/7/1979  Upload Date: 1/25/2013 5:24:28 PM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/29/1979  Upload Date: 9/1/2011 3:35:09 PM
Location:  Rockville, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6458(SD40-2)
Views:  565   Comments: 1
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/8/1979  Upload Date: 9/1/2011 3:36:53 PM
Location:  Baden, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6301(SD40)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/8/1979  Upload Date: 9/1/2011 3:37:35 PM
Location:  Baden, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6301(SD40)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
CR 8-Pack Herder
Title:  CR 8-Pack Herder
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/12/1981  Upload Date: 4/26/2009 11:44:20 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 3371(GP40-2) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  419   Comments: 1
Helpers returning
Title:  Helpers returning
Description:  A pair of helpers makes their way back to Altoona for another westbound.
Photo Date:  9/27/1984  Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:32:07 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6085(SD45) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  405   Comments: 1
Head end helpers
Title:  Head end helpers
Description:  Sometimes, due to train make up, the helpers were put up front. Typically this happened with Trailvans, but some other trains got them as well. Here we see a TV train on its way uphill.
Photo Date:  9/27/1984  Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:34:39 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6085(SD45) CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6042(SD35) CR 8144(GP38-2) CR 2732(U23B) CR 3326(GP40-2)
Views:  823   Comments: 2
Westbound at the curve
Title:  Westbound at the curve
Description:  The train with the head end helpers passes the park at Horseshoe. Those were the days-an SD45, ex EL 3620, in the helper set, and an SD35 leading the train.
Photo Date:  9/27/1984  Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:36:19 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6085(SD45) CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6042(SD35) CR 8144(GP38-2) CR 2732(U23B) CR 3326(GP40-2)
Views:  753   Comments: 1
CR 6658
Title:  CR 6658
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1985  Upload Date: 2/17/2008 2:51:53 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6658(SD45-2) CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6665(SD45-2)
Views:  782   Comments: 1
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/18/1986  Upload Date: 4/28/2008 10:43:10 AM
Location:  Detroit, MI
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
WM 3796 and CR 6453
Title:  WM 3796 and CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2010 8:39:29 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WM 3796(GP40) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
C&O 7507 and CR 6453
Title:  C&O 7507 and CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/24/2010 2:13:34 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CO 7507(SD40) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  446   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/12/2012 8:51:22 AM
Location:  Solomon Gap, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  388   Comments: 2
CR 6453 lead train CGAL
Title:  CR 6453 lead train CGAL
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1987  Upload Date: 11/3/2008 2:48:46 PM
Location:  Pittston Junction, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6406(SD40-2) CR 6436(SD40-2)
Views:  987   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1987  Upload Date: 11/3/2008 2:49:21 PM
Location:  Duryea, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
CR 6453 leads train CGAL
Title:  CR 6453 leads train CGAL
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1987  Upload Date: 11/3/2008 2:49:43 PM
Location:  Duryea, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1987  Upload Date: 12/14/2009 1:19:17 PM
Location:  Lehigh Gap, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  505   Comments: 1
Conrail SD40-2 6453
Title:  Conrail SD40-2 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/1987  Upload Date: 3/28/2008 3:19:00 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  754   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/1988  Upload Date: 8/17/2015 10:20:53 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Making a pickup
Title:  Making a pickup
Description:  BUOI makes a pick up at Elmira yard with a power set typical of the time.
Photo Date:  10/5/1988  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 7:48:57 PM
Location:  Elmira, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6626(C36-7) CR 6643(C36-7)
Views:  553   Comments: 1
Pulling down
Title:  Pulling down
Description:  BUOI pulls its pick up out of the yard. As we look at the power going away, we see a lead going down to the street to what was once some industrial track, now long abandoned. In the distance past the power, first we see the light poles for the station, remaining long after the platforms were removed, and in the far distance, the red brick of the statioo building.
Photo Date:  10/5/1988  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 4:26:46 AM
Location:  Elmira, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6643(C36-7) CR 6626(C36-7) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  523   Comments: 1
CR 6453 & 6472
Title:  CR 6453 & 6472
Description:  We ended up chasing this particular train all the way to Womelsdorf, PA with photos in multiple locations This is shot #1
Photo Date:  3/27/1989  Upload Date: 5/18/2010 11:15:07 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6472(SD40-2)
Views:  474   Comments: 1
CR 6453 & 6472
Title:  CR 6453 & 6472
Description:  Eastbound at Lebanon - Photo #3 in the chase that started back at Enola
Photo Date:  3/27/1989  Upload Date: 5/18/2010 11:16:26 PM
Location:  Lebanon, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6472(SD40-2)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
CR 6453 & 6472
Title:  CR 6453 & 6472
Description:  Eastbound at Womelsdorf - Photo #5 in the East Penn Chase
Photo Date:  3/27/1989  Upload Date: 5/18/2010 11:16:54 PM
Location:  Womelsdorf, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6472(SD40-2)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
Eastbound CR greight on the old Reading East Penn Line
Title:  Eastbound CR greight on the old Reading East Penn Line
Description:  Photo # 2 in our chase - photo 1 was at the north end of Enola
Photo Date:  3/27/1989  Upload Date: 1/30/2012 9:46:16 PM
Location:  Hershey, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6472(SD40-2)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
More of the East Penn chase through Avon
Title:  More of the East Penn chase through Avon
Description:  Photo #4 in the East Penn chase
Photo Date:  3/27/1989  Upload Date: 1/30/2012 9:47:02 PM
Location:  Avon, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6472(SD40-2)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
CR 6453 & 6472 lead an eastbound manifest freight on the former Reading East Penn main line
Title:  CR 6453 & 6472 lead an eastbound manifest freight on the former Reading East Penn main line
Description:  Photo # 6 in our East Penn Chase. We've paced this train all the way here from Enola
Photo Date:  3/27/1989  Upload Date: 1/30/2012 9:47:29 PM
Location:  Womelsdorf, PA
Author:  Boa Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6472(SD40-2)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/3/1989  Upload Date: 11/21/2021 12:56:29 AM
Location:  Lilly, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/1989  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 6:55:39 PM
Location:  Lilly, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  164   Comments: 1
CR 6453 East
Title:  CR 6453 East
Description:  West end of MG Interlocking
Photo Date:  3/3/1990  Upload Date: 9/23/2013 6:34:28 PM
Location:  MG Tower, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Like a hole in the wall
Title:  Like a hole in the wall
Description:  DADN-4 exits the north portal of Fort Montgomery Tunnel looking like its exiting a hole in the wall.
Photo Date:  4/4/1991  Upload Date: 6/26/2005 5:06:10 PM
Location:  Fort Montgomery, NY
Author:  John C Dvrant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6501(SD40-2) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
CNW 6824
Title:  CNW 6824
Description:  The PRANA ambles along to Oshkosh.
Photo Date:  4/11/1992  Upload Date: 5/5/2013 6:07:37 PM
Location:  Black Wolf, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6824(SD40-2) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
CNW 6824
Title:  CNW 6824
Description:  The PRANA rolls past the FRVR yard.
Photo Date:  4/11/1992  Upload Date: 5/5/2013 6:07:53 PM
Location:  Oshkosh, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6824(SD40-2) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
CNW 6824
Title:  CNW 6824
Description:  The PRANA rolls past on the main, while the GBBUA (FRVR power) pulls past in the yard.
Photo Date:  4/11/1992  Upload Date: 5/5/2013 6:08:26 PM
Location:  Oshkosh, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6824(SD40-2) CR 6453(SD40-2) FRVR 4146(GP7) FRVR 4510(GP9)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
CNW 6824
Title:  CNW 6824
Description:  The PRANA continues it's journey to Green Bay and beyond.
Photo Date:  4/11/1992  Upload Date: 5/5/2013 6:08:40 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6824(SD40-2) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  309   Comments: 0
CN 9643
Title:  CN 9643
Description:  Scan. 9643 is leading a 110 car mixed freight. 9643 sold to Alstom (6-01), then to Metro East Industries (2004), then to WAMX (2004), re# 4022. 2101 was Bombardier demonstrator 7002 from 2-83 to 4-83. 9439 Sold to PRSX (2005), then to WAMX 4023 (2005). 5311 sold to DESX (9-08). Conrail 6453 sold to NS 3386.
Photo Date:  5/15/1994  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 7:54:16 PM
Location:  Etobicoke, ON
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 9643(GP40-2LW) CN 2101(HR616) CN 9439(GP40-2LW) CN 9677(GP40-2LW) CN 5311(SD40-2W) CN 5354(SD40-2W) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
CN 9643
Title:  CN 9643
Description:  Scan. 9643 is leading a 110 car mixed freight. 9643 sold to Alstom (6-01), then to Metro East Industries (2004), then to WAMX (2004), re# 4022. 2101 was Bombardier demonstrator 7002 from 2-83 to 4-83. 9439 Sold to PRSX (2005), then to WAMX 4023 (2005). 5311 sold to DESX (9-08). Conrail 6453 sold to NS 3386.
Photo Date:  5/15/1994  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 7:55:08 PM
Location:  Etobicoke, ON
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 9643(GP40-2LW) CN 2101(HR616) CN 9439(GP40-2LW) CN 9677(GP40-2LW) CN 5311(SD40-2W) CN 5354(SD40-2W) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
CR 6997 on ALHB
Title:  CR 6997 on ALHB
Description:  CR 6997 is on ALHB making its doubles before heading out of town at CP-BURN in Allentown, Pa 10/1995. The 6997 was one of the SD40s Conrail rebuilt to Dash 2 specifications in their Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pa. I actually worked a yard job on the 6997 in January of 1999. The engine for some reason wasnt loading and there was no heat in the cab. We went from mild temperatures and pouring rain to a flash freeze. The precipitation ended before it got really cold. The winds were whipping so badly that the lights under the New Jersey Turnpike were swinging like Church Bells!! If I remember correctly, it was in the mid 40s when the shift began and dropped into the teens or twenties by the time my shift was over. The engineer wanted to shop the set, but he was told that there wasnt enough power at 91 Bay to replace the set. Thats why the power we had that night was the 6997, the 6998 and an SW1500. I remember us going back up to the hump and over from the shops and the transfer yard, the SW1500 died and all we had providing power was the 6998. That SD40 was screaming up the hill, the wheel slip indicators were going nuts and at the crest and the alarm bells were going off. I was glad when the shift was over. Without cab heat, the cold goes right through you. I didnt warm up until I got home with the heat in my car going full blast. I remember my father calling the rebuilt 6900s as "Altoona Junkers". Some of the locomotives used as fodder for the 6900 rebuilds came from the KCS and as a result, some of the 6900s had five chime Leslie horns similar to the horns found on the Seaboard System and Norfolk Southern. BTW, the reason Conrail named this Interlocking CP-BURN, is because The Reading line crosses Auburn Street here. This was formerly known as East Penn Junction. The signal visable in this photo guards what is known as the "hole" track that leads directly to the Lehigh Line. This was formerly an interchange track the Lehigh Valley used to get to the small yard that was here that was used by the Reading, CNJ and Lehigh Valley. BTW, the job I was on was the YPOI34 that signed up at the hump.
Photo Date:  10/7/1995  Upload Date: 7/30/2024 3:50:20 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Elena M Durant
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6997(SD40-2R) CR 8103(GP38-2) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
CR 6453
Title:  CR 6453
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/23/1996  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 10:20:15 PM
Location:  Chippewa, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
CR 5541 on TV-24PX
Title:  CR 5541 on TV-24PX
Description:  CR 5541 is on TV-24PX at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/1998.
Photo Date:  8/29/1998  Upload Date: 3/29/2014 3:14:39 AM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  John Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 5541(SD60M) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
CR 5541 on TV-24PX
Title:  CR 5541 on TV-24PX
Description:  CR 5541 is on the point of TV-24PX at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/1998
Photo Date:  9/1/1998  Upload Date: 4/15/2009 2:02:54 AM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  John Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 5541(SD60M) CR 6453(SD40-2)
Views:  426   Comments: 1
SENS-9
Title:  SENS-9
Description:  SENS-9 passes Central Hudson Gas & Electric's Coupled In Motion scale at Roseton, NY, a location few fans get to see let alone photograph. The NS power will be used on my test train later in the morning.
Photo Date:  9/19/1998  Upload Date: 8/19/2005 11:07:47 AM
Location:  Roseton, NY
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6459(SD40-2)
Views:  785   Comments: 0


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