Because it was the only C-420 to be repainted blue, CR 2072 has a unique place in the Conrail pantheon. Originally built in 1963 as L&HR 21 and later modified in 1966 by ALCo, the unit was one of only six out of nine L&HR C-420's to find their way onto the Conrail roster in 1976.

CR 6773 waits for the scrappers torch at Naparano Iron. The shadows obscure much of the picture, but they match the somber mood. Especially if you're an Alco-holic. Date approximate. William S. Gripp photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. Photo Date: 2/1/1980 Upload Date: 11/10/2021 2:21:59 AM ...

Numbered 2072 to 2077 on the Conrail roster, the only Lehigh & Hudson River units to make it to Conrail were these Alco C420's. One, the 2072, was the only unit to receive blue (albeit at the hands of a Conrail employee at the Bethlehem Engine Facility).

For years have been trying to assumble an all time Conrail blue painted unit roster. Have much information collected but still have holes in roster especially with some of the Alco's and GE's. Looking for information and glad to share what I have.

Several C424's and C425's wore Conrail blue paint and logos. Twenty-nine C425's were renumbered to the 5060-5089 series in the early 1980's, but most were sitting in dead lines by this time and few pictures are known to exist of them in service in this number series.

This roster attempts to discover how long a Conrail predecessor ALCo C-628 locomotive ran in its original paint scheme and when Conrail painted it blue for the first time. All dates listed are the earliest and latest the unit was seen in that paint scheme.

Conrail Photographic Roster : Reporting Marks: CR Showing Locomotive model C630 : Click on a locomotive to view pictures

ALCo built the 3,000hp C630 from 1965-1968. Conrail got 15 of the ALCo 251E V16-powered units from Penn Central and 12 from the Reading. Conrail assigned them the numbers 6753 to 6779.

ALCo's C-636's were an oddball model that Conrail was all too happy to retire as soon as possible instead of trying to constantly repair. Not even Penn Central owned many of these temperamental beasts.

Conrail Alco C630 6776 (built 1966 as PRR 6326) at 59th Street in Chicago - March 19, 1978. CR 6 motor Alcos meeting their end.