Come along for a look at Conrail's west end in the late 1980s and early 1990s.<br><br>This program was filmed on the former Pennsylvania Railroad line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to St. Louis, Missouri, along with a look at Conrail's runthrough trains operated over Union Pacific's former Missouri Pacific route south of St. Elmo, Illinois.<br><br>Locations visited include Smithboro, St. Elmo, Altamont, Effingham and Teutopolis, Illinois, on the old P.R.R., along with Kinmundy, Salem and Mt. Vernon on the former MoPac.<br><br>A wide variety of Conrail's motive power from the period is seen, including EMD Geeps and SD4O's and SD50's, as well as various models in the General Electric Dash-7 line. Toward the end of the program, new Dash-8 locomotives with Comfort Cabs and "Conrail Quality" lettering begin to arrive. <br> |
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