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Owner: Conrail
Model:EMD SD50Built As:CR 6784 (SD50)
Serial Number:847032-5Order No:847032
Frame Number:847032-5Built:4/1985
Notes:4/1985, became CSX 8678
Other locos with this serial:  CR 6784(SD50) KCS 7013(SD50) CSX 8678(SD50)
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ALCA
Title:  ALCA
Description:  Allentown to Camden manifest sports a nice pair of SD50s
Photo Date:  5/1/1985  Upload Date: 6/28/2015 6:22:31 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  A Benedict Sr
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) CR 6783(SD50)
Views:  295   Comments: 1
B&O and Conrail Meet
Title:  B&O and Conrail Meet
Description:  BO 4147, 4195, CR 6784, and 6785.
Photo Date:  5/22/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 11:40:52 PM
Location:  Calumet Park, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 4147(GP40-2) BO 4195(GP40-2) CR 6784(SD50) CR 6785(SD50)
Views:  528   Comments: 1
Initial Revenue Run
Title:  Initial Revenue Run
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 11:37:50 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) CR 6785(SD50)
Views:  307   Comments: 1
Submitted to TRAINS
Title:  Submitted to TRAINS
Description:  New Conrail SD50s on their maiden voyage.
Photo Date:  5/22/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 11:31:17 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) CR 6785(SD50)
Views:  339   Comments: 1
CR 6784--New SD50
Title:  CR 6784--New SD50
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 11:24:20 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
Eastbound and Down
Title:  Eastbound and Down
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 11:38:28 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6785(SD50) CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
CR 6784
Title:  CR 6784
Description:  ENSY takes the connector off the Corning Secondary onto the Southern Tier.
Photo Date:  5/17/1986  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 9:27:18 AM
Location:  Gang Mills, NY
Author:  Mike Stellpflug
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
Over the hump
Title:  Over the hump
Description:  A CLEAN pair of SD 50s rolls off the Allentown hump and into the bowl.
Photo Date:  5/20/1986  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 3:59:57 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6750(SD50) CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  492   Comments: 5
CR SD50 6784
Title:  CR SD50 6784
Description:  Caught on a rainy day near Freedom, PA, CR SD50 glides the Ohio River with CNW 5080 trailing as well as several other CR units. CR conductor Ken Taylor caught this rainy and cold January day photo. After the CR breakup, #6784 would become CSX 8678.
Photo Date:  1/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2020 5:59:56 AM
Location:  Freedom, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) CNW 5080(GP50)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
CR SD50 #6784
Title:  CR SD50 #6784
Description:  With a plume of smoke rising from trailing unit CNW 5080, Conrail SD50 #6784 pulls past an industrial plant along the Ohio River near Freedom, PA. After the CR breakup, this lead unit would become CSX 8678. CR conductor Ken Taylor captured the photo on this gray and cold January day.
Photo Date:  1/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2020 5:59:59 AM
Location:  Freedom, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) CNW 5080(GP50)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
CR SD50 #6784 & CNW #7017
Title:  CR SD50 #6784 & CNW #7017
Description:  CR SD50 #6784 sits almost nose to nose with CNW SD50 #7017 but on parallel tracks hence the height difference between the two. Both were built by EMD in 1985. Upon CR breakup, #6784 became CSX 8678. The color slide was taken by CR conductor Ken Taylor as the two were in the Conway yard.
Photo Date:  11/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2020 6:00:02 AM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) CNW 7017(SD50)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
CR 6784
Title:  CR 6784
Description:  Eastbound Conrail freight, led by SD50 6784, entering Allentown Yard at CP Allen
Photo Date:  8/1/1990  Upload Date: 6/26/2009 9:19:07 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
CR 6784
Title:  CR 6784
Description:  Eastbound Conrail freight shown entering Allentown Yard at at CP Allen
Photo Date:  8/1/1990  Upload Date: 6/26/2009 9:14:01 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
Big OIBU
Title:  Big OIBU
Description:  A 118 car OIBU rolls under the NY 427 overpass at Chemung in golden late afternoon light.
Photo Date:  1/4/1991  Upload Date: 4/14/2015 2:54:16 AM
Location:  Chemung, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6771(SD50) CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
Rolling into town
Title:  Rolling into town
Description:  OIBU rolls its 118 cars into Waverly, about to pass the station sign. The actual station was just west of Fulton St on the north side of the tracks. It was demolished in a 1967 derailment.
Photo Date:  1/4/1991  Upload Date: 2/5/2016 4:41:03 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6771(SD50) CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  283   Comments: 2
River view
Title:  River view
Description:  OIBU rolls under the NY 282 overpass at Smithboro. The tracks are right next to the river here, but not often seen since the trees hide the view except in winter. Today, we can see the water, a nice complement to the train.
Photo Date:  1/4/1991  Upload Date: 4/14/2015 3:01:41 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6771(SD50) CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  294   Comments: 2
SERE
Title:  SERE
Description:  Eastbound SERE slides into the controlled passing siding at CP 83 in Palmer.
Photo Date:  9/7/1991  Upload Date: 3/11/2007 5:04:31 PM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  428   Comments: 1
SERE
Title:  SERE
Description:  SERE has just passed the old station in Warren as he works upgrade.
Photo Date:  9/7/1991  Upload Date: 3/11/2007 5:07:21 PM
Location:  Warren, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  299   Comments: 1
CR 6784
Title:  CR 6784
Description:  In miserable weather, today's 'D&H' train sits on the Royce Running track awaiting a new crew, while an eastbound Conrail manifest roars past on the CR Lehigh Line main
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 11/4/2010 9:33:23 PM
Location:  Manville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) SOO 6601(SD40-2) CP 3254(SD40-2)
Views:  1137   Comments: 7
Nice power heads East on the BN
Title:  Nice power heads East on the BN
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/1997  Upload Date: 3/13/2008 10:42:08 AM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Bill Pasewaldt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
CR 6784
Title:  CR 6784
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1997  Upload Date: 1/17/2004 8:10:31 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Tom Hannon
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
CR 6784 on OIBU
Title:  CR 6784 on OIBU
Description:  CR 6784 and 5530 bring a couple of cars to the NYSW interchange at Elmwood Park, NJ 10/1997
Photo Date:  10/1/1997  Upload Date: 5/15/2008 9:29:35 PM
Location:  Elmwood Park, NJ
Author:  John Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) CR 5530(SD60M)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
Eastbound auto racks with plently of power
Title:  Eastbound auto racks with plently of power
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1999  Upload Date: 5/25/2010 6:33:45 PM
Location:  Wickliffe, OH
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Downtown Hannibal
Title:  Downtown Hannibal
Description:  Caught this SB on the BN line between events during my 20-year high school reunion.
Photo Date:  6/26/1999  Upload Date: 7/7/2012 10:50:03 AM
Location:  Hannibal, MO
Author:  B Murray
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6784(SD50) UP B4236(SD40-2)
Views:  348   Comments: 0


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