Conrail purchased 22 C39-8 locomotives from General Electric in 1986. The 3900 hp. units upped the ante in a horsepower race that continues to the present.
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C39-8 6004 exiting Allentown Yard at R Tower in October, 1987. Not knowing what it was, I described this unit as "a funny new GE" in my notebook. |
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C39-8 6005 at JU in Bethlehem, Pa. on April 6, 1996. |
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The C39-8 class unit 6000 poses at the West End of Allentown Yard on December, 27 1998 |