Conrail Special Paint

By Bob Graham

New: 23 December 1999 Revised: 2 October 2013
Specially painted (not inherited from constituent roads) Conrail locomotives since inception in 1976:
Road Number Bldr & Model Special Paint or Logo and Notes
1103, 1107, 1112, & 1123 Conrail MT-6 "Labor Management Project" Logo; units built from Alco RSD12s
1621 EMD GP15-1 "Just Do It" Lettered (one-day for the 1995 Boston Marathon)
1632 & 1637 EMD GP15-1 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
1642 EMD GP15-1 "Labor Management Project" Logo
1662, 1668, & 1679-81 EMD GP15-1 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
1679-1681 & 1699 EMD GP15-1 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
1776 GE U34CH Bicentennial Scheme
1980 GE B23-7 Lettered "KEEP IT MOVING WITH CONRAIL"
2255 EMD GP35 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
4800 GE GG1 Bicentennial Scheme
5060-5089 GE B40-8 "Labor-Management Project" Logo on nose.
6285 and 6288 EMD SD40 "United Way" Lettered
6300 EMD SD40 "Buy U.S.Savings Bonds" Lettered
6373 EMD SD40-2 "2 Million Man Hours" Logo
6373 EMD SD40-2 "Olympic Cycling Trials 1992" Lettered
6610-6619 GE C32-8 "Ballast Express" Lettered, and painted in gray scheme. #6619 involved in wreck near the end of Conrail and was repainted in CR Blue
6620-6621 GE C36-7 "Ballast Express" Lettered, and painted in blue scheme.
6707 EMD SD50 "Desert Storm" Lettered, with Yellow Ribbon
6726 EMD SD50 "Olympic Cycling Trials 1992" Lettered
7734-7735 EMD GP38 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
7776 EMD GP38 Bicentennial Scheme
7868 EMD GP38 "Philadelphia Division Safety" Logo
7868 EMD GP38 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
7889 & 7895 EMD GP38 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
7898 EMD GP38 Painted with bright yellow pilots and stepwells for service at Exxon Bayway NJ refinery
7906 EMD GP38 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
8047, 8090 & 8208 EMD GP38-2 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
8210, 8263 & 8276 EMD GP38-2 "Operation Life Saver" Logo
Some of the above units soldier on in their special paint, but most were fairly short-lived.

Thank you to the following contributors of corrections and additions: Scott Arentzen and Steve Ondik (CRHTS).

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