It is May 31, 1999, the last day of Conrail operation. Come Monday Norfolk Southern and CSX will take over operating their respective segments of Conrail.
The last day of Conrail fell on a Sunday and I spent much of the day in Berea watching Conrail trains for the final time.
My recollection is traffic on that day was less than normal. Much of what what ran were intermodal and auto rack trains.
Show above is a three-image sequence of a westbound auto rack train. In the top image the train is about to cross Front Street. In the bottom image the rear of the train is passing the former Big Four passenger depot.
You may notice in the middle image that the motive power consist includes units of CSX and NS. The Conrail lead unit has already been patched for the railroad that will take it over.
The next time I would visit Berea the tracks shown here would be CSX property.
Article and Photographs by Craig Sanders
Tags: Berea Ohio, Conrail, Conrail in Berea, Conrail locomotive power, Conrail locomotives
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