While NE-1 beat us to Allentown, my father and I were back on the chase when NE-1 departed Allentown Yard. Now in afternoon sunshine, LV C628s 639-640 lead NE-1 at the South Albert Street crossin... (more)

The crew on NE-1 and the conductor on AP-2 greet each other as the caboose for AP-2 passes LV 639 on the head end of NE-1 at the Bufflehead Road crossing in Bridgewater, NJ on March 6, 1976. With... (more)

LV NE-1 has completed its work at South Plainfield and is back on the move, rolling through the Prospect Avenue crossing in New Market, NJ on March 6, 1976. This is my father's picture. R.T. ... (more)

Our next move was to South Plainfield Yard. After making their set-out, LV C628s 639-640 make a pick-up, passing the new LV Yard Office as they head back to the mainline on March 6, 1976. You mi... (more)

On March 6, 1976, LV C628s 639-640 back their set-out up the yard lead / Perth Amboy Branch to South Plainfield Yard. This is my father's picture. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

On March 6, 1976, LV C628s 639-640 have dropped their train, NE-1, on the east side of South Plainfield and pull past the Metuchen Road crossing to make a set-out and pick-up at South Plainfield Y... (more)

My father and I moved to the Park Avenue overpass on the east side of South Plainfield for the arrival of NE-1 on March 6, 1976. We were rewarded with C628s 639-640, the first time we saw C628s... (more)

LV C628 641 appears to have gotten a head start on a Conrail patch job on August 31, 1975 at Coxton Yard, where it waits for a trip to the Sayre shops. Despite what appears to be a pretty serious... (more)

The roundhouse at Conrail’s Conway Yard is mostly empty, but the outside turntable tracks are teeming with six-axle Alco Centuries assigned to drag freight service. Colors of the Lehigh Valley, ... (more)

Conrail’s Conway Yard was one of the hubs for its six-axle Alco Centuries assigned to drag freight service. Multiple C628’s, C630’s and C636’s can be seen in this overview of the outdoor t... (more)

The Chicago & North Western ore yard at Escanaba, Michigan, seems to have been divided int a load arrival yard on the left, and an empty departure yard on the right, The C628 on the left has just ... (more)

An ore train has pulled through the yard at Escanaba, Michigan, and the crew is about to cut off the power. Later, another crew will board the three 628’s to take a train of empty ore jennies to... (more)

A trainload of ore from Ishpeming, Michigan is working its way through the yard at Escanaba. The green cab on the lead C628 makes it a more attractive unit than its sisters.

Arriving at Escanaba, Michigan, three Chicago & North Western C628’s have a trainload of iron ore from Ishpeming. Here the ore will be transloaded to an ore boat on Lake Michigan.

A trio of CNW C628s has delivered a train full of taconite to the Northwest Indiana steel mills and is seen headed west on the B&OCT toward home rails in Chicago. Tom Golden photo.