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12/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: PN
Model:GE C39-8Built As:CR 6017 (C39-8)
Serial Number:45344Order No:1366
Frame Number:Built:7/1986
Notes:ex-NSSX, ex-NS, nee-CR
Other locos with this serial:  NS 8211(C39-8) CR 6017(C39-8) NSSX 8211(C39-8) PNRR 8211(C39-8) NHIR 8211(C39-8) PN 8211(C39-8)
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PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  PN 8211, the stealth unit, handles the northbound Willow Grove 300 special north through the Hatboro SEPTA station. Originally built in the 1980s for Conrail, the NHRR purchased this unit along with a few others for eventual service out of Lansdale as the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 10:59:26 PM
Location:  Hatboro, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  PN 8211 splits the RDG era crossing signals at the only unrebuilt public grade crossing on the NHRR.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 11:09:35 PM
Location:  Ivyland, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  Just off the Rushland trestle and now passing the old Rushland freight station, made from an 1800s era wooden Philadelphia & Reading Railway boxcar.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 11:12:52 PM
Location:  Rushland, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 11:18:26 PM
Location:  Buckingham Valley, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8) SPAX 9125(Electric M.U.)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  Rounding the curve into Lahaska station.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 11:38:05 PM
Location:  Lahaska, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  Awaiting the arrival of the regular New Hope-Lahaska excursion.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 11:42:49 PM
Location:  Lahaska, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
Train Meet
Title:  Train Meet
Description:  7087 prepares to run around its train while 8211 pulls towards New Hope.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 11:57:01 PM
Location:  Lahaska, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  PN 8211 rolls off of Pauline trestle and enters the village of New Hope.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/16/2011 12:01:59 AM
Location:  New Hope, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Future PN Locomotives
Title:  Future PN Locomotives
Description:  Two graduates of GE's Erie, PA works, built for Conrail in the 1980s, will soon be hauling freight for the upstart Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad out of Lansdale, a joint venture between NHIR and EPRY. Until the operation is handed over from CSX though the locos will continue to perform work for one of their owners.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 5/16/2011 12:18:21 AM
Location:  New Hope, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8) PN 8202(C39-8)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  PN 8211, still in black NS paint, is seen on the tail end of the Willow Grove 300 special as it departs New Hope for the Philadelphia suburbs.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 7/5/2011 8:55:20 PM
Location:  New Hope, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  The big GE is actually doing all the work here as we found out later that NHRR 2198 stalled south of Lahaska. The crew was able to restart the Geep by the time they reached Rushland.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 7/5/2011 9:05:24 PM
Location:  Wycombe, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  Big GE on the Rushland trestle.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 7/5/2011 9:07:19 PM
Location:  Rushland, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  The former Conrail GE lets off a little exhaust as it heads south. The clouds overhead would begin to let off rain as the train reached the SEPTA station at Warminster.
Photo Date:  5/15/2011  Upload Date: 7/5/2011 9:30:06 PM
Location:  Ivyland, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  PN 8211 sits quietly in front of the enginehouse while a member of the shop crew works on a former IHB flatcar.
Photo Date:  5/30/2011  Upload Date: 5/31/2011 12:15:49 AM
Location:  New Hope, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  You can still see the faint remains of two V shaped stripes applied to the nose of this unit by Pennsylvania Northeastern a few months ago. For unknown reasons they've since been painted out.
Photo Date:  7/25/2012  Upload Date: 9/6/2012 1:36:59 PM
Location:  Lansdale, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
PN Power
Title:  PN Power
Description:  All five Pennsylvania Northeastern GE's sit in the former Reading yard at Lansdale. Three of these are marked MMA for shipment to northern Maine.
Photo Date:  7/25/2012  Upload Date: 9/5/2012 10:17:33 PM
Location:  Lansdale, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PN 8212(C39-8) MMA 8207(C39-8) PN 8211(C39-8) MMA 8202(C39-8) MMA 8208(C39-8)
Views:  1390   Comments: 2
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  Heading back to New Hope after a long day of excursions.
Photo Date:  8/25/2012  Upload Date: 9/14/2012 1:12:18 PM
Location:  Lansdale, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
Gathering
Title:  Gathering
Description:  A gathering of former Conrail units at the Pennsylvania Northeastern's Lansdale yard includes PN's two GE C39-8s and a visitor from New Hope, a former CR, nee-PRR GP30.
Photo Date:  2/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/20/2015 2:34:32 AM
Location:  Lansdale, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PN 8212(C39-8) PN 8211(C39-8) NHRR 2198(GP30)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  In for repairs, one of PN's big GEs rests in the afternoon sun at the end of New Hope yard.
Photo Date:  4/18/2015  Upload Date: 4/21/2015 1:26:55 AM
Location:  New Hope, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  450   Comments: 1
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  Off for the weekend
Photo Date:  8/29/2015  Upload Date: 9/2/2015 5:04:39 AM
Location:  Lansdale, PA
Author:  Dave Wolfe
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8) PN 7210(GP9RM)
Views:  453   Comments: 1
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 1:05:27 AM
Location:  Lansdale, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/27/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 4:20:48 PM
Location:  Lansdale, PA
Author:  Dave Wolfe
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/10/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 1:36:48 AM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  412   Comments: 1
PN 8211
Title:  PN 8211
Description:  C39-8, ex-NS, nee-CR
Photo Date:  2/16/2020  Upload Date: 4/26/2020 11:58:15 AM
Location:  Buckingham, PA
Author:  John Zimmerman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
NHIR 8211
Title:  NHIR 8211
Description:  Final resting place, due for scrap soon
Photo Date:  1/11/2021  Upload Date: 1/13/2021 7:27:06 PM
Location:  New Hope, PA
Author:  Alex Piechowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NHIR 8211(C39-8) PN 8211(C39-8)
Views:  746   Comments: 2


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