On May 19, Conrail will operate their last 'Inspection Trip' under the Conrail flag. (Wayne, picked this up on a railroad site) The train will run with the Norfolk Southern-assigned equipment, taking riders from Philadelphia, PA to Anacostia, MD and return.
On May 18, OCS-401 will depart Altoona, PA at 10:00 ET, heading eastbound to Philadelphia, PA via Conrail's Harrisburg Line. The train is schedued to arrive in Philly at 16:15 ET.
OCS-101 will leave Philly at 08:30 ET on May 19, travelling Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to Anacostia, MD, arriving there at 10:45 ET. After several hours of attending meetings, the exec's will get back on board and travel north to Philly,leaving Anacostia at 15:00 ET. After dropping off the exec's in the early evening the train will make its final 'Conrail' deadhead move back to Altoona, arriving there at 01:00 ET. Conrail has advised that this is it! The last Conrail OCS will be headed by single E8A 4020. On the deadhead trip to Philly (May 18), CSXT-assigned car 10 will be dropped at the Amtrak station for Amtrak train 91 to deliver to Jacksonville.
Kevin Burkholder
Eastern Railroad News
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