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The days are getting longer, and brighter, as we are into mid-March with this shot of the daily Conrail transfer coming over from the US. It will drop its train and go back over the border with US traffic. Units are CR 8169, 9563 and 1972. Transfers helped make this a busy and most interesting place for the fans. Pity it is all but a memory now.
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Caption: The days are getting longer, and brighter, as we are into mid-March with this shot of the daily Conrail transfer coming over from the US. It will drop its train and go back over the border with US traffic. Units are CR 8169, 9563 and 9572.Transfers helped make this a busy and most interesting place for the fans.Pity it is all but a memory now.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2325] (more) (contact)
Date: 03/11/1986 (search)
Railway: Conrail (search)
Reporting Marks: CR 8169 (search)
Train Symbol: local transfer (search)
Subdivision/SNS: International Bridge (search)
City/Town: Fort Erie (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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10 Comments
  1. rsmith
    February 6, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    Me thinks the third unit is 9572. I’m impressed you’re still finding goodies as you approach 2300 images! Good stuff.

  2. awmooney
    February 6, 2026 at 8:10 pm

    Mr. Smith: Methinks me made a stupid mistake, and you are right. But of course. A Conrail junkie knows. (my proof-reading skills have gone awol)
    Thanks. Hopefully someone will correct this !

  3. awmooney
    February 7, 2026 at 8:44 am

    Thanks, whoever, for the third unit number correction to 9572.

  4. sdfourty
    February 8, 2026 at 12:57 pm

    F E always had something interesting…
    sdfourty

  5. Ian Malenfant-Picard
    February 9, 2026 at 9:04 pm

    Transfers always have some of the most interesting lashups, great capture Arnold!

  6. Stephen C. Host
    February 10, 2026 at 8:31 am

    Lovely, For now, I enjoy that this location has changed little since this photo was taken (ignoring what is behind you of course)

  7. Conrailcam
    February 16, 2026 at 3:57 pm

    Great photo and memories – please keep posting these gems Mr. Mooney. I worked at Frontier for a month in late 1988.

  8. awmooney
    February 16, 2026 at 4:11 pm

    And somewhere back in that time BCOL units were going to Frontier for distribution elsewhere. I was sitting right by the road writing my notes and a cop come up to my window with his hand on his gun holster asking me what I was doing. Trespassing was taken rather seriously even back then. Snarly devil.

  9. awmooney
    February 16, 2026 at 7:42 pm

    I should add, Cam; I appreciate your kind comments. Am wondering if you have seen some of the Fort Erie images I posted 5 or so years back. I’ve pretty much exhausted my supply. :o )

  10. Conrailcam
    February 16, 2026 at 8:19 pm

    I will check them out for sure, thanks – I always liked your fantastic Niagara Falls pics – That’s what got me motivated to get my slides out and scan them. Time flies for sure…
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