Conrail Hotspot: Berea, Ohio 

Still amazing to see Dan's extra footage that never made it into final Pentrex tapes. This is a Conrail treasure trove.

Always gotta love Conrail! Will forever miss big blue! 💙🫡 👍

Dan Hadley's amount of footage is just huge! So great to see the Conrail Hotspots footage!

Crazy to see how much the track layout in Berea has changed. Great video!

Once again FACTOR TIME: 1. Many thanks for this upload. Just two weeks marked the 25TH anniversary of Conrail being split up by CSX & NS. 2. I'm undoubtedly shocked to find that famed videographer Dan Hadley was solely responsible for Pentrex's beloved "BEST OF" series. 3. Berea tower is without a doubt one of the TOP hotspots to visit for BIG BLUE action. However on the of Dan's first visit on October 30TH, 1991, trains to & from Pittsburgh, PA via the Pittsburgh Line were using a different junction further east which explains why he didn't see any traffic heading to & from the BIG FOUR trackage or the Cleveland Line to Rochester Tower west of Conway Yard. On the day of his return visit in 1995, track work was underway to the west on the Chicago Line & traffic using it in both directions would be issued slow orders. 4. Here's a rundown of the trains from Dan's 1991 visit: 8:41AM: TV-62(Chicago, IL - ElizabethPort, NJ). 8:55AM: TV-12(Chicago, IL - South Kearny, NJ). 9:10AM: PITO(Pittsburgh(Conway Yard), PA - Toledo, OH). 9:31AM: IHSE(Riverdale(I.H.B), IL - Selkirk, NY). 9:45AM: TV-550(Chicago(BN), IL - Little Ferry, NJ): Once-A-Week run through originated in Seattle, WA on BN & travels Chicago, IL to Buffalo, NY on Conrail. In Buffalo, NY it's handed off to NYS&W as their symbol NY10. The Guildford GP40 is EX-CR operating on former home rails. 10:02AM: HND-18(Hennepin, IL - Cleveland, OH). 10:21AM: TV-262(Chicago, IL - Palmer, Ma/ElizabethPort, NJ): This symbol splits into TWO sections at Selkirk Yard. 10:32AM: TOPI(Toledo, OH - Pittsburgh(Conway Yard), PA). 11:29AM: ELPI(Elkhart, IN - Pittsburgh(Conway Yard), PA) Traffic for this train came into Elkhart from the west off connections from SF, BN, & SP. 11:44AM: TV-10(Chicago, IL - North Bergin, NJ) Majority of this train's traffic came off SF'S Q-LANY in Chicago, IL. 11:58AM: ELMO(Elkhart, IN - Moorestown, NJ). 12:52PM: SETO(Selkirk, NY - Toledo, OH) 12:58PM: MAIL-8(Chicago, IL - North Bergin, NJ) Similar to TV-10. 5. Here's a rundown of the trains from Dan's 1995 visit: RR-232: Crestline, OH - Rochester, NY(ROADRAILER). PIEL: Pittsburgh(Conway Yard), PA - Elkhart, IN(MERCHANDISER). TV-11: Kearny, NJ - Chicago, IL(INTERMODAL STACKER). MAIL-8M: Chicago, IL - Morrisville, PA(INTERMODAL UPS). EXTRA intermodal featured is one of three possibilities(TV-1, TV-7, or TV-13). SEIN: Selkirk, NY - Indianapolis(Avon Yard), IN(MERCHANDISER). Not featured was TV-590: Chicago, IL - Croxton Yard Northern, NJ(INTERMODAL STACKER).

Great video of how it was in Conrail days. I’ve visited Berea the last few years on my way back from my eastern vacation. Today both NS and CSX lines are very busy, with the CSX now double tracked.

Conrail blue is my favorite shade of blue. I once had a motorcycle that color. Nice video guys.

Yeah Ive Notice that The C40-8W was pulling a Chicago and Northwestern Locomotive and notching up Engine around the curve by the Buffalo line but i like the first scene when the Conrail C30-7 came by passing by Berea tower and Honking once in the beginning plus Guilford Railroad came along for ride and a GP38-2 with 1 Engine pulling Gongelas towards the Pittsburgh line and off in the distance the crossing gates go down

As someone who has train watched in Berea for over 20 years, since 2003, its amazing to see how different a place I've grown up look so different. No parking lot, no 2nd mainline track for CSX freights, the Indianapolis & Short Lines being barely used at all. It's eye opening to say the least

So great to see Conrail in action, even if it's just video, reminds me of being a teenager again with my dad and I watching trains go by on a Saturday afternoon in Pine Bluff, AR in the late 80s and early 90s 😊

Fantastic collection of vintage power. And all those boxcars with no graffiti at all!!

Kinda funny I'm just seeing this today, as I was at Berea on monday!

awesome!

Noticed lots of the GP40-2'S AND B36-7 & B40-8'S WERE ONCE the Kings of the Intermodal of the late 80s and early90s. Most of the B36-7's were by 1997 were used as locals in the Pittsburgh Area and Canton Helpers like 5000, 5009, 5015 and 5059 in those final years till the Spilt in June of 1999

Wouldn’t expect anything less than this quality! Great job as always!

Oh hell, HELL yeah.

Grew up on the C&NW Chicago to Omaha mainline. Conrail was always a treat. Especially the B units ❤ great video. 😊

Awesome video I love seeing footage of Old Blue Conrail.Thx so much for sharing all these videos I enjoy everyone of them.

I really enjoy seeing Conrail Blue anywhere in the Eastern United States. Contain diesels operated on the Santa Fe mainline into Kansas City from Streator, Illinois.

LONG LIVE CONRAIL

What's striking to me is no graffiti on the cars

NS & CSX can eat their hearts out. These were the days of real money!

LONG LIVE BIG BLUE!

Check that I saw one

I think this from Pentrex Best of 1991