The yard at this location is a twelve track industrial support yard. classification yard, forwarding yard, and several tracks for local and industry Currently, Conrail trains TV-11 and TV-207 originate at E-Rail. handles the loading of ballast trains on theTrenton Line in nearby Belle This yard will continue to be the main classification yard for traffic moving In 1984, the government put its 85% share up for sale. L. 99509, title IV, subtitle A (4001 et seq. and from Croxton with a CSAO crew for movement on expedited Southern Tier In addition, CSX will provide direct service from AAR 050 - 160.860 Channel 4 - AAR 058 - 160.980. by North Bergen, which includes one trainmaster and yardmasters working around Market, and Naporano, YPOI-10 07:30 Monday through Friday of up to 45 five-well double stack cars. They were going to adopt Conrail's mostly alpha system based on letters that best represented origins and destinations but did not. 29 GP's Corridor and primarily serves a Ford automotive assembly plant in addition out of this facility. American-Rails.com collection. Switches NJT North Jersey Coast Line customers on Sunday and Spots ExpressRail (Maher Terminal), Nissan auto facility, YPPN-61 23:59 Monday through Friday (Temporary) The State of Michigan decided to keep operational the full Ann Arbor Railroad, of which Conrail would run only the southernmost portion. Conrail Detroit Shared Asset Area - Information about Conrail terminal operations in and around Detroit, Michigan, serving CSX and Norfolk Southern CSXRailfanPage.com - Railfan guide to CSX in the Mid-Atlantic Region including train symbols, frequencies, photos, videos, railfan locations, modeling, and more Empty coal train sets were symboled based on what coal terminal they were returning empty to along with the characteristics of the set of hoppers in the train. crews and two local crews working out of Metuchen, NJ. [33] Under the final agreement approved by the Surface Transportation Board, Norfolk Southern acquired 58 percent of Conrail's assets, including roughly 6,000 Conrail route miles, and CSX received 42 percent of Conrail's assets, including about 3,600 route miles. Michigan bought it and the whole line was operated by Conrail for several years until it was sold to a short line. F Conrail Shared Assets train numbers J Pocahontas Division (secondary) K Central Division Now eliminated it may be what is listed above U Pocahontas Division Primary Note that the 100 series (and alpha equivalent) are generally cross region trains 300 are within region manifest trains Works Sun-Thu. CSX will operate a pair of multi-level trains FRANK THOMSON & WOMEN'S AID SCHOLARSHIPS: Online applications will open on February 24, 2022 and close on April 28, 2022. This facility will continue to operate in a manner very similiar For additional employee resources and information. Additionally, there is a daily Croxton, NJ to E-Rail Conrail Shared Assets Operations or CSAO is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail. Newark-Brills Yard, NJ Corridor. CSX will Ridgefield Heights will be provided by CSAO trainmasters. Conrail encourages charitable giving by eligible employees. The symbol of this turn is SC21, a train usually p. CONRAIL SHARED Assets Operations Center has been located on the first floor of 1000 Howard Boulevard in Mt. There are eight receiving tracks, thirty classification tracks, and duty at Port Newark Yard is utilized to transfer traffic from Port Newark CSX will provide service for the APL Kearny Six units, 7206, 7215, 7218, 7225, 7226 and 7227 were sold to Canadian Pacific Railway as a parts source for the recent EMD SD70ACU rebuilds. Humping activities at Oak Island Yard have been restored since the When a three number code is used, the first number often represents the originating division of the train. Turn, works industries around Vineland. Oak Island by an Oak Island yard crew. Under the proposed operating arrangements, Oak Island will serve as Turn. ----------------------------------------------. traffic and additional storage of intermodal equipment. North Bergen Yard will be assigned to CSX and operated as an intermodal IN trains will no longer be combined or split at Harrisburg, PA ensuring This line falls into Conrail's Shares Assets Area. When you pull up to the track, the arm that goes across the road is to alert when a train is coming. Currently, approximately 500 cars are humped each day. Three local switching assignments Courtesy of Railnuts. Pursuant to the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, Conrail operated the remainder until 1983 when these services were transferred to state or metropolitan transit authorities. NJT traffic windows typically run between 5 AM and 9 AM in the morning connects to through freight trains via Port Reading, NJ or transfer runs will be operated by CSX. CRTS Calendar of Upcoming Events Updated 07/05/98. Tulsa, OK, Syracuse, NY - Kherson, Ukraine. When most of the former Conrail's track was split between these two railroads, the three shared assets areas (a total of about 1,200 miles of track) were kept separate to avoid giving one railroad an advantage in those areas. yard. "If I don't have it, or can't get it, neither should YOU." will be classified at Oak Island Yard for points to and from the CSX and Maybe the Canada Divsion used the letter Q. Shifts Ann Street industries as needed. Canadian Passenger Operations: AMT, Go Transit, VIA, etc. Norfolk Southern Conrail crews operate trains over these lines using locomotives provided from CSX and NS. In former Conrail areas, the old common Conrail channels may be reused by both CSXT and NS. service to local customers and yard support are provided by three yard crews At this point Norfolk Southern does not anticipate operating trains The areas we serve are shared assets of CSX and Norfolk Southern. AL. trains terminating. The consolidated terminal area now This link is double-track traffic control SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. The Conrail Historical Society will open its $150,000 museum and archive center - housed here in a retired 86-foot hi-cube auto-parts boxcar - on April 1, the anniversary date of the railroad's founding in 1976. Inbound and outbound traffic from Manville, NJ is typically handled Croxton Yard also includes a bulk transfer facility consisting of Shifts Sunoco (nights). Conrail Technical Society E-mail Update System Constantly updated. 1 GP38 Discussion forum related to Amtrak also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corp. Works the Grenloch, Bulson St, Westville, among other tasks. Conrail began turning a profit by 1981, the result of the Staggers Act freedoms and its own managerial improvements under the leadership of L. Stanley Crane,[12] who had been chief executive officer of the Southern Railway. Works Honeywell interchange as needed. there. Several reshufflings have taken place, most notably the unit trains in the 6xx series. I believe IH was Gibson Yard, the easternmost point of the Indiana Harbor Belt RR. The Model Railroad Shop is located between two major railroad lines, the Raritan Valley Line of New Jersey Transit (formerly the Central Railroad of New Jersey mainline) and the Conrail Shared Assets Lehigh Line (formerly the Lehigh Valley Railroad mainline). industries. Our focus: Macomb, Monroe, and Wayne counties. Works Lincoln Yard and Marathon Refinery, works Saint Marys Cement when needed, becomes YDRR-51. Since April, there has been a steady stream of CSX-painted locomotives on the line, including ex . Crews from Port Newark service Elizabethport Some train operations will be conducted over a short segment of the Conrail management, recognizing the need for more regulatory freedoms to address the economic issues, were among the parties lobbying for what became the Staggers Act of 1980, which significantly loosened the Interstate Commerce Commission's rigid economic control of the rail industry. 2021 Consolidated Rail Corporation. Chessie, however, could not reach an agreement with EL labor unions, and in February 1976 announced that it would not be buying the EL section. CSAO will make additional to other industrial customers in the area. Conrail also retains various support facilities including maintenance-of-way and training, as well as a 51 percent share in the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Cars for customers served from Port Newark Yard are transfered from Then there are others that are three numbers without any letters. On Duty @ 10:30 pm, Mon-Fri, YPPR-44 (Port Reading drill, Reformatory Branch, YPSA-02 (Browns/Sayreville Running Track). by an Oak Island based yard crew and supports service to several area Red marker lights (not class lights, which are multi-color) were also a preference of Conrail. Switches New Jersey Steel and other local customers, WPSA-33 17:00 Monday through Friday intermodal facilities. second transfer crew moves traffic from Oak Island Yard to Port Reading Yard Services Port Reading Secondary customers, WPMA-20 20:00 Monday through Friday the Amtrak Northeast Corridor at Midway. cars for unloading, or outbound, pulling cars for departure. Beesley's Point Secondary, Vineland Secondary at CP Brown in, Beesley's Point Industrial Track, via Beesley's Point Secondary at Palermo to, Grenloch Industrial Track, Vineland Secondary in. I don't recall any Conrail Division that started with Q. I have no idea what the ST stood for. Judge Fullam forced the Penn Central to operate into 1974, when, on January 2, after threatening a veto, President Richard Nixon signed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 into law. conventional faltcars. After 1978 Conrail's Manifest Trains used a symbol that consisted of four letters, the first two characters were the terminal code of the train's origination, and the second two were its destination terminal. days a week. one train directly into and out of Metuchen, NJ. Conrail Motive Power News Updated 09/21/00. The Atlanta, GA and Fort Wayne, CSX is developing In addition to providing local service for customers along the shared assets lines, we also provide local freight service along Amtraks Northeast Corridor between Newark and Trenton and operates an automobile distribution facility in Northern New Jersey for CSX and Norfolk Southern. CSX will operate train TOMT 2 GP38's, Manville Yard (CSX and CSAO) To the extent that APL The "ST",as i was led to believe,was St.Thomas,Ont.This was a Canada Southern(CASO)train of years ago.We're going back in the late 70's/early 80's.. That explains it. In addition, CSX will establish This time-proven company loves to hire graduates from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, with 10.6% of its employees having attended West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Three local trains currently provide service to customers intermodal facilities. [citation needed] NERSA relieved Conrail of its requirement to provide commuter service on the Northeast Corridor, further improving its finances. WPME-70 19:00 Sunday through Friday Operation Terminal, which also provides for its own internal switching. 31 replies. Arthur D. Lewis of Eastern Air Lines was appointed chairman on April 30, and the remainder of the board was named on May 30 and sworn in on July 11. to service area customers. and returns. In order will be governed by NORAC rules. Conway, PA operating plan includes six Norfolk Southern trains originating, and three Greenville, NJ-New York Cross Harbor Conrail spent it entire existence installing tri-light signals (using NORAC rules) across much of its system. Selkirk, NY to Port Newark Yard. Croxton Yard will be assigned to Norfolk Southern, which will establish Conrail Symbols; Discussion related to the operations and equipment of Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) from 1976 to its present operations as Conrail Shared Assets. with capacity for 60 multi-level rail cars. Today, most Northeastern railroads associated with former Conrail lines have maintained standardization of all systems as vertical color light signals using NORAC rules. The following outbound road classifications are now made at Oak For a complete list of archived newsletters. E-Rail will become an exclusively Norfolk Southern served facility Stoney to RG turn. Conrail's unit coal trains were symboled based on their destination and consignee. of empty equipment. Relieves train WPSA-35 at Toms River, NJ and works back north to Browns The reactivation of the humping facility is consistent with the CSX facility from property adjacent to Kearny Yard. with a capacity of 25 covered hoppers. Frankford Junction, PA cars to Greenville, NJ and Bayonne, NJ and returns to Oak Island Yard. In years passed, the Santa Train operated from Browns Yard to downtown Freehold . Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, Pub. East St. Louis, MO (Exermont Alton & Southern), Originating Terminal (See manifest destinations), Empty to either Cleveland, OH or Philadelphia-Greenwich, PA. currently does although CSX will have access to this facility. It was a solid Herzog Ballast Train, which according to the list posted shld be in the series 918-925 trains. YPOI-60 21:00 Sunday through Friday I'll take you up on that. Ben. changes currently expected for the location. This allowed Conrail and other carriers the opportunity to become profitable and strengthen their finances.[13]. These regions were Northern New Jersey (and New York City), Southern New Jersey (and Philadelphia), and Detroit. On Duty @ 6:30 am, Mon-Fri, YPOI-12 (Brills yard). industrial crews/local crews; YPSA-22, WPSA-31, WPSA-33, and Operates train ML-403 to Oak Island, NJ and turns back with empty Conrail Shared Assets Operations continues to use the tri-light as its standard signal type. of three major facilities: Elizabethport Yard, E-Rail, and ExpressRail, (also The Q is probably incorrect - because that letter indicated the Division (such as H for Harrisburg, or A for Albany). The remaining two yard jobs provide CSX local operations for the Northern Industrial those north of Oak Island. Norfolk Southern will be granted access to two tracks for storage of intermodal CSX's bid for Conrail, however, drew the attention of Norfolk Southern Railway which, fearing that CSX would come to dominate rail traffic in the eastern US, made a bid of its own leading to a takeover battle between the two railroads. This site is an activity of the Conrail Historical Society, the only organization dedicated to preserving Conrail's History. 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Upon arrival at Sibley Yard, becomes YDRR-25 Mon, Wed, Fri; YDRR-32 Tue, Thu. [36], Conrail was the only railroad to receive EMD SD80MACs (the Chicago North & Western were originally supposed to receive SD80MACs with marker lights, but when that railroad merged with Union Pacific, the order was rescinded) and were separated evenly between CSX and NS. Conrail Shared Assets is a company created to operate trackage that CSX and NS could not easily split when Conrail was sold. Switches Croxton Yard, YPCX-20 15:30 Monday through Friday requires switching, such switching will be performed by CSAO crews. New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. (D-N.J.), Chairman of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, on May 2 helped launch a replacement project of the Conrail Shared Assets Point-No-Point Bridge with executives from Conrail, Norfolk Southern, CSX, and members of United Steelworkers of America and Heavy and General . four tank tracks with a capacity of 60 tank cars as well as three ramp tracks This page was last modified on 27 January 2022, at 18:28. In 1997, however, the two railroads struck a compromise agreement to jointly acquire Conrail and split most of its assets between them, with Norfolk Southern acquiring a larger portion of the Conrail network via a larger stock buyout. blocks will include Linwood, NC, Roanoke, VA, and Knoxville, TN. The pick up for train TV-207 is placed along a yard track adjacent to the Chemical Coast by yard crews. On Duty @ 6:45 am, Mon-Fri, YPOI-21 (2nd trick Garden Yard). The non-APL portion of Kearny Yard will be assigned to CSX. Today, a small section of CR known as Conrail Shared Assets survives and oversees a few rail lines in New Jersey owned jointly by NS and CSX. The first, on March 15, 2012, was GE ES44AC #8098 in Conrail blue with the "can opener" logo. Our focus: Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Union counties. Trainmasters. Works Wanamaker as needed. Additionally, standardized signal rules allowed Conrail to standardize signaling hardware and operation across its system.[42]. as far as detroit goes, here are the symbals we use depnding on the yard were at; Geneva, NY-- GY Tower this was the boarder line where the Buffalo Div. customers. [3] The "3R Act," as it was called, provided interim funding to the bankrupt railroads and defined a new Consolidated Rail Corporation under the Association of American Railroads' plan. cars. per day, instead of the two shifts that are currently operated. Local yards: Burlington, NJ; Frankford Jct., PA; Millville, NJ; Morrisville, PA; Paulsboro, NJ; Port Richmond, PA; South Philadelphia, PA; Stoney Creek, PA. returns with train from Oak Island, YPPN-20 14:30 Daily supervision at this facility, but the facility is not part of the NJSAA. Conrail's extensive ML service was provided through the dedicated auto rack unit trains listed here as well as through "loose car railroading". Conrail employees can find direct links to web mail and applications below list. Shifts yard and Staley on weekends, and Monday's, used SUN/MON, WPBS-02 - Croydon Turn OD 3PM Run's to CROY Interlocking, Work's Mid-Atlantic, Roscom, DOW, WPBS-03 - Bristol Turn OD 10AM Run's to GRUNDY Interlocking, http://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php?title=Conrail_SAA_Train_Symbols&oldid=35671. includes Oak Island, South Kearny, North Bergen, Croxton, Port Newark, Bayway, Michigan Line (runs parallel to Michigan Avenue, US Hwy 12), CP-Townline in Dearborn (junction with, This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 01:15. [2] At its lowest point, PC was losing over $1 million a day and trains were becoming lost all over the railroad. shifts each day. This yard will be supervised by a yardmaster Port Newark, NJ [15][16][17][18] On February 8, 1985, Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole announced Norfolk Southern Railway as the successful bidder. Services Lehigh Line customers east of Manville, NJ, WPMA-12 13:00 Monday through Friday point within the consolidated terminal. GA via trains Q-195 and Q-196. YPBA-03 (Oak Island/Bayonne, East Jersey RR interchange,Greenville Simms Metal ). Services Tropicanna and Port Jersey Auto Terminal, YPOI-31 15:45 Daily There are currently eight yard The second character was the Division Code (P = Phillidephia, H = Harrisburg, A = Albany, I = Pittsburgh, D = Dearborn, S = Indianapolis) the Third and Fourth were the terminal code of the train's origination. capacity for 37 five-well cars and crews at Kearny Yard handle any needed Three CSAO crews will be assigned to handle the APL and industrial Yard will be transferred to Croxton Yard for service on New Jersey Transit's flatcars. local operation. pricipally to cross the NJT North Jersey Coast Line and access the Brown's 93-236, 87 Stat. 1 SD40-2 for this facility at the present time. Symbols and numberings of these irregular trains may vary; typically the three letter code is followed by a three number code. Transfer assignment, delivers East Jersey Railroad traffic and handles CR's Local and Yard Jobs used a symbol that consisted of four letters, the first characters being a W or a Y for Wayfreight or Yard Job. road trains to and from the Browns Yard area will use this link for two miles, Flat switches the east end of Oak Island Yard, YPOI-21 15:45 Monday through Saturday from the Northern Branch between South Kearny, NJ and North Bergen, NJ and Board index . Oak Island Yard is the focal point of Conrail's operation in Northern blocks at Oak Island for both CSX and Norfolk Southern. by yard crews. Local service is also provided from Manville, NJ on NJT's Raritan Soon after Crane took office in 1981 he shed another 4,400 miles from the Conrail system in the following two years, which accounted for only 1% of the railroad's overall traffic and 2% of its profits while saving it millions of dollars in maintenance costs. Turn, works Ford Brownstown, uses engine and AJM and Fritz cars from YDRR-23. Switches customers in Bayonne, NJ. via the Southern Tier Line. and a Selkirk, NY block for the north. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. Congress once again reacted with support by passing the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 (NERSA),[9] which amended portions of the 3R Act by exempting Conrail from liability for any state taxes[10] and requiring the Secretary of Transportation to make arrangements for the sale of the government's interest in Conrail. As of 2022, the group publishes a quarterly magazine and a calendar, as well as other occasional mailings. and intermodal facilities. Is there some train symbol you are trying to decode? Manville Yard is an industrial support yard located near the Trenton Train Q-290 will arrive Sterling Secondary and Utica Industrial Track, from junction with the Conrail North Yard Branch at CP-North Yard to the end of the Utica Industrial Track at MP 27. On Duty @ 8 am, Mon-Fri, YPSK-13 (switches NJRC, yards and builds 67J/66J), YPOI-09 (1st trick hump). as trains GMLIOI and GMOILI. [34], The buyout was approved by the Surface Transportation Board (successor agency to the Interstate Commerce Commission) and took place on August 22, 1998. CSAO Vineland Secondary. . shift. Bayonne also serves as CSAO Penns Grove Secondary. local assignments and one yard transfer assignment currently originating returns. The two lines cross at a bridge southeast of downtown Cleveland (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}412649N 813737W / 41.447N 81.627W / 41.447; -81.627), where the former Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad crosses over the NYC's former Cleveland Short Line Railway around the south side of Cleveland. YPSA-02 07:00 Monday through Friday use four yard assignments to handle the intermodal business. recent changes include improved handling for northbound traffic which, in 5 GP38's. Here is a neat website--maybe it will help. Sun-Thu. Street Yard, YPOI-14 07:30 Monday through Friday [29], With Conrail's increasing success, it decided to merge the company with another railroad, so it approached CSX Transportation about buying Conrail. New Jersey. Our focus: Atlantic, Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Delaware, Gloucester, Mercer, and Philadelphia counties. Builds WPBS-03. on the NJT-Southern Secondary to Toms River, NJ, 50 miles south along the 1663 views. Staley, and GM on weekday nights. In mid-1973, officials with the bankrupt Penn Central threatened to liquidate and cease operations by year's end if they did not receive government aid by October 1. Outbound yard shifter, YPMO-03 - On Duty at 09:00. The two tracks were originally built by competing railroads (west track is the former Lake Shore and Michigan Southern track, the east track is ex-Michigan Central Railroad). Initial letters of first two words of more than a one word origin or destination, generally. and will be served by Norfolk Southern road crews either inbound, placing Supervision is provided Re: Conrail Shared Assets Symbols/Schedules? TV-53 was shown as North Bergen, NJ to Streator, IL (ATSF). WPBU-20: Mon-Fri. On Duty at 17:30. So don't worry . Services Newark-Doremus Avenue, NJ auto terminal, YPOI-09 06:45 Monday through Friday The NYC and PRR reporting marks, which had passed to Conrail, were also transferred to the new companies, and NS also acquired the CR reporting mark. [8] The theory was that if the service was improved through increased capital investment, the economic basis of the railroad would be improved. Browns Yard in South Amboy, NJ is located on the Amboy Secondary. Jersey Transit North Jersey Coast Line between CP-Wood (connection to Conrail's Conrail was restructured into a Switching and Terminal Railroad, and it began operating about 1,200 miles of track in three regional areas on June 1, 1999. This past Tuesday, April 25 2017. It is a hump classification yard with a receiving yard, "Fact Sheet: The Preliminary System Plan for Restructuring the Railroads of the Northeast and Midwest. Leaving North Bergen, the train handled traffic for Momence (MP) - Streator (ATSF) - Toledo - Chicago. This caused problems for Conrail, which had to "qualify" train crews on as many as seven different signaling systems and operating rules. The Conrail Shared Assets Operations arrangement was a concession made to federal regulators who were concerned about the lack of competition in certain rail markets and logistical problems associated with the breaking-up of Conrail operations as they existed in densely-populated areas with many local customers. Bayonne Yard is a 20 track industrial yard serving petrochemical, Other lines would be sold to Amtrak, various state governments, transportation agencies, and solvent railroads. Conrail Shared Assets utilizes the following types of locomotives, all supplied by CSX and Norfolk Southern. Here's one for you..WQST(i've only seen this symbol once,and i may have an idea what the ST is).Anyone know this train? Works Lincoln Secondary industries: Ford Brownstown on each day; AJM in Southgate and Fritz in Taylor on Mon, Wed, Fri. yard, but is not part of NJSAA. Apr 30, 2020. Official web site can be found here: Is there a list of Conrail two letter symbol abreviations anywhere on the web? YPSC-31 - On Duty at 16:00. ), Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 16:22, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee, History of rail transportation in the United States, "Current Legal Literature: Hear That Whistle Down the Line? Following approval by the Surface Transportation Board, CSX and NS took control in August 1998, and on June 1, 1999, began operating their respective portions of Conrail. Conrail Technical Society E-mail Update System Constantly updated. at Croxton Yard. CSX's symbol logic is a little better, but not much. Because of this it is important that you don . Services Ford Assembly Plant. Flat switches the east end of Oak Island Yard. The government owned 85%, with employees owning the remaining 15%. Both CSX and NS have the right to serve all shippers in these areas, paying Conrail for the cost of maintaining and improving trackage. Services local industries, YPME-02 08:00 Monday through Friday Conrail's government-funded rebuilding of the dilapidated infrastructure and rolling stock it inherited from its six predecessors succeeded by the end of the 1970s in improving the physical condition of tracks, locomotives and freight cars. 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