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| Title: |
Journal Square |
| Description: |
The area near Journal Square had a lot of activity. The tracks to the left are the PATH station and yard, a large complex that had car shops and MOW, among other things. The two tracks at right are the ex PRR Passaic & Harsimus Branch, which went from Kearny out to the piers at Harsimus Cove. By this time it was a freight yard, but until 1961, some passenger trains terminated there at a ferry to Manhattan, though not many after Penn Station in NY was opened. We see a long cut of cars behind an ex EL SW 9 about to pass the station on the P&H, heading toward the waterfront yard. Note the catenary above the SW. Conrail was still running electrified freight here at the time, and it was possible to see GG 1's, E 44's and ex NH/VGN E 33's here. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1978 Upload Date: 12/10/2016 6:10:48 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9024(SW9) |
| Views: |
483 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Working hard |
| Description: |
Theres not a lot of smoke from this little diesel, but the sound was awesome as the 567 revved while pulling a long cut of cars from Kearny. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1978 Upload Date: 12/10/2016 6:15:55 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9024(SW9) |
| Views: |
261 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Back to Croxton |
| Description: |
Well, maybe. Could also be going to North Bergen, but my bet is Croxton, which handled a lot more general freight than the ex NYC yard, which had become largely an intermodal and auto rack yard. Our SW takes the connection at Marion Jct after dropping its train at Harsimus Cove. Now, off to get some baseball cards.... |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1978 Upload Date: 12/10/2016 6:19:46 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9024(SW9) |
| Views: |
307 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
West end |
| Description: |
In August 1978 I rode the Broadway from New York to Chicago. At the time, it was still a main freight route to the Windy City for Conrail, and I recall a number of things from that trip. One was outrunning a white Firebird that was pacing us on adjacent US 30. The other was that we seemed to meet an eastbound every 30 minutes or so. There also was some local traffic on the route, as we see here. A solo GP 7 works a siding near Valpo. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 12/16/2016 5:45:12 AM |
| Location: |
Valparaiso, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 5700(GP7) |
| Views: |
512 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Still some Alcos |
| Description: |
The Alco fleet did not have a long tenure on CR, as they almost immediately set out to make their roster all EMD or GE, once they got a handle on what they had and sorted out the worst power. Six axle Alcos tended to stay on the Cleveland ore trains, with the four axle power at various points around the system, a lot of times not too far from home. This is an example, an ex PRR unit working at Kearny. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1978 Upload Date: 12/16/2016 5:36:32 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7647(RS11) |
| Views: |
327 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RS 11 |
| Description: |
An RS 11 is seen at the Kearny engine terminal, along with an unnamed GG 1. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:19:38 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7651(RS11) |
| Views: |
634 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Interesting yard power |
| Description: |
One of the trips I would do was a ride to Newark on the ex DLW, which passed the Conrail Meadows Yard in Kearny. I was not always able to get a well composed shot, but I did see some interesting stuff, such as this GP 35/GP9B set working the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1979 Upload Date: 8/29/2012 12:02:41 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2284(GP35) CR 3812(GP9B) |
| Views: |
563 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Unusual power |
| Description: |
Among the other units Conrail inherited were a number of ex PRR GP9Bs that wound up in yard service, such as this one at Kearny |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1979 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 3:33:38 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2284(GP35) CR 3812(GP9B) |
| Views: |
686 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
LV pup |
| Description: |
For some reason I always wound up riding on rainy days. Either those were the only days I had available, or the rain just follows me around. The benefit was that it evened out the light when shooting places like Kearny from the DLW, which was normally a dark side photo. Here we see an ex LV "pup" SW 8 with another CR switcher. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1979 Upload Date: 8/29/2012 12:34:34 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8939(SW9) CR 9201(NW2) |
| Views: |
546 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
New power |
| Description: |
Or at least it was at the time. A new B23-7 at Waverly Yard |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 3:27:31 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1991(B23-7) CR 7901(GP38) |
| Views: |
685 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Some of each |
| Description: |
CR was still using electric power at that time, but occasionally it would get an assist from diesels. We see such a power set at Kearny as it prepares to head over to Harsimus Cove with a pair of then new SD40-2's. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 12/16/2016 5:32:27 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6421(SD40-2) CR 6400(SD40-2) CR 4439(E44) |
| Views: |
439 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Office car |
| Description: |
Before Conrail painted its fleet of office cars in a Pullman green, they wore the same blue the power did. Here we see observation car #3 in blue at 30th Street in Philadelphia. |
| Photo Date: |
7/29/1979 Upload Date: 9/9/2012 3:12:57 AM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Tunnel,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
621 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Action at Lane |
| Description: |
Conrail freights heading down the ex PRR would come through the ex PRR yard at Waverly, then reach the Northeast Corridor at LANE Tower between Newark and Elizabeth. The Dutch door of a train was a perfect spot to see one, in this case, from a New York bound Jersey Coast train. A three unit set of then new GP40-2's leads the train out from the flyover. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1979 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 3:30:38 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3362(GP40-2) CR 3376(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
539 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ready to go |
| Description: |
A freight is ready to depart the ex PRR Waverly Yard in Newark for a trip down the Corridor the Potomac Yard. The lead unit still wears the paint of its former owner. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 12:53:19 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6348(SD40) CR 6470(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
538 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CR once had 50 of these |
| Description: |
CRs SD 35s came from two previous owners, the PRR and CNJ. The nose of one of the ex Pennsy units is seen in a grab shot from a passing PATH train near Marion Jct-note the curving track at right. That connects to the ex NYC North Bergen yard. I once saw an SD 40 take that curve. It was an experience. |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1979 Upload Date: 6/5/2016 4:40:47 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6017(SD35) |
| Views: |
280 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Journal Square |
| Description: |
A Conrail train headed from the ex Pennsy to the ex NYC rolls past the PATH station at Journal Square in Jersey City. This was an intresting place to see Conrail trains. At the time, you could see not only diesel powered trains, but some with various electric units as well, including E33's, E44's and GG1's. CR 6520 was almost brand new on the date of this photo. |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/1980 Upload Date: 1/11/2014 3:51:09 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6520(SD40-2) CR 6458(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
782 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Action on the Hack River bridge |
| Description: |
The PATH train from Jersey City to Newark sometimes yielded some good photo ops, if the timing was right. This time I got a train on the P&H line behind a set of SD40-2s, the lead unit one of the newest on the CR roster at the time, and the 5th from last such unit CR would acquire, the final SD40-2 being 6524. If only the PATH train had been a split second faster, the catenary support would not have cut off the pilot of the lead unit. Close but no cigar!! |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/1980 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 12:58:00 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6520(SD40-2) CR 6458(SD40-2) CR 6441(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
923 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
6 axle GE |
| Description: |
My trips to Jersey were somewhat sporadic, and often were tied to riding the many routes across the Garden State, and not necessarily toward catching the freight action. Im glad I rode all I could at the time-the equipment and some of the routes are gone-but looking back, I wish I had spent more time staking out the freights, which also had some interesting power in those days. I did not see many 6 axle U boats, but once in a while I'd get lucky. This one was on a freight at Kearny yard, seen from a passing DLW train between Hoboken and Newark. |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/1980 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:02:07 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6826(U28C) CR 6503(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
705 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Local freight |
| Description: |
Commuter lines in Jersey are not known for having a lot of freight traffic, but in 1980 there was still enough on the Bay Head line to warrant a fairly sizeable train. Here we see the power up close, a new GP 15-1, a model CR bought 100 of not long after start up, with a train headed back to, I believe, Red Bank. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/1980 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 5:09:54 AM |
| Location: |
Asbury Park, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1607(GP15-1) |
| Views: |
517 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Power in places youd never expect it. |
| Description: |
One of the things about Conrail was that units would turn up in unusual places. While its not far from home, prior to CR, who would have expected a Reading GP 30 working on the PRR in Delaware?? As the combined like units in a certain area, power moved around some, and here we find the result. How about that Pennsy hopper!! |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1980 Upload Date: 12/16/2016 5:18:44 AM |
| Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2174(GP30) |
| Views: |
268 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
On the Corridor |
| Description: |
At CR startup, Amtrak got the Corridor, and CR was a tenant. Ultimately, this moved freight off the corridor to a large degree, as Amtrak raised the wheelage rates to a point that was not economical. There was still a fair amount of local traffic, which was served from a variety of yards. This is one of the locals, with a U23B and U30B working south of Newark Penn Station. McCarter Highway is the bridge at left. Note the EL box at right. |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1980 Upload Date: 12/16/2016 5:24:30 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2743(U23B) CR 2889(U30B) |
| Views: |
272 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Raritan River power |
| Description: |
In 1980, Conrail absorbed one of Jerseys more obscure operations, the Raritan River RR, which had a base of operations in South Amboy. I never saw them while they were independent, but did finally catch their SW, still in its original colors, but with a CR number, while watching commuter trains one afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1980 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:06:02 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8660(SW900) |
| Views: |
911 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Raritan River SW |
| Description: |
A former Raritan River SW with a Conrail caboose at South Amboy. Conrail had recently taken over the NJ short line. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1980 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:07:34 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8660(SW900) |
| Views: |
583 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Marion Jct |
| Description: |
This transfer was headed onto the ex PRR at Marion Jct. It was interesting to watch the 6 axle unit roll through the tight curve there, planges squealing as it went. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/1981 Upload Date: 3/10/2013 4:45:58 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6335(SD40) |
| Views: |
482 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
GP 35 on the Corridor |
| Description: |
By 1981, freight on most of the Northeast Corridor was becoming a rarity, but some did run there. The electrics were gone, but there was still a good variety of diesel power, such as this ex Reading GP 35 leading a westbound train |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/1981 Upload Date: 1/27/2013 11:43:15 PM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3632(GP35) |
| Views: |
347 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grab shot |
| Description: |
One of the best ways to see the engine tracks at CRs South Kearny yard was from the ex DLW commuter trains that ran along the north side of the yard. Unfortunately, it offered only the option of grab shots from the train. Still, the power could get interesting. Heres a pair of units typical of the era, with a patched but bleeding through ex PC unit. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1981 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 1:06:09 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6205(SD45) CR 3628(GP35) |
| Views: |
364 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Lite power |
| Description: |
A set of Conrail lite power passes the Rahway station. The last unit was a surprise. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1983 Upload Date: 11/5/2013 1:10:56 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2949(U33B) CR 3145(GP40) CR 6460(SD40-2) CR 7867(GP38) |
| Views: |
632 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SW type on the P&H branch |
| Description: |
PATH trains offered opportunities to see all kinds of CR power between Journal Square and Newark. Heres one of avanishing breed of end cab switchers on the Hackensack River bridge just west of Journal Square. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1983 Upload Date: 11/5/2013 1:13:03 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8617(SW8) |
| Views: |
438 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GP 35 |
| Description: |
There were many second generation units in service at this time, mostly on locals and in yards. One such was this GP 35 at Arlington, seen heading toward DC from Potomac Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1983 Upload Date: 11/12/2013 1:34:25 AM |
| Location: |
Arlington, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3631(GP35) |
| Views: |
255 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Through the station |
| Description: |
The tunnels at Baltimore made it a bottleneck, one of many reasons Conrail avoided the corridor. Here a Pot Yard bound train waits out the passenger traffic on the bypass tracks at Penn Station |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1983 Upload Date: 11/12/2013 1:38:31 AM |
| Location: |
Baltimore Penn Station, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6307(SD40) CR 6284(SD40) |
| Views: |
358 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CR 2254 |
| Description: |
CR 2254 sits at Hagerstown MD in the NW/CR yard there. Still lots of GP 35s around then |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1983 Upload Date: 11/17/2013 2:40:31 AM |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2254(GP35) CR 7924(GP38) |
| Views: |
541 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Freight on the corridor |
| Description: |
An unusual sight by that time, an Oak Island bound freight in daylight makes its way past the Rahway station. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1983 Upload Date: 2/26/2012 4:48:47 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3138(GP40) CR 3187(GP40) CR 6472(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
508 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Unusual unit on the corridor |
| Description: |
The GP 20 was an unusual unit anywhere on Conrail. They only had ten, ex NYC. Heres one of them at Wilmington Del, seen from the passing Crescent. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/1984 Upload Date: 5/22/2014 4:32:02 AM |
| Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2109(GP20) |
| Views: |
418 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Transfer run |
| Description: |
I stepped out of a Mc Donalds and saw this crossing overhead on the ex PRR Panhandle Line |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 3:45:58 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7909(GP38) |
| Views: |
195 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed out of Chicago |
| Description: |
I rode the Cardinal in March 1984, and saw a number of things from the train. My notes are non existent, so some locations are a guess. Best I can figure on these CR units it somewhere around Pine Jct. |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/1984 Upload Date: 6/6/2014 3:49:50 AM |
| Location: |
Marion, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8240(GP38-2) CR 8083(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
387 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Nothing left |
| Description: |
The Cardinal still ran on the C&O in 1984. I recall commenting to another rider, also a fan, that shooting Conrail SWs was a waste of film. His comment was that he shoots everything, since it will all go away-not his exact words!! How right he was. This CR train was on the ex PRR Panhandle line as it approached North Judson, which was by then already a shadow of its former glorious self. The two main lines, the EL and C&O, had been completely abandoned in the ELs case, and cut as a through route in the case of the C&O. The ex PRR would vanish soon as well, leaving essentially nothing there, except for some short segments that accessed a grain shipper. Now the only thing left is the Hoosier Valley RR Museum, which is worth going there to see, even if there is no main line action. Sic Transit Gloria. |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/1984 Upload Date: 6/6/2014 3:55:10 AM |
| Location: |
North Judson, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9543(SW1500) |
| Views: |
832 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ex EL power |
| Description: |
I did not see many of the ex EL SDP45s, so was always happy to get one. This one started life as EL 3650. I wish I had been able to get better shots. This one was taken from an NJ Transit train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1984 Upload Date: 6/22/2014 4:42:10 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6681(SDP45) |
| Views: |
408 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Anyone can play |
| Description: |
In 1984, some of the smaller and older units had not been repainted, especially if they were not going to be around long. Here we see a GP 9 in LV paint, its heritage showing through the paint over, and a pair of switchers, one in the Raritan Valley scheme, one Reading. It was quite the rainbow. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1984 Upload Date: 6/22/2014 4:45:10 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7476(GP9) CR 8660(SW900) CR 9319(SW1200) |
| Views: |
656 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Middle Division local |
| Description: |
This westbound was on the ex PRR at Tyrone behind a pair of 4 motor units. The weather was awful-rain followed me everywhere-but the power was good. U23's were still a common sight in those days. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:29:20 AM |
| Location: |
Tyrone, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1955(B23-7) CR 2789(U23B) |
| Views: |
263 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound local |
| Description: |
A short train behind a pair of 4 axle units climbs to Gallitzin. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:31:07 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2755(U23B) CR 7732(GP38) |
| Views: |
441 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Helpers returning |
| Description: |
A pair of helpers makes their way back to Altoona for another westbound. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:32:07 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6085(SD45) CR 6453(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
319 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Head end helpers |
| Description: |
Sometimes, due to train make up, the helpers were put up front. Typically this happened with Trailvans, but some other trains got them as well. Here we see a TV train on its way uphill. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:34:39 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6085(SD45) CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6042(SD35) CR 8144(GP38-2) CR 2732(U23B) CR 3326(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
703 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Westbound at the curve |
| Description: |
The train with the head end helpers passes the park at Horseshoe. Those were the days-an SD45, ex EL 3620, in the helper set, and an SD35 leading the train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:36:19 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6085(SD45) CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6042(SD35) CR 8144(GP38-2) CR 2732(U23B) CR 3326(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
643 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pushers |
| Description: |
Conrail had a group of pushers assigned at Altoona to assist trains up the grade to Gallitzin. Here, an SD 40/40-2 set in that service roll back down to Altoona to set up for another westbound. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 1:27:11 PM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6263(SD40) CR 6462(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
282 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Up the hill |
| Description: |
A pair of helpers shoves hard on the caboose as they assist a westbound. Note the diversity of rolling stock on this train, a sampling of now fallen flag roads NW, Southern, DT&I and C&NW. All memories, as is now Conrail for the past 20 years. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:39:32 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6288(SD40) CR 6291(SD40) |
| Views: |
303 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pushing hard |
| Description: |
A helper set pushes on the caboose of a westbound at the park. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:44:43 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6288(SD40) CR 6291(SD40) |
| Views: |
393 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound past the park |
| Description: |
An eastbound drifts downhill toward Altoona past the park at the curve. Conrail often mixed in 4 axle power on many trains, even on heavy grades. Odd as it sounds, seeing a GP 38 in the Alleghenies was not that uncommon. Check out the Reading hoppers, many of which lasted well into the 90's in coal service. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 1:31:26 PM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6607(C30-7) CR 8214(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
433 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Helpers |
| Description: |
Lots of helpers on the curve. Heres a set along with a caboose, getting to be an unusual sight by this time. |
| Photo Date: |
2/14/1986 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 1:00:16 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6290(SD40) CR 6285(SD40) |
| Views: |
462 Comments: 1 |
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