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NS 5292 |
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Sitting idle on this chilly, late winter's day, NS 5292 awaits Monday morning and its next assignment. Constructed by EMD in 1973 as Penn Central 8096, the unit kept that road number through its life on Conrail. Conveyed to NS in the Conrail split, the unit still shows its Big Blue heritage on this day but has since been repainted in NS black and white livery. Note the two patches on the nose, the sight of the locomotive's old marker lights that were removed after its acquisition by NS. |
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3/10/2010 Upload Date: 6/9/2011 10:55:03 PM |
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Fogelsville, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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NS 5292(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
WCRL 9 |
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Resting among the vintage rail equipment in the Nields St. yard is this GE built 65-ton switcher. Constructed in 1941 for the US Army as their number 7079, it was later sold to a private owner and moved to the Black River & Western Railroad of Ringoes, NJ. While at the Black River, it was used to help teach mechanical shop classes for students at North Hunterdon High School. The unit's next assignment was freight operations on the Octoraro Railway and affiliate Anthracite Railway in Pennsylvania. At the time this photo was taken, the unit was owned by the West Chester Railway Heritage Association and not in operating condition. As the West Chester Railroad operates on a former PRR branch, the paint scheme of the locomotive is similar to those worn by the Pennsy's own fleet of GE 44-ton switchers. In 2013, little number 9 was sold off to a private owner and left the West Chester Railroad for Delaware. |
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9/25/2010 Upload Date: 7/1/2016 3:14:46 PM |
| Location: |
West Chester, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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WCRL 9(65Tonner ) |
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| Title: |
NJTR 4101 |
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NJTR 4101, a former CNJ/NJDOT unit, shoves a Hoboken bound train out of the former DL&W Kingsland station. Originally built as a GP40P in 1968 and numbered as CNJ 3672, it was renumbered into the 4100 series upon the coming of Conrail in the 1970s. Rebuilt twice, first as a GP40PH in the 1980s, and later as a GP40PH-2 in the 1990s, it is the only unit of this fleet to maintain the same NJTR 4100 number throughout the rebuildings. |
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1/11/2011 Upload Date: 3/14/2011 7:55:51 PM |
| Location: |
Lyndhurst, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
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| Title: |
BDRV 8142 |
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One of the Black River & Western's Easter Bunny specials enters the Ringoes station after an early afternoon run through Hunterdon County. Power this day is one of the railroad's ex-Canadian Pacific SW-1200RS units. A graduate of the former GMD plant in Ontario, the unit still holds the same number that it wore serving CP for forty years. Acquired by the Black River system in 1999, along with a sister unit, it was one of the earliest locomotives to wear the current paint scheme of the New Jersey based operator. |
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4/17/2011 Upload Date: 6/13/2011 1:24:01 AM |
| Location: |
Ringoes, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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BDRV 8142(SW1200RS) |
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| Title: |
SRNJ 100 |
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This former high hooded GP-9 now calls the Southern Railroad of New Jersey home. Constructed in 1956 as C&O 6099, it has since received a chop nose configuration and a paint job similar to the CNJ "Coast Guard" look of the 1970s. At the time of this photo, the locomotive was assigned to the SRNJ Winslow Junction division but has since migrated over to the railroad's operations around Salem, NJ. |
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7/1/2011 Upload Date: 7/1/2016 3:02:30 PM |
| Location: |
Winslow Junction, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SRNJ 100(GP9) |
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| Title: |
NJTR 4107 |
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Constructed as part of a thirteen unit order in 1968, this locomotive was purchased by the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the passenger operations of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Built as CNJ 3680, this unit was originally classified as a GP40P, was rebuilt twice in its lifetime, and is now a GP40PH-2. This locomotive has served its entire existance for a New Jersey based rail operation. |
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8/5/2011 Upload Date: 7/1/2016 2:33:28 PM |
| Location: |
Waldwick, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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NJTR 4107(GP40PH-2) |
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| Title: |
SBRR 54 |
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The Stourbridge Line's rare EMD BL-2 is seen heading a northbound excursion for Honesdale on a late summer afternoon. Built in 1949 for the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, this unit is one of four ex-BAR BL-2s left in existance. At the time of this photo this locomotive was owned by the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, with the railroad operated as the Stourbridge Railway, a subsidiary of New Jersey's Morristown & Erie Railway. The paint scheme is a slightly altered version of one the locomotive once wore for its original owner in northern Maine. |
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9/3/2011 Upload Date: 7/1/2016 2:43:26 PM |
| Location: |
White Mills, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SBRR 54(BL2) |
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148 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
TMSS 26 |
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Built by EMC in 1939, this unit was originally tested by the Atlantic Coast Line before being sold to Richmond Terminal. The Lehigh Valley style paint scheme comes from its days on the former LV State Line & Sullivan Branch, operated by the Towanda Monroeton Shippers Lifeline. It now has a new career as Steamtown's new shop switcher. |
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1/17/2015 Upload Date: 1/17/2015 10:12:13 PM |
| Location: |
Scranton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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TMSS 26(SW1) |
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| Title: |
CACV 3051 |
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Built in 1956 by MLW for the Canadian National as number 8181, this locomotive later went to work for Atlas Steel before coming to the New York countryside for excursion service. The CACV has painted and lettered the unit to match similar D&H Alcos that once worked the Cooperstown Branch. The number is also a tribute to the D&H, following the last S-4 for that road. |
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6/25/2015 Upload Date: 6/30/2015 10:44:19 PM |
| Location: |
Milford, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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CACV 3051(S4) |
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| Title: |
ADIX 1502 |
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Freshly painted ADIX 1502 looks on as the Adirondack Scenic crews prepare for the weekend's Thomas event. The unit started life as an F3A in 1947 for the Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railway and was rebuilt as an FP10 for MBTA service around Boston. The Adirondack Scenic acquired the unit from Metro North in the early 2000s. |
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6/25/2015 Upload Date: 7/1/2015 12:58:50 AM |
| Location: |
Utica, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ADIX 1502(FP10) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MHWA 1670 |
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A former Air Force GE, built in 1952, stands ready for service within Griffiss Industrial Park. Operated by the Mohawk Adirondack & Northern Railroad to serve customers within the park, this unit's heritage is still quite obvious on the hoods. |
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6/25/2015 Upload Date: 7/1/2015 1:19:32 AM |
| Location: |
Rome, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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MHWA 1670(80Tonner) |
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| Title: |
EV 707 |
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The lone GP10 on the Everett Railroad's roster rests near the west end of the Hollidaysburg yard. Originally constructed as a GP-9 in 1956 for the Illinois Central Railroad, it was later part of a 1970s rebuild program at the Paducah, KY shops. |
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10/18/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 9:29:39 PM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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EV 707(GP10) |
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| Title: |
EV 4 |
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On static display at company headquarters, this is the last piece of equipment left online from the original Everett Railroad that operated out of the line's namesake town to the south of here. Constructed by GE for the US Army in 1943. |
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10/18/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 10:21:57 PM |
| Location: |
Duncansville, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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EV 4(80Tonner) |
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| Title: |
RBMN 803 |
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No passenger rides today through the Lehigh Gorge but the trains still keep rolling. RBMN 803, a former Lehigh Valley Railroad SW-8, assists in switching the railroad's historic passenger car fleet on former CNJ iron. This locomotive, originally LV 270, was constructed in 1951 and has since been upgraded as an SW-8m. The tower from the old station can be seen above the train off to the right. |
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11/16/2015 Upload Date: 6/28/2016 11:26:06 PM |
| Location: |
Jim Thorpe, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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RBMN 803(SW8m) |
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290 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CTR 7580 |
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Constructed in 1957 for the Pennsylvania Railroad, this former GP-9 was one of over two hundred such units the Pennsy operated throughout their vast system. Rebuilt to a GP10 while owned by Conrail, this locomotive has also seen service on freight and passenger trains at Jim Thorpe, and switching service at a quarry near Hershey, before coming to the former Reading Company Colebrookdale Line. Owned by Clinton Terminal Railroad of North Carolina, and leased to the Colebrookdale Railroad at the time of this photo, it has since moved on to Steam Into History at New Freedom, PA. Seen here departing Boyertown with a Christmas special. |
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12/19/2015 Upload Date: 6/28/2016 11:42:50 PM |
| Location: |
Boyertown, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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701 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MIDH 2 |
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Recently overhauled and sporting a fresh paint job, MIDH 2 stands ready to power the line's annual Santa Claus Specials. Unit was constructed by GE in 1955 for the Standard Slag Corporation as their number 46. |
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12/19/2015 Upload Date: 6/28/2016 9:25:31 PM |
| Location: |
Middletown, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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MIDH 2(65Tonner ) |
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172 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ESPN 1804 |
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Early afternoon finds a nicely painted GP18 on the head end of the East Penn Railroad's local freight bound for Pennsburg. The former NYS&W locomotive was built in 1962 as part of a three unit order to supplement aging Alco RS-1s and S-2s, after successful test runs with GP20 demonstrators from EMD. The trio provided reliable service for the Susquehanna for over forty years before being sold off and making their way to Pennsylvania. |
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1/19/2016 Upload Date: 6/28/2016 11:54:50 PM |
| Location: |
Emmaus, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ESPN 1804(GP18) |
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| Title: |
MERR 489 |
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Recently returned to New Jersey, this former New Haven FL-9 recently saw service on Maine Eastern passenger operations between Rockland and Brunswick, ME. Built as NH 2021 in 1957, part of the first order of FL-9s for passenger operations out of Grand Central Terminal. It is also one of twelve of these units that went to Amtrak and six that operated in Empire Service between New York City and Albany until the early 2000s. |
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3/27/2016 Upload Date: 6/28/2016 9:14:15 PM |
| Location: |
Whippany, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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MERR 489(FL9) |
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| Title: |
DLW 663 |
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A F3A, painted in the old DL&W freight scheme is one of the many fixtures of the old Lackawanna Scranton freight yards. Owned by the Tri-State Chapter of the NRHS, this unit is a replica of the Lackawanna locomotives that used to call this yard home. Constructed in 1948 by EMD, it was sold to the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad of northern Maine as number 504A, later renumbered to 44. Sold down to Tri-State in New Jersey during the 1980s, it was first restored to a CNJ/CRP orange and blue look and operated around southern New Jersey and Jim Thorpe, PA for many years before coming north and gaining the Lackawanna look. As this is one of the earlier F-units, number 663 still retains the "chicken wire" look on its sides. |
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5/19/2016 Upload Date: 6/28/2016 9:04:36 PM |
| Location: |
Scranton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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DLW 663(F3A) |
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| Title: |
RRPX 563 |
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A former Santa Fe switcher rests in the Whippany yard of the Morristown & Erie Railway after arranging some of the railroad's streamlined rolling stock from the former Maine Eastern operation. Built by EMD in 1953 as an SW9, this unit was originally ATSF 2432. The Santa Fe would later rebuild this unit in 1974 at their shops in San Bernardino, CA, redesignating it as an SSB1200 and renumbering it 1232. Retired from the active roster in the mid 1980s, the locomotive went to serve on Amtrak, where it acquired its present road number. Number 563 has been under the ownership of Railroad Power Leasing since the mid 2000s, working freight on the Morristown & Erie as well as a few other New Jersey shortlines. The unit is currently classified as an SW1200 by RRPX and has been given a paint job very similar to some of the M&E's regular freight locomotives. |
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6/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/28/2016 2:50:29 PM |
| Location: |
Whippany, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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RRPX 563(SSB1200) |
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