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Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Charlie B - 04-15-2014

Cedar Hill Yard April 15, 1978     Charlie

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Charlie B - 04-16-2014

April 16, 1978 Dover NJ A much younger Charlie in the cab. My friend Joe Jack took the picture     Charlie

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - nachoman - 04-16-2014

This is a great thread with some awesome photos. Thanks, everyone!

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Green_Elite_Cab - 04-16-2014

Charlie B Wrote:April 16, 1978 Dover NJ A much younger Charlie in the cab. My friend Joe Jack took the picture[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
Charlie

Oh cool, a U34CH! This is one of my personal favorites.

Whats interesting about this particular unit, is that when they repainted this locomotive from the Bicentennial paint back into the NJ DOT paint (renumbering the into the 41XX series instead of the 33XX numbers), they used EL's Freight locomotive stenciling, instead of the normal passenger stenciling. As a result, the silver stripe did not line up with the window bands of the commuter cars like it should.

Check it out-

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here is a typical U34CH

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Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Steamtrains - 04-16-2014

Charlie B Wrote:Gus, that's the Ohio River. Today all the cars have the scanner tags and they are scanned inbound and outbound, everything else is done by computers, I even think there may be scanners on the hump that allow the switches to be thrown automatically to route the cars to the right track for the right train.
Conway is not near the size it was as one of the yards was closed.
Charlie

Thanks Charlie, for that info... Thumbsup

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Charlie B - 04-17-2014

4/17/78 D&H Apollo in Bethlehem, Pa      Charlie

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Green_Elite_Cab - 04-17-2014

Looks like an Ex-Reading Company GP39-2 as the second unit! These locomotives were given to the D&H as part of the formation of Conrail. The D&H got a few locomotives from the various components roads (as well as some tracks and trackage rights) of Conrail.

Apparently, those GP39s were chosen because they were the newest power on the Reading.

the Lehigh Valley C420s also went to the D&H instead of Conrail.

I think there were a few D&H SD45s with a blue version of the Erie Lackawanna paint scheme as well. Apparently, the D&H was a major user of the GE locomotives, while the EL was moving towards EMD. The plan was to trade some EL U33Cs for the D&H SD45s. As I understand it, this trade never happened due to the Conrail merger.

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Charlie B - 04-18-2014

April 18, 1978, York, Pa.     Charlie

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Charlie B - 04-19-2014

Late afternoon and this westbound is under the bridge at Neeld Road, just west of East Palestine 37 years ago.     Charlie

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Charlie B - 04-20-2014

A Sunday morning in Rochester, Pa 35 years ago.
   
Charlie

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - cn nutbar - 04-20-2014

Easter Sunday,1957.As they say "the railway never sleeps" so my father was working that day down at the Canadian National's Stuart St. yard.My uncle and his family were visiting that day,so we headed to the yard to see my father at work and to get a chance to ride the locomotives---as usual,my uncle brought along his camera.Here's a picture of my brother Danny and my cousin Butch in the cab of 0-18-A switcher #7431---while most kids were on Easter egg hunts, we were having a thrill of a lifetime

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Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Charlie B - 04-20-2014

Where is the picture of you Ed? What a thrill and what a great memory.
Charlie

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - cn nutbar - 04-20-2014

Hello Charlie---now you can see why I'm a train-nut.Here's some more pictures from that memorable day

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My Dad,me on the left,brother Danny,cousin Butch and my brother Jim

My Dad
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In the cab of SW800 8550---check out the outside braced boxcar in the background
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Re: Trains on this day in the past: - Charlie B - 04-21-2014

A year ago today the business train was through here on the way to the Derby and I caught this double stack westbound at Neeld Road while waiting for it.    
Charlie

Re: Trains on this day in the past: - bdw9535 - 04-22-2014

Winslow, NJ April 22, 2009

Bruce