Morscher's 1977 Railroad Images, Sorted by State, then by City.
 
T L Date # RR # Type Former # Other Units State City Comments
T L 07-08-1977 1 CB&Q 9952 A EMD E5 FW&D 9982A- CB&Q 9911A- CB&Q 9952A
IL UNION ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM. THIS SOLE SURVIVING EMD E5 WAS PARKED OUTSIDE BACK IN 1977. FOR A LOOK AT THIS UNIT 15 YEARS LATER, SEE THIS 1992 PHOTO: 1992/19920719_12.jpg
T L 07-08-1977 2 CB&Q 9952 A EMD E5 FW&D 9982A- CB&Q 9911A- CB&Q 9952A
IL UNION THIS UNIT WAS BUILT BY EMD IN FEBRURY OF 1940. ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T L 07-08-1977 3 CB&Q 9952 A EMD E5 FW&D 9982A- CB&Q 9911A- CB&Q 9952A
IL UNION CAB PROFILE, ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T L 07-08-1977 4 CB&Q NEBRASKA ZEPYYR BUDD OBS CAR

IL UNION ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM, ARTICULATED PASSENGER TRAIN
T L 06-21-1977 17 EL 1523 CONTROL CAR

NJ ? PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 20 EL 3359 GE U34CH

NJ ? PASSENGER STATION. UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1996.
T L 06-21-1977 21 EL 3361 GE U34CH

NJ ? PASSENGER STATION. UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1996.
T L 06-20-1977 2 CR 6239 EMD SD45 PC 6239
NJ BLAIRSTOWN E/B ON PAULIN'S KILL VIADUCT
T L 06-20-1977 7 CR PAULIN'S KILL VIADUCT BRIDGE DL&W- EL
NJ BLAIRSTOWN BRIDGE
T L 06-24-1977 6 PC 4606 GE E33 VGN 137- NW 237- NH 306 PC NJ CAMDEN ORANGE NEW HAVEN PAINT SEEMS TO BE SHOWING
T L 06-24-1977 8 PC 4806 GE GG1 PRR 4806 PC 4856 NJ CAMDEN .
T L 06-21-1977 7 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ CHATHAM PASSENGER STATION. BEFORE THE BIG LACKAWANNA LINE UPGRADE AROUND 1915, THE TRACKS AT CHATHAM WERE 15 FEET BELOW WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
T L 06-21-1977 14 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ CHATHAM CHATHAM PASSENGER STATION ON THE OLD LACKAWANNA's MORRIS & ESSEX LINE. AROUND 1912, THE ORIGINAL LINE HERE WAS ABOUT 20 FEET BELOW THE PRESENT GRADE.
T L 06-21-1977 25 EL 3555 ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ CHATHAM PASSENGER STATION. HERE IS THE SAME MU CAR IN PITTSBURGH IN 1987: 1987/19870503_08.jpg
T L 06-23-1977 2 CR 3015 EMD GP40 NYC 3015- PC 3015 PC 7864 NJ CROXTON LEAD UNIT ENDED UP ON THE UNION PACIFIC AND HAD AT LEAST FOUR ASSIGNED NUMBERS ON THAT LINE, BUT ONLY SEEMS TO HAVE WORN UP 2572. IT ALSO WAS REBUILT TO A GP38M-2 BY BOISE IN 1998.
T L 06-23-1977 9 EL 453 EMD SW9 DL&W 558 PC 7864, CR 3053 NJ CROXTON A RAINBOW OF EARLY CONRAIL COLOR. THE BLUE GP40 WAS REBUILT INTO A COMMUTER GP40PH-2B IN 1993.
T L 06-23-1977 10 EL B65 BLW DRS-6-6-1500 SLUG ERIE 1150- EL 1150
NJ CROXTON UNUSUAL FOR 1977, A MASSIVE COMMONWEALTH DESIGN TRUCK
T L 06-23-1977 11 EL B65 BLW DRS-6-6-1500 SLUG ERIE 1150- EL 1150
NJ CROXTON WE WE SAW THE LAST TWO EL BALDWIN'S FROM A COMMUTER TRAIN. WE WENT BACK TO CHECK THEM OUT AND THE FRIENDLY xEL YARD OFFICE STAFF LET US CHECK THEM OVER AT OUR OWN PACE.
T L 06-23-1977 12 EL B66 BLW 4-4-1500 SLUG ERIE 1150- EL 1150
NJ CROXTON WERE I NOT SO STINGY WITH FILM IN 1977, I WOULD HAVE TRIED SOME MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE RARE BRUTES.
T L 06-23-1977 16 PC 9783 ALCO S2 PRR 9283 PC 9781 NJ CROXTON UNIT PARITALLY SCRAPPED
T L 06-23-1977 17 PC 9851 ALCO S2 NH 0601
NJ CROXTON .
T L 06-21-1977 15 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ DENVILLE PASSENGER STATION. I AM TOLD THAT THE STATION HERE IS NOW GONE.
T L 06-21-1977 19 EL 3358 GE U34CH

NJ DENVILLE PASSENGER STATION AND TOWER.
T L 06-21-1977 16 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ DOVER PASSENGER STATION AND TOWER. DOVER WAS THE WEST END OF LACKAWANNA ELECTRIFICATION.
T L 06-21-1977 18 EL 3243 COMMUTER COACH DL&W
NJ DOVER PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 22 EL 3361 GE U34CH

NJ DOVER EVENING PHOTO AT DOVER. UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1996.
T L 06-23-1977 3 CR 4878 PRR- GE GG1 PRR 4878- PC 4878
NJ ELIZABETH WE RODE THIS PASSENGER TRAIN TO NEWARK IN EX-PRR CARS. GOT TO WATCH THE REAR NOSE OF THE BOUNCING GG1 THROUGH THE OPEN END DOOR OF OUR COACH.
T L 06-23-1977 6 CR 9218 EMD NW2 ERIE 411- EL 411
NJ ELIZABETH AT LEAST ONE xEL SWITCHER GOT TO RIDE THE HIGH SPEED NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
T L 06-23-1977 1 CNJ 1549 ALCO RS3
CNJ NJ ELIZABETHPORT AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE, YET DECENT, PAINT SCHEME. THIS UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT WITH AN EMD PRIME MOVER AND SERVED ON AT LEAST THREE MORE RAILROADS AFTER ITS CONRAIL CAREER ENDED.
T L 06-23-1977 4 CR 6581 GE U30C RDG 6302 CR 2899 NJ ELIZABETHPORT THIS x READING UNIT IS A GE U30C. ON CONRAIL'S STARTUP IN 1976, THESE READING UNITS WERE THE HEAVIEST OF ALL CONRAIL DIESEL UNITS. I THINK THESE WERE LATER SOLD TO THE C&NW FOR PARTS.
T L 06-23-1977 5 CR 8951 EMD SW9 CNJ 1084
NJ ELIZABETHPORT WHAT AT FIRST LOOKED LIKE AN xPC UNIT TURNED OUT TO BE A FORMER CNJ SWITCHER
T L 06-23-1977 13 LV 185 EMD NW2

NJ ELIZABETHPORT .
T L 06-23-1977 14 PC 4325 EMD E8 NYC 4080- PC 4080
NJ ELIZABETHPORT PREMIER PASSENGER SERVICE DAYS ARE LONG OVER FOR THIS FORMER NEW YORK CENTRAL UNIT
T L 06-23-1977 15 PC 7638 ALCO RS11 PRR 8638
NJ ELIZABETHPORT IF I ONLY COULD HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED THE UNIT IN THE BACKGROUND AS WELL….
T L 06-22-1977 8 EL 3368 GE U34CH

NJ FAIRLAWN PASSENGER STATION.
T L 06-21-1977 24 EL 3364 GE U34CH

NJ GLEN RIDGE COMMUTER TRAIN PASSING THE PASSENGER STATION ON THE FORMER ERIE RR's GREENWOOD LAKE LINE.
T L 06-23-1977 8 EL 1505 COMMUTER CONTROL CAR

NJ GLEN RIDGE EL MU TRAIN AT ON THE FORMER LACKAWANNA RAILROAD's MONTCLAIR BRANCH.
T L 06-21-1977 1 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ HIGHLAND AVENUE PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-22-1977 1 EL STATION STATION DL&W- EL
NJ HOBOKEN FRONT OF COPPER CLADDED STATION
T L 06-22-1977 2 EL STATION STATION TRACKS DL&W- EL
NJ HOBOKEN STATION TRACKS AND TOWER, LOOKING WEST
T L 06-22-1977 3 EL STATION STATION TRACKS DL&W- EL
NJ HOBOKEN STATION TRACKS LOOKING WEST
T L 06-22-1977 9 EL 3368 GE U34CH

NJ HOBOKEN UNDER BUSH TRAINSHED AT THE STATION.
T L 06-22-1977 10 EL 3370 GE U34CH
EL 3378 NJ HOBOKEN HOBOKEN STATION ACTION. 3370 WAS SCRAPPED IN 1996.
T L 06-22-1977 5 EL 1741 COMMUTER COACH

NJ LAKE HOPATCONG LACKAWANNA'S STRANGEST PASSENGER STATION, COMPLETE WITH PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS.
T L 06-22-1977 6 EL 3361 GE U34CH

NJ LAKE HOPATCONG PASSENGER STATION.
T L 06-21-1977 8 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MADISON PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 9 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MADISON PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 3 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MAPLEWOOD PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 5 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MILLBURN PASSENGER STATION. THE LACKAWANNA NEVER WAS CHEAP WHEN IT CAME TO PASSENGER STATION CONSTRUCTION.
T L 06-21-1977 4 EL ? ELECRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MORRIS PLANES I AM NOT QUITE SURE IF THIS IS MORRIS PLANES.
T L 06-21-1977 10 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MORRISTOWN PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 11 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MORRISTOWN PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 12 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MORRISTOWN PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-23-1977 7 EL 1504 COMMUTER CONTROL CAR

NJ MORRISTOWN THE U34CH DIESEL IS WORKING HARD TO PUSH THE TRAIN OUT OF THE STATION.
T L 06-21-1977 13 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ MOUNTAIN STATION PASSENGER STATION. I DON’T THINK TODAY'S DOUBLE STACK TRAINS WOULD FIT UNDER THE WIRE AND ARCHED BRIDGE.
T L 06-22-1977 4 EL 1511 CONTROL CAR

NJ NETCONG EARLY MORNING
T L 06-22-1977 7 EL 3365 GE U34CH

NJ PATTERSON PASSENGER STATION. UNIT SCAPPEDIN 1996.
T L 06-24-1977 4 CR 8705 EMD SW900M RDG 62- RDG 1505
NJ PAVONIA THOSE YELLOW JOURNAL BOX COVERS ADD A BIT OF SPORTYNESS TO THIS LITTLE UNIT. THIS UNIT IS A RESULT OF A REBUILD PROGRAM. THE UNIT's TRUCKS AND BATTERIES CAME FROM A BALDWIN BLW VO-660 THAT READING HAD EMD 'REBUILD' INTO AN SW900M IN 1961.
T L 06-24-1977 5 CR 9097 EMD SW7 PRR 8871- PC 9097 CR 6046 NJ PAVONIA FORMER PRR SW7, VINTAGE 1950.
T L 06-24-1977 9 PC 9999 GE GS4 PRR 9353
NJ PAVONIA CONRAIL'S SMALLEST LOCOMOTIVE ALSO HAD THE BIGGEST NUMBER
T L 06-22-1977 11 EL 3375 GE U34CH

NJ RAMSEY ? PASSENGER STATION.
T L 06-22-1977 14 EL 3376 GE U34CH

NJ RIDGEWOOD ERIE PASSENGER STATIONS, WHILE NOT USUALLY AS FANCY AS THE LACKAWANNA STATIONS, COULD OCCASIONALLY BOAST OF DETAILS SUCH AS TILE ROOFS. HERE WE SEE A U34CH ON THE WESTBOUND LOCAL TRACK AT RIDGEWOOD.
T L 06-21-1977 6 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ SHORT HILLS PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 2 EL ? ELECTRIC COMMUTER DL&W
NJ SOUTH ORANGE PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-21-1977 23 EL 3363 GE U34CH

NJ UPPER MONTCLAIR PASSENGER STATION.
T L 06-22-1977 17 EL 3380 GE U34CH

NY ? EVENING SHADOWS MADE PHOTOGRAPHY DIFFICULT IN THIS CUT.
T L 06-14-1977 12 PC 2757 GE U23B
CR 23262 NY ADDISON THIS IS SOMEONE'S BACK YARD. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BACKYARD LIKE THIS. THE CREW INVITED US ABOARD THE CAB FOR A QUICK TOUR BEFORE THEY HEADED WESTWARDS.
T L 06-14-1977 13 PC 3147 EMD GP40

NY ADDISON OVERCAST PHOTO OF A W/B, NEAR ADDISON, ON THE OLD ERIE MAIN, NEAR MILE POST 300.
T L 06-16-1977 1 AMTK 154 ROHR TURBO TRAIN

NY ALBANY RENSSELEAR UNIT UNDERGOING REPAIRS
T L 06-16-1977 3 AMTK 310 EMD E8 PRR 5903- PC 4303
NY ALBANY RENSSELEAR x PC 4303-PRR 5903
T L 06-16-1977 4 AMTK 415 EMD E9 UP 910
NY ALBANY RENSSELEAR SOUTHBOUND PASSENGER TRAIN AT STATION, x UP 910
T L 06-16-1977 5 AMTK 444 EMD E9 SCL 575- AMTK 233 AMTK 1152 NY ALBANY RENSSELEAR .
T L 06-16-1977 6 AMTK 444 EMD E9 SCL 575- AMTK 233
NY ALBANY RENSSELEAR SOUTHBOUND TRAIN AT PASSENGER STATION
T L 06-16-1977 7 AMTK 444 EMD E9 SCL 575- AMTK 233
NY ALBANY RENSSELEAR WINDSHIELD WASHING TIME. x AMTK 233-SCL 575
T L 06-14-1977 7 D&H 762 GE U33C

NY BINGHAMTON BEVIER YARD I BELIEVE.
T L 06-15-1977 1 CR 3154 EMD GP40 PC 3154
NY BINGHAMTON W/B IN BINGHAMTON. UNIT WAS REBUILT IN 1991 WITH THE WOODWARD CLC (COMPLETE LOCOMOTIVE CONTROL) ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1978: 1978/19780805_08.jpg
T L 06-15-1977 20 D&H 5011 ALCO RS11
D&H 762 NY BINGHAMTON .
T L 06-17-1977 4 D&H 409 ALCO C420 LV 409 D&H 614 NY BINGHAMTON .
T L 06-17-1977 5 D&H 5008 ALCO RS11

NY BINGHAMTON UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1988.
T L 06-17-1977 6 D&H 614 ALCO C628
LV 409 NY BINGHAMTON HERE IS WHERE THE D&H GAVE US A SHORT CAB RIDE IN THIS UNIT, UP AND DOWN THE READY TRACKS.
T L 06-17-1977 12 PC 2508 GE U25B NYC 2508 CR NY BINGHAMTON .
T L 06-18-1977 3 CR 3162 EMD GP40 PC 3162 CR 3016 NY BINGHAMTON .
T L 06-18-1977 9 D&H 612 ALCO C628
D&H 712 NY BINGHAMTON .
T L 06-18-1977 10 D&H 762 GE U33C

NY BINGHAMTON .
T L 12-22-1977 1 AMTK 406 EMD E8 MILW 30C
NY BUFFALO NIAGARA RAINBOW AT THE OLD NEW YORK CENTRAL PASSENGER STATION
T L 12-22-1977 2 AMTK 415 EMD E9 UP 910
NY BUFFALO NIAGARA RAINBOW AT PASSENGER STATION WITH TYPICAL BUFFALO SNOW
T L 12-22-1977 3 CP 9112 BUDD RDC

NY BUFFALO TORONTO HAMILTON AND BUFFALO RDC AT BUFFALO PASSENGER STATION WITH THE MOST ENTERTAINING PAINT SCHEME EVER APPLIED TO A BUDD R.D.C.
T L 12-22-1977 4 CR 3101 EMD GP40 NYC 3101- PC 3101-
NY BUFFALO THE YARD CREW GAVE US A CAB RIDE UP AND DOWN THE YARD LEAD TRACK. THIS UNIT WAS LATER ON THE UNION PACIFIC AND REBUILT INTO A GP38M-2 IN 1998.
T L 12-22-1977 5 CR 5945 EMD GP7 ERIE 1215- EL 1215 CR 9232 NY BUFFALO THAT NW2 WAS x ERIE 425.
T L 12-22-1977 6 PC 9582 EMD SW1500

NY BUFFALO FRONTIER YARD.
T L 12-22-1977 7 PC 9705 ALCO S2 NYC 869
NY BUFFALO THIS WAS THE LAST I SAW AN ACITVE ALCO SWITCHER ON CONRAIL. HERE WE SEE AN S2 SWITCHING PASSENGER CARS AT THE N.Y.C. STATION IN BUFFALO
T L 12-22-1977 8 PC 9965 ALCO RS3 REBUILT NYC 8241- PC 5241
NY BUFFALO DEWITT, NY REBUILD WITH AN EMD E-UNIT ENGINE
T L 06-15-1977 2 D&H ? ALCO C628

NY COLONIE ROOF SHOT. FOR ONE DOLLAR, AT THE GUARD'S GATE AT THE COLONIE SHOP COMPLEX, THE D&H ISSUED US A RELEASE FORM, WHICH ALLOWED US TO ROAM AT WILL AROUND THE FACILITY, AS LONG AS WE STAYED OUT OF BUILDINGS. THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN TODAY'S WORLD.
T L 06-15-1977 3 D&H ? COACH
D&H NY COLONIE