| T | L | Date | # | RR # | Type | Former # | Other Units | State | City | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 13 | ? | EMD SW8 | OH | STEUBENVILLE | CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THIS UNIT? | ||
| T | L | 11-30-1986 | 1 | ADX 805 | ALCO RSD1 | ARMY | OH | ORRVILLE | MODIFIED ALCO RS1, USED IN IRAN IN WW2. NOTE THE ODD TRUCKS AND THE FOREIGN SYTLED CAB. HERE IS A BETTER VIEW FROM 1988. 1988/19880409_01.jpg | |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 1 | ADX 805 | ALCO RSD1 | ARMY | OH | ORRVILLE | EX ARMY ALCO THAT SERVED IN IRAN IN WWII. NOTE THE FOREIGN STYLED CAB SIDES. HERE IS A DARK VIEW FROM 1986. 1986/19861130_01.jpg | |
| T | L | 10-08-1988 | 1 | ALFORD STATION ? | STATION | EL- DL&W | PA | ALFORD | OLD BRICK AND CONCRETE LACKAWANNA STATION AT ALFORD. ALFORD BOASTED A TOWER, A STATION, AND A BUMPING POST. | |
| T | L | 10-08-1988 | 2 | ALFORD TOWER ? | TOWER | EL- DL&W | PA | ALFORD | CONCRETE TOWER BUILT c1915. | |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 1 | AMTK ? | EMD E8 | PA | ALTOONA | A VIEW OF UPGRADE AND DOWNGRADE TRAFFIC ON HORSESHOE CURVE, AS SEEN FROM TRACKSIDE, ABOUT A HALF A MILE UPHILL OF THE CURVE. | ||
| T | L | 11-26-1978 | 1 | AMTK ? | RTG TURBO TRAIN | IL | CHICAGO | A FRENCH BUILT TURBINE POWERED PASSENGER TRAIN INSIDE UNION STATION. | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 4 | AMTK ? | AMFLEET | PA | GREENSBURG | E/B PENNSYLVANIAN PASSENGER TRAIN. | ||
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 2 | AMTK ? | EMD F40PH | AMTK | OH | CRESTLINE | W/B CAPITOL LIMITED BEING REFUELED AT CRESTLINE. THE PASSENGER STATION WAS IN THE AREA JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE TWO FUEL TRUCKS. BACK IN THE 1970'S, CRESTLINE HAD FUEL RACKS BETWEEN THE TWO x PRR MAINS. THESE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT AND REPLACED BY LITTLE FUEL TRUCKS. THE TRUCKS IN THE PHOTO ARE PARKED IN THE GRAVEL WERE PRR TRACK 2 WAS NOT VERY LONG AGO. | |
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 3 | AMTK ? | AMFLEET | OH | CRESTLINE | NIGHT SHOT OF THE W/B CAPITOL LTD. BEING SERVICED AT CRESTLINE. | ||
| T | L | 08-14-1988 | 1 | AMTK ? | EMD F40PH | OH | CRESTLINE | W/B BROADWAY LTD AT 'YMCA' PASSENGER STATION BEING FUELED. THE PRR STATION WAS WHERE THE FLAG POLE IS, AND PRR TRACK 2 WAS WHERE THE FUEL TRUCKS ARE PARKED. | ||
| T | L | 08-14-1988 | 2 | AMTK ? | ? | OH | CRESTLINE | W/B BROADWAY LTD AT BEING SERVICED AT CRESTLINE. | ||
| T | L | 06-24-1977 | 1 | AMTK STATION | STATION | PRR | PA | PHILADELPHIA | INTERIOR OF 30TH ST. STATION. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 23 | AMTK 47 | ALCO RS1 | WASHINGTON TERMINAL 47 | NY | OWEGO | FORMER AMTRAK RS1 ON THE TIOGA CENTRAL. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 24 | AMTK 47 | ALCO RS1 | WASHINGTON TERMINAL 47 | NY | OWEGO | FORMER AMTRAK RS1 ON THE TIOGA CENTRAL. | |
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 1 | AMTK 154 | ROHR TURBO TRAIN | NY | ALBANY RENSSELEAR | UNIT UNDERGOING REPAIRS. | ||
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 2 | AMTK 157 | ROHR TURBO TRAIN | NY | PEEKSKILL | PASSENGER TRAIN ALONG HUDSON RIVER. | ||
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 5 | AMTK 282 | EMD F40PH | IL | LA GRANGE | EASTBOUND ILLINI PASSENGER TRAIN WITH BILEVEL SUBURBAN COMMUTER COACHES PAINTED IN AMTRACK COLORS. THIS UNIT WAS MADE FROM PARTS FROM AN EMD SDP40F, AND SCRAPPED BY 2003. | ||
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 3 | AMTK 310 | EMD E8 | PRR 5903- PC 4303 | NY | ALBANY RENSSELEAR | x PC 4303-PRR 5903. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 21 | AMTK 355 | EMD F40PH | PA | GALLITZIN | E/B PENNSYLVANIAN PASSENGER TRAIN AT EAST TUNNEL PORTAL OF THE OLD 'NEW PORTAGE RAILROAD' TUNNEL. THIS TUNNEL IS ABOUT 400 FEET TO THE SOUTH AND A BIT HIGHER THAN THE OTHER TWO TUNNELS AT THIS LOCATION. THIS UNIT WAS SCRAPPED IN 2003. | ||
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 34 | AMTK 361 | EMD F40PH | PA | ALTOONA | PENNSYLVANIAN PASSENGER TRAIN W/B AT MG TOWER. UNIT SCRAPPED BY 1997 | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 3 | AMTK 361 | EMD F40PH | PA | GREENSBURG | E/B PENNSYLVANIAN AT PASSENGER STATION. THE GREENSBURG STATION WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE BACK IN 1987, BUT I RECENTLY READ (1998) THAT IT HAS BEEN RESTORED. LOCOMOTIVER WAS SCRAPPED BY 1997 | ||
| T | L | 10-18-1987 | 7 | AMTK 395 | EMD F40PH | AMTK | WV | HINTON | E/B CARDINAL PASSENGER TRAIN AT CW TOWER LOCATION, JUST EAST OF HINTON. | |
| T | L | 10-18-1987 | 8 | AMTK 395 | EMD F40PH | AMTK | WV | HINTON | E/B CARDINAL PASSENGER TRAIN JUST HAVING LEFT HINTON. THIS UNIT WAS PICKED UP BY CSX IN 1999 FOR EXECUTIVE TRAIN POWER. | |
| T | L | 12-22-1977 | 1 | AMTK 406 | EMD E9 | MILW 200C- MILW 30C | NY | BUFFALO | NIAGARA RAINBOW AT THE OLD NEW YORK CENTRAL PASSENGER STATION. | |
| 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 | 12-22-1977 | 2 | AMTK 415 | EMD E9 | UP 910 | NY | BUFFALO | NIAGARA RAINBOW AT PASSENGER STATION WITH TYPICAL BUFFALO SNOW. | |
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 5 | AMTK 444 | EMD E8 | ACL 532- SCL 575- AMTK 233 | AMTK 1152 | NY | ALBANY RENSSELEAR | FORMER ATLANTIC COAST LINE UNIT, BUILT ORGINALLY AS AN EMD E7. |
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 6 | AMTK 444 | EMD E8 | ACL 532- SCL 575- AMTK 233 | NY | ALBANY RENSSELEAR | SOUTHBOUND TRAIN AT PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 7 | AMTK 444 | EMD E8 | ACL 532- SCL 575- AMTK 233 | NY | ALBANY RENSSELEAR | WINDSHIELD WASHING TIME. | |
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 5 | AMTK 675 | EMD E8 | PRR 5896- PC 4296- AMKT 303 | OH | BELLEVUE | UNIT AT MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM. THIS WAS AN E8 THAT WAS CONVERTED TO A STEAM GENERATOR CAR OR A POWER CAR TO PROVIDE HEAT FOR PASSENGER TRAINS. THAT IS YOURS TRULY STANDING NEXT TO THE UNIT'S 'FOR SALE' SIGN. PHOTO BY L. S MELIN. LATER THIS UNIT WAS DECORATED IN MILWAUKE ROAD COLORS AS A FAUX MILW 35A IN S DECORATED IN MILWAUKE ROAD COLORS AS A FAUX MILW 35A IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.MADISON, WISCONSIN. 1988/19880522_09.jpg 1989/19890401_06.jpg 1989/19890401_07.jpg | |
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 9 | AMTK 675 | EMD E8 | PRR 5896- PC 4296- AMKT 303 | OH | BELLEVUE | MUSEUM, UNIT REBUILT INTO STEAM GENERATER CAR OR A POWER CAR. NOTE THE SHEET METAL WINDSHIELD. MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM. OTHER VIEWS: 1988/19880522_05.jpg 1989/19890401_06.jpg 1989/19890401_07.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 16 | AMTK 889 | METROLINER | PA | RONK | E/B METROLINER IN RONK, PA. | ||
| T | L | 06-24-1977 | 2 | AMTK 916 | PRR GG1 | PRR 4918- PC 4918- PC 916? | AMTK 4939, AMTK 916 | PA | HARRISBURG | DUSK SHOT OF A UNIT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED INTO SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM, BUT 4916 ENDED UP IN KIRKWOOD, MO AT THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM. |
| T | L | 06-24-1977 | 3 | AMTK 916 | PRR GG1 | PRR 4918- PC 4918- PC 916? | AMTK 4939 | PA | HARRISBURG | DUSK SHOT OF A UNIT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED INTO SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM, BUT 4916 ENDED UP IN KIRKWOOD, MO AT THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM. |
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 10 | AMTK 2754 | ACF SLEEPER | AT&SF 1606 | NY | HAMBURG | PINE LOCH SLEEPER. NEW YORK RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. | |
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 8 | AMTK 3635 | BUDD COACH | PRR 7135- PC 7135- AMTK 3635 | NY | HAMBURG | WAS ALSO P&S 3635, BUILT AS PRR LEONARD CALVERT, RENAMED FRANCIS J. MCGRATH. NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. | |
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 5 | AMTK 4401 | PS COACH 1950 | PC 3001 | PA | PITTSBURGH | EX PENN CENTRAL COACH AT B&O PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 7 | AMTK 4589 | ACF COACH 1954 | UP 5549 | PA | PITTSBURGH | B&O PASSENGER STATION WITH x UNION PACIFIC PASSENGER CAR. | |
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 12 | AMTK 5699 | BUDD COACH PARLOR CAR | NYC 84- PC 7124- AMTK 3601- LEVI P. MORTON | NY | HAMBURG | EX NYC 84, BUDD 1941. NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. FORMER NYC PARLOR CAR. BUILT BY BUDD IN 1941. | |
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 6 | AMTK 9401 | BUDD DOME CAR | CB&Q 4714- BN 3481- AMTK 9401 | OH | BELLEVUE | THE FIRST DOME CAR EVER BUILT, AT THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM, BUILT BY BUDD IN 1940. THE 'SILVER DOME'. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 28 | ARMCO E-123 | LIMA 750hp | B&O 320- B&O 9376 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | ERIE LETTERING IS SHOWING THROUGH ON THIS FROMER B&O LIMA SWITCHER. I CAN NOT QUITE FIGURE OUT FROM WHICH ERIE LIMA THIS UNIT'S HOOD CAME FROM. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 30 | ARMCO E-123 | LIMA 750hp | B&O 320- B&O 9376 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | AN x B&O LIMA SWITCHER WITH ERIE PAINT ON THE CENTER OF THE HOOD, AND ERIE LACKAWANNA TRANSISTION SCHEME IN THE RADIATOR SECTION OF THE HOOD. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 31 | ARMCO E-123 | LIMA 750hp | B&O 320- B&O 9376 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | FINDING A LIMA SWICHER STILL IN ERIE PAINT WAS TRULY AN AMAZING FIND IN THE YEAR 1988. THE UNIT CAME FROM THE B&O, BUT A HOOD SWAP ALONG THE WAY PRESERVED AT LEST ONE ERIE LIMA HOOD. UNIT WAS BUILT IN 12-1950. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 36 | ARMCO E-137 | LIMA 750hp | ARMCO STEEL 709 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | ANOTHER LIMA SWITCHER, A TREAT AS LIMA ONLY BUILT A FEW OF THESE. THIS ONE WAS MADE IN MARCH 1951. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 37 | ARMCO E-137 | LIMA 750hp | ARMCO STEEL 709 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | A LIMA SWITCHER WITH A SEEMINLY SHINY OUTLINE OF A PAINTED- OUT ERIE OR EL DIAMOND ON THE END OF THE LONG HOOD. PROBABLY A RESULT OF A HOOD SWAP, AS THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A FORMER ERIE UNIT. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 1 | ASRY 65 | EMD NW2 | NYC 8700- PC 8700- PC 9165- CR 9165 | OH | ASHLAND | ASHLAND RAILWAY RAN TWO FORMER CR SWITCHERS BACK IN 1987. THIS WAS NEW YORK CENTRAL'S FIRST NW2. 2002/20020511_19.jpg | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 2 | ASRY 66 | EMD NW2 | NYC 8804- PC 8804- PC 9166- CR 9166 | ASRY 22809 | OH | ASHLAND | ASHLAND RAILWAY'S CABOOSE AT ITS TINY OPEN AIR FACILITY IN ASHLAND. 2002/20020511_08.jpg 2002/20020511_21.jpg |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 3 | ASRY 66 | EMD NW2 | NYC 8804- PC 8804- PC 9166- CR 9166 | OH | ASHLAND | SECRET AGENT SKILLS ARE NOT NEEDED IN DETERMINING THIS ASHLAND RAILWAY UNIT'S FORMER NUMBER OR OWNER. 2002/20020511_08.jpg 2002/20020511_21.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 20 | AT&SF 2546 | EMD CF7 | KY | LOUISVILLE | IN THE 1980'S, WANDERING x ATSF CF7'S TURNED UP EVERYWHERE. HERE IS ONE AT THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 8 | AT&SF 2643 | EMD CF7 | BAR 46 | PA | READING | THIS CF7 IS AN ENGINE SOURCE FOR THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S F3 SEEN BEHIND. I AM TOLD THAT THIS CF7 WAS THE VERY FIRST CF7 THAT SANTA FE MADE. IT IS TOO BAD THAT THE LEGIONS OF SANTA FE FANS DID NOT PRESERVE THE POOR OLD CF7. HERE ARE VIEWS OF THE F3 THAT RECEIVED THE PRIME MOVER FROM THE CF7: 1987/19870830_09.jpg 1989/19890513_01.jpg 1989/19890513_08.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 17 | B&M 3713 | LIMA 4-6-2 | PA | SCRANTON | BOSTON AND MAINE PACIFIC AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM, BUILT BY LIMA IN 1934. | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 10 | B&O 3502 | COACH | PA | PITTSBURGH | AN OLD, YET MODERNIZED, B&O HEAVYWEIGHT CAR AT THE B&O PASSENGER STATION. | ||
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 9 | B&O 3772 | EMD GP40 | CSX 8578 | WV | PRINCE | THIS IS A PROPER PAINT SCHEME. AND THE CHESSIE UNITS BEHIND ARE FINE LOOKING TOO. IT IS TOO BAD THAT CSX HAD TO INHERIT SOME OF SEABOARD SYSTEM'S UNIMAGINATIVE PAINT SCHEME TRAITS. | |
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 12 | B&O 3772 | EMD GP40 | CSX 8578 | WV | PRINCE | W/B FREIGHT PASSSING THE PRINCE STATION. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 15 | B&O 4155 | EMD GP40-2 | C&O 4073 | OH | LIMA | A FAVORITE PHOTO WITH CHESSIE SYSTEM POWER, C&O POWER, AND A B&O BOX CAR, SIDE BY SIDE. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 14 | B&O 4246 | EMD GP40-2 | OH | LIMA | CHESSIE SYSTEM'S COLORFUL SCHEME WAS ALL TOO BRIEF IN DURATION. | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 11 | B&O 4248 | EMD GP40-2 | SBD 8605 | OH | LOCKBOURNE | NEAR LOCKBOURNE, WHILE WE WAITED FOR THE STATE FAIR TRAIN, WE SAW SOME ACTION ON THE x C&O LINE THAT PARALLELED THE NW LINE IN THE BACKGROUND. | |
| T | L | 10-18-1987 | 6 | B&O 6945 | EMD GP30 | CSX 6096 | WV | HINTON | A SURPRISING NUMBER OF GP30'S SOLDIERED ON IN CSX. 6945 WAS LATER CONVERTED INTO A ROAD SLUG. | |
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 19 | B&O 903016 | CABOOSE | C&O 903233 | OH | AKRON | C&O AND CHESSIE SYSTEM CABOOSES AT ARLINGTON STREET YARD. | |
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 20 | B&O 903045 | CABOOSE | OH | AKRON | CHESSIE SYSTEM CABOOS OF B&O HERITAGE, AT ARLINGTON STREET YARD. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 9 | BAR 46 | EMD F3 | BAR 506A | AT&SF 2013 | PA | READING | THIS F3 WAS REBUILT BY THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INTO 'CNJ 54', USING THE PRIME MOVER FROM AT&SF CF7 NUMBERED 2643. HERE ARE VIEWS OF THE DOOMED CF7 AND A 1989 VIEW OF THIS BAR F3: 1987/19870830_08.jpg 1989/19890513_01.jpg 1989/19890513_12.jpg 1993/19930522_02.jpg |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 11 | BN ? | EMD E9R | CB&Q | IL | AURORA | SEVEN, COUNT 'EM, SEVEN 'E' UNITS TO BRIGHTEN UP AN OTHERWISE DREARY DARK DAY. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 17 | BN ? | BILEVEL COMMUTER COACH | IL | AURORA | INTERIOR OF A BN BI-LEVEL COMMUTER CAR. THESE PARTICULAR CARS ALLOWED TRAIN CREWS, WHO WERE STANDING ON THE LOWER LEVEL, TO COLLECT TICKETS FROM THE UPPER LEVEL PASSENGERS BY WAY OF THE OPEN CENTER SECTION. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 45 | BN ? | EMD GP30 CAB | IN | CONNERSVILLE | CAB OFF SCRAPPED GP30. THIS WOULD MAKE THE PERFECT BACKYARD PLAYHOUSE FOR KIDS. | ||
| T | L | 09-25-1988 | 1 | BN ? | LIFT BRIDGE | CB&Q | WI | PRESCOTT | NEW BN LIFT BRIDGE AT PRESCOTT (LOOKING EAST), WHERE THE ST. CROIX RIVER (UNDER BRIDGE) DUMPS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT ALL POINTS NORTH OF THIS, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NO LONGER FORMS A STATE LINE BOUNDARY. | |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 1 | BN 552 | EMD TR2A | CBQ 9403A | BN 9911, BN 9921 | IL | AURORA | YEARS WOULD GO BY UNTIL I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A VERY RARE MODEL, EMD TR2A, OR SLUG MOTHER VERSION OF THE EMD NW2. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. SWITCHER AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.. |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 1 | BN 801 | BILEVEL CONTROL COACH | IL | LA GRANGE | EARLY MORNING LIGHT AND FROSTY TIES GREETED US HERE ON CHICAGO'S WESTERN SUBURBS. | ||
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 3 | BN 815 | BILEVEL CONTROL COACH | IL | LA GRANGE | A CHICAGO SUBURAN STATION. THIS ONE REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE ERIE STATIONS IN NEW JERSEY. | ||
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 16 | BN 3039 | EMD GP40 | CB&Q 639 | IL | AURORA | W/B FRIEGHT PASSES THE AURORA PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 7 | BN 5411 | GE U25B | GN 2511 | IL | LA GRANGE | ANOTHER BN TRAIN ON CHICAGO'S 'TRIPLE TRACK SPEEDWAY' RACES PAST THE 'BEST WAY LAUNDERERS CLEANERS'. THE PHOTOS FROM THIS DAY ARE SO DREARY THAT I WAS HESITANT TO LOAD THEM ON THE NET, BUT I THOUGHT SOMEONE SOMEWHERE MIGHT LIKE THEM. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 4 | BN 6200 | EMD SD9 | CB&Q 433 | IL | LA GRANGE | A DREARY COLD DAY IN ANOTHER CHICAGO SUBURB THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER. I HAVE A KNACK FOR SEEING LOCOMOTIVES WITH DOUBLE ZERO NUMBERS. THIS UNIT SUCCUMBED TO THE SCRAPPER IN 1991. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 6 | BN 6485 | EMD SD45 | NP 3643 | BN 6421 | IL | LA GRANGE | 'BEST WAY LAUNDERERS CLEANERS' SERVES AS A BACKDROP FOR THIS SHOT IN ANOTHER WESTERN CHICAGO SUBURB. |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 2 | BN 8007 | EMD SD40-2 | IL | LA GRANGE | NOTICE THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUT ONLY 2 DAYS AFTER THANKGIVING. | ||
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 3 | BN 9901 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9938A- BN 9938 | BN 9911 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS, WHERE THE BN'S COMMUTER OPERATIONS TERMINATED AND EQUIPMENT WOULD RESIDE AT THE END OF THE DAY. |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 10 | BN 9901 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9938A- BN 9938 | BN 9919 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS. THE CHALLENGE THAT A VIEWER FACES, WHEN VIEWING A PAIRED 'E' UNIT IMAGE LIKE THIS, IS THAT ONE DOES NOT KNOW WHICH 'E' UNIT TO LOOK AT. BN 9919 WAS PAINTED AS AN EXECUTIVE E UNIT AND RENUMBERED TO BN 3 IN THE 1990'S AND ENDED UP IN UNION, IL IN THE 2000'S AT THE ILLINOIS RAILROAD MUSEUM. |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 2 | BN 9902 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9939A- BN 9939 | BN 9911 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS, CAB UNITS SIDE BY SIDE. |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 4 | BN 9902 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9939A- BN 9939 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS. IN 1978, BN PROBABLY HAD MORE OF 'E' UNITS THAN ANY OTHER LINE. BN 9902 WAS SOLD TO MARC IN THE EARLY 1990's FOR $100,000. | |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 5 | BN 9902 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9939A- BN 9939 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 14 | BN 9902 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9939A- BN 9939 | BN 9921, BN 9919 | IL | AURORA | A GLIMMER OF LATE AFTERNOON WINTER SUN SHINES ON THREE 'E' UNITS. |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 6 | BN 9904 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9977- BN 9977 | BN 9902 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. EVENING AT AURORA, ILLINOIS. THE STATION PLATFORM IS AT THE LEFT. IN 1996, THIS UNIT WAS OPERATED BY THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 7 | BN 9911 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9986B- BN 9981 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS. 'E' UNITS LOOK GOOD FROM ALMOST ANY ANGLE. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 12 | BN 9913 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9988B- BN 9983 | BN 9903 | IL | AURORA | MORE PAIRINGS OF 'E' UNITS IN THE AURORA COACH YARD. THE UNIT ON THE LEFT WOULD BE PAINTED IN A FINE CANADIAN NATIONAL SCHEME IN THE YEAR 2000, FOR EXECUTIVE TRAINS. AND THE UNIT ON THE RIGHT WOULD GO TO THE TENNESSEE BICENTENNIA COMMISSION AS ITS 1796 AND THEN GET A FAKE "CB&Q 9913" PAINT SCHEME AT THE GULF COAST RAILRAOD MUSEUM IN FLORIDA. |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 13 | BN 9913 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9988B- BN 9983 | BN 9914 | IL | AURORA | MORE PAIRINGS OF 'E' UNITS IN THE AURORA COACH YARD. |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 15 | BN 9913 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9988B- BN 9983 | BN 9914 | IL | AURORA | A PAIRING OF CAB PROFILES. THE UNIT 9913 WOULD GO TO THE TENNESSEE BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION, AS ITS 1796 AND THEN GET A FACK "CB&Q 9913" PAINT SCHEME AT THE GULF COAST RAILRAOD MUSEUM IN FLORIDA. |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 9 | BN 9915 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9985A- BN 9985 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS. THIS UNIT WOULD LATER SERVE ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RR. | |
| T | L | 10-28-1978 | 8 | BN 9921 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9921- BN 9991 | IL | AURORA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 18 | BN 9923 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9993- BN 9993 | IL | ? | A DOUBLE HEADER COMMUTER AT A BN CHICAGO SUBURBAN PASSENGER STOP. BY THE YEAR 2022 THE UNIT FACED A DTIM FUTURE AT LARRY'S TRUCK & ELECTRIC. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 8 | BN 9924 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9994- BN 9994 | IL | AURORA | AURORA ILLINOIS WAS THE STAGING AREA FOR EASTBOUND CHICAGO COMMUTER TRAINS ON THE BN. | |
| T | L | 11-25-1978 | 19 | BN 9924 | EMD E9R | CB&Q 9994- BN 9994 | IL | AURORA | A FINAL SHOT OF AN AURORA 'E' UNIT. IT WAS HARD TO PULL MYSELF AWAY FROM THERE. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 2 | BULLARD 2 | PORTER 0-4-0T | PA | SCRANTON | THIS LITTLE VINTAGE 1937STEAM ENGINE NOW SITS IN FRONT OF SCRANTON'S LACKAWANNA STATION. | ||
| T | L | 10-27-1978 | 1 | C&NW 166 | BILEVEL CONTROL COACH | IL | EVANSTON | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. TAKEN AT THE MAIN STREET STATION. THE BIG WHITE BUILDING IN THE DISTANCE IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE "ROTARY INTERNATIONAL", WITH A "HOLIDAY INN" NEXT TO IT. | ||
| T | L | 11-04-1978 | 1 | C&NW 409 | EMD F7 | C&NW 4068A | IL | CHICAGO | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 'F' UNIT INSIDE C&NW STATION. THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1949 AND HAD A LONG CAREER AFTER ITS C&NW SERVICE. | |
| T | L | 03-31-1979 | 1 | C&NW 415 | EMD F7 | C&NW 4084C | C&NW 422, C&NW 416 | IL | WAUKEGAN | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. C&NW 'F' UNITS ARE LIKE PEOPLE. NO TWO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. |
| T | L | 03-14-1979 | 1 | C&NW 422 | EMD F7 | C&NW 4079C | IL | CHICAGO | REAR OF UNIT, L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR's CHICAGO STATION. | |
| T | L | 03-14-1979 | 2 | C&NW 422 | EMD F7 | C&NW 4079C | IL | CHICAGO | L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR's CHICAGO STATION. | |
| T | L | 03-14-1979 | 3 | C&NW 422 | EMD F7 | C&NW 4079C | IL | CHICAGO | L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR's CHICAGO STATION. | |
| T | L | 05-16-1979 | 1 | C&NW 504 | EMD E8B | UP 935B | IL | EVANSTON | CRANDAL CAB REBUILD OF A FORMER UNION PACIFIC EMD E8 'B' UNIT INTO AN 'A' UNIT. THIS WAS DONE IN 1973. MR CRANDAL WAS A C&NW EMPLOYEE WHO DIED ON THE JOB WHILE STARTING AN ENGINE IN THE BITTER COLD. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 11-23-1978 | 1 | C&NW 521 | EMD E8 | C&NW 5023A | IL | CHICAGO | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. BALDING 'E' UNIT BY C&NW'S STATION. EVERY C&NW CAB UNIT SEEMED DIFFERENT. THIS ONE LACKS AN UPPER HEADLIGHT AND IS DEVOID OF NUMBER BORADS. | |
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 9 | C&NW 906 | EMD SD45 | IL | BENSENVILLE | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. BEING WITHOUT DYNAMIC BRAKES, THE C&NW SD45 SEEMED STRANGLY DANGEROUS. | ||
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 2 | C&NW 969 | EMD SD45 | IL | BENSENVILLE | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AN INTERESTING CONTRAST OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY AND EXTREME CLUTTER ON THE GROUND. | ||
| T | L | 03-07-1979 | 1 | C&NW 1779 | EMD GP18 | IL | DES PLAINES | L. S. MELIN PHOTO | ||
| T | L | 03-07-1979 | 2 | C&NW 1779 | EMD GP18 | IL | DES PLAINES | L. S. MELIN PHOTO | ||
| T | L | 03-31-1979 | 2 | C&NW 4311 | EMD GP7 | C&NW 1518 | C&NW 4331 | IL | WAUKEGAN | L. S. MELIN PHOTO ON A DARK DAY OF REBUILT AND CHOPPED NOSED GEEPS. UNIT 4311 WAS THE VERY FIRST GP7 EVER BUILT. BOTH OF THESE UNITS WERE REBUILT AT THE OELWEIN IOWA SHOPS IN THE 1972-1973 PERIOD. UNIT 4311 WAS LATER DONATED TO THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM AND RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL HIGH SHORT HOOD APPEARANCE. 1991/19910824_03.jpg |
| T | L | 03-31-1979 | 3 | C&NW 5019 B | EMD E8 | IL | WAUKEGAN | L. S. MELIN PHOTO, 'E' UNIT SEEN BROADSIDE. | ||
| T | L | 03-31-1979 | 4 | C&NW 5019 B | EMD E8 | C&NW 422, C&NW 416, C&NW 415 | IL | WAUKEGAN | L. S. MELIN PHOTO, UNITS IN COMMUTER COACH YARD. | |
| T | L | 03-31-1979 | 6 | C&NW 5019 B | EMD E8 | IL | WAUKEGAN | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. THIS 'E' UNIT LACKS NUMBER BOARDS AND AS A RESULT APPEARS BLINDED OR BALDING. | ||
| T | L | 05-04-1979 | 1 | C&NW 300996 MWX | COACH | IL | EVANSTON | L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY COACH. | ||
| T | L | 09-29-1985 | 1 | C&O 2707 | ALCO 4-8-4 (1944) | OH | CLEVELAND | C&O TYPE K4 STEAM ENGINE. DURING MY CHILDHOOD, THIS UNIT RESTED AT THE BROOKSIDE PARK BY THE CLEVELAND ZOO. AROUND 1977?, THE ENGINE WAS MOVED HERE, TO THE OLD B&O YARD BY THE CLEVELAND STEEL MILLS. LATER, IT WENT TO THE ILLINOIS RR MUSEUM. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THIS ENGINE FROM 6/87: 1987/19870601_01.jpg 1989/19891215_02.jpg | ||
| T | L | 06-01-1987 | 1 | C&O 2707 | ALCO 4-8-4 (1944) | OH | CLEVELAND | FORMER BROOKSIDE PARK ZOO DISPLAY C&O K4 STEAM ENGINE. IT WAS SITTING HERE IN THE WEEDS BY CLEVELAND'S STEEL MILLS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN FINALLY MOVED ON TO THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM. HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE IN 9/85: 1985/19850929_01.jpg 1989/19891215_02.jpg | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 9 | C&O 3015 | EMD GP30 | CSX 6281 | OH | COLUMBUS | GP30 IN THE ALL-TOO-SHORT LIVED CHESSIE SYSTEM PAINT SCHEME. | |
| T | L | 10-14-1985 | 6 | C&O 3044 | EMD GP30 | B&O 903951 | OH | LORAIN | THE B&O'S LORAIN BRANCH SERVED A SIZABLE DOCK FACILITY ON LAKE ERIE. BY 1985, THE GP30'S WERE GETTING A BIT SCARCE. | |
| T | L | 04-01-1988 | 1 | C&O 3567 | EMD GP35 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | A NICELY WEATHERED GP35 NEXT TO THE CHEVY PLANT NEAR BROOKPARK ROAD. | ||
| T | L | 04-01-1988 | 2 | C&O 3567 | EMD GP35 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | YELLOW NOSED C&O GP35 NEXT TO THE CHEVY PLANT NEAR BROOKPARK ROAD. | ||
| T | L | 04-01-1988 | 3 | C&O 3567 | EMD GP35 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | GP35 NEXT TO THE CHEVY PLANT NEAR BROOKPARK ROAD. | ||
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 4 | C&O 4083 | EMD GP40 | SBD 6655, SBD 5754 | WV | BECKLEY | THE C&O HAD A BRANCH THAT RAN UP TO THE CITY OF BECKLEY. | |
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 12 | C&O 8428 | EMD SD40 | OH | LOCKBOURNE | S/B EMPTY COAL TRAIN. THE CHESSIE SYSTEM OFTEN RAN VERY LONG EMPTY TRAINS WITH A SOLE UNIT ON THE POINT. | ||
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 13 | C&O 900220 | CABOOSE | C&O 900226 | WV | QUINEMONT | CABOOSES (CABEESE ?). | |
| T | L | 09-18-1988 | 1 | C&O 903503 | CABOOSE | WV | MEADOW CREEK | C&O CABOOSE, PHOTO BY LANCE MELIN. | ||
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 19 | C&WI 262 | ALCO RS1 | NY | MOUNT MORRIS | DREARY DARK PHOTO OF A CHICAGO AND WESTERN INDIANA RS1 WITH OBSCENITIES PAINTED ON IT. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
| T | L | 07-08-1977 | 4 | CB&Q NEBRASKA ZEPYYR | BUDD OBS CAR | IL | UNION | ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM, ARTICULATED PASSENGER TRAIN | ||
| 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 | 10-17-1987 | 5 | CHESSIE SYSTEM 900250 | CABOOSE | C&O | WV | BECKLEY | TAIL END OF THE BECKLEY LOCAL. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 31 | CHESSIE SYSTEM 903041 | CABOOSE | OH | COLUMBUS | CHESSIE SYSTEM CABOOSE BRINGS UP THE REAR OF AN ARRIVING TRAIN WHILE AUTORACKS CREST THE HUMP AT BUCKEYE YARD. | ||
| T | L | 05-01-1988 | 1 | CLEVELAND | OBS. CAR | OH | COLLINWOOD | PRIVATE CAR 'CLEVELAND' ON THE COLLINWOOD TRANSFER TABLE. | ||
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 16 | CLEVELAND ELECTRIC 6 ? | HEISLER 0-6-0 | PA | NORTH EAST | LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM'S FIRELESS STEAM SWITCHER. THIS FIRELESS STEAMER NOW IS OPERATIONAL, USING COMPRESSED AIR. | ||
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 22 | CN 47 | ALCO MLW 2-6-2T | GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 1542- EDAVILLE RR- CLAREMONT & CONCORD RR | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. A VINTAGE 1914 TANK ENGINE THAT SERVED AS A COMMUTER ENGINE IN MONTREAL. IT WAS THE FIRST STEAM ENGINE TO RUN ON THE ORIGINAL STEAMTOWN WHEN IT WAS IN VERMONT UNDER F. NELSON BLOUNT'S OWNERSHIP. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 2 | CN 129 | UNITED AIRCRAFT TURBO | ONT | TORONTO | TURBO PASSENGER TRAIN UNDER THE EXHAUST HOOD THAT WAS SPECIALLY MADE FOR THE TURBO TRAIN. THE CN HOSTLERS GAVE US A FREE RIDE ON THIS TRAIN, FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 6 INCHES. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 3 | CN 129 | UNITED AIRCRAFT TURBO | ONT | TORONTO | INTERIOR OF CAB AND BAR LOUNGE OF THE TURBO TRAIN. NOTICE THE ENGINEER'S CONTROL COMPARTMENT BEHIND THE GLASS DOOR AND THE ROUND YELLOWISH TABLES FOR THE LOUNGE PATRONS. A NICE CREW MEMBER LET ME TAKE THIS 45 SECOND TIMED EXPOSURE. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 1 | CN 1242 | EMD SW1200RS | ONT | TORONTO | A CANADIAN EMD (GMD) PRODUCT, BUILT IN 1956. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 4 | CN 3103 | ALCO MLW RS-18 | ONT | TORONTO | CN SEEMS TO HAVE GOOD LUCK USING THE RS18 ( CANADA'S RS-11 ) FOR PASSENGER TRAINS. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 5 | CN 3103 | ALCO MLW RS-18 | ONT | TORONTO | AT PASSENGER STATION. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 6 | CN 3154 | ALCO MLW RS-18 | CNR 3150 | ONT | TORONTO | RS 18 IN PASSENGER STATION. EVER NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO WALK AROUND THE END OF THE SHORT HOOD ON THESE UNITS? | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 7 | CN 3154 | ALCO MLW RS-18 | CNR 3150 | ONT | TORONTO | WESTBOUND RAPIDO PASSENGER TRAIN. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 20 | CN 3377 | CLC 2-8-2 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. BACK IN 1987, BEFORE STEAMTOWN GOT ALL FANCY, YOU COULD WALK AROUND THE WEEDS AND SEE A LARGE COLLECTION OF STEAM ENGINES OUT IN THE OPEN AIR. THIS ENGINE DATES FROM 1919. | ||
| T | L | 08-09-1978 | 1 | CN 4103 | EMD GP9 | CN 4100,CN | ONT | WINDSOR | WE RODE THIS PASSENGER TRAIN FROM LONDON, ONTARIO TO WINDSOR. I REMEMBER THAT THOSE GP'S REALLY GOT THIS TRAIN MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. | |
| T | L | 08-09-1978 | 2 | CN 4103 | EMD GP9 | CN 4100, CN | ONT | WINDSOR | EVENING VIEW OF WINDSOR PASSENGER STATION WITH THE FAST TRAIN THAT WE RODE. | |
| T | L | 08-09-1978 | 3 | CN 4103 | EMD GP9 | CN 4100, CN | ONT | WINDSOR | PASSENGER TRAIN FROM TORONTO AND LONDON, ONT. UNLOADING PASSENGERS. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 8 | CN 4108 | EMD GP9 | ONT | TORONTO | PASSENGER SHED. | ||
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 21 | CN 5288 | ALCO MLW 4-6-2 | CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS 516- GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 1516 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 9 | CN 6118 | BUDD RDC-1 | B&M 6106- CN D118 | CNR | ONT | TORONTO | OUTSIDE PASSENGER STATION ON A BITTERLY COLD WINTER DAY. |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 10 | CN 6158 | EMD FP7 | ONT | TORONTO | EASTBOUND PASSENGER TRAIN. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 11 | CN 6781 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | ONT | TORONTO | 7/8 VIEW OF MY VERY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH AN ALCO OR MLW FA TYPE UNIT. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 12 | CN 6781 | ALCO FPA-4 | ONT | TORONTO | CAB PROFILE. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 13 | CN 6781 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | ONT | TORONTO | CAB NOSE WITH THAT NICE ALCO/MLW PROFILE. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 14 | CN 6786 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | ONT | TORONTO | SNOW BLASTED MLW FPA-4 AT THE TORONTO PASSENGER STATION. IN 1998, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS UNIT WAS BOUGHT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, AND IT IS TO BE PLACED IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY RAILROAD MUSEUM, IN DANBURY, CT. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 15 | CN 8157 | ALCO MLW S-13 | ONT | TORONTO | PASSENGER SWITCHER. | ||
| T | L | 06-23-1977 | 1 | CNJ 1549 | ALCO RS-3 | 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 | 05-01-1987 | 1 | CONNEMAUGH & BLACKLICK 116 | EMD SW7 | PA | JOHNSTOWN | THIS SORT OF LOOKS LIKE A PHOTO OF A MODEL RAILROAD. HERE IS AN EVENING VIEW OF A CONNEMAUGH AND BLACKLICK SWITCHER AT THE BETHLEHEM STEEL PLANT. | ||
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 23 | CP 2929 | CLC 4-4-4 | PA | SCRANTON | HERE WE HAVE A SMALL ENGINE (4-4-4), BUILT IN 1938, THAT LOOKS BIGGER THAN IT REALLY IS. STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 16 | CP 4066 | EMD FP7 | ONT | TORONTO | INSIDE PASSENGER SHED. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 17 | CP 4066 | EMD FP7 | CPR 8514 | ONT | TORONTO | SPARKLING CLEAN FP7. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 18 | CP 6615 | ALCO MLW S11 | ONT | TORONTO | AT THE TORONTO PASSENGER STATION, ONE OF ONLY 10 S11'S BUILT. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 19 | CP 6706 | EMD SW8 | ONT | TORONTO | I RECALL THAT I WAS VERY COLD THIS DAY. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 20 | CP 7026 | ALCO S2 | CPR 6616 | ONT | TORONTO | VINTAGE UNIT BUILT IN 1945 AT THE TORONTO PASSENGER STATION, IN FRONT OF THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 21 | CP 7060 | ALCO S2 | ONT | TORONTO | THIS OLD SWITCHER (BUILT IN 1947) WAS EAGERLY SWITCHING CARS ON THIS VERY COLD DAY. | ||
| T | L | 12-22-1977 | 3 | CP 9112 | BUDD RDC-2 | 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. UNIT WAS LATER BLOWN UP FOR AN "X-FILES" TV SHOW SCENE IN 1995. | ||
| T | L | 03-11-1978 | 2 | CR ? | WRECK CRANE | OH | BEREA | CONRAIL MANAGED TO DROP SEVERAL AUTORACKS ON THE NYC TO BIG FOUR CONNECTION AT BEREA. | ||
| T | L | 11-01-1978 | 1 | CR ? | EMD F7 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE VIEW FROM MY COLLEGE DORM WINDOW AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. THE TRACKS FROM NEAR TO FAR WERE: 2-'RAPID TRANSIT' TRACKS, 2-NW MAIN TRACKS (x NKP), 2-CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL TRACKS (x NYC AND GONE), AND 2-CLEVELAND SHORT LINE TRACKS (x NYC). | ||
| T | L | 11-01-1978 | 2 | CR ? | EMD F7 | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER VIEW FROM MY DORM AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND IS IN THE FAR DISTANCE. EVERY DAY, CR WOULD SEND A QUARTET OR AN OCTECT OF 'F' UNITS BY MY DORM ON A TRANSFER RUN. UNFORTUNATELY, I NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED THEM AT TRACKSIDE. | ||
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 8 | CR ? | BAGGAGE CAR | EL | OH | GALION | CLOSE INPECTION SHOWED ERIE LACKAWANNA PAINT UNDER THE GREY PAINT OF THIS MAINTENANCE OF WAY CAR. ANYONE KNOW THE CAR'S PAST NUMBER? | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 10 | CR BR 1294 | M OF W BRUSH | OH | GALION | M OF W BRUSH MACHINE. THERE WAS A BIG LINE UP OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EQUIPMENT IN GALION ON THIS DAY. | ||
| T | L | 06-20-1977 | 3 | CR BRIDGE | BRIDGE | DL&W- EL | PA | DELAWARE WATER GAP | DELAWARE WATER GAP, PA. | |
| T | L | 07-23-1977 | 7 | CR CAR SHOPS | CAR SHOPS | ERIE- EL | PA | MEADVILLE | THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAD THEIR YEARLY MEETING IN MEADVILLE IN 1977. THE MEETING INCLUDED A TOUR OF THE CAR SHOP INTERIORS. | |
| T | L | 07-23-1977 | 8 | CR CAR SHOPS | CAR SHOPS | ERIE- EL | PA | MEADVILLE | INTERIOR OF CAR SHOPS | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 14 | CR CB 4159 | BURRO CRANE | OH | GALION | BURRO CRANE AT GALION. | ||
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 18 | CR HOP BOTTOM | STATION | DL&W- EL | PA | HOP BOTTOM | PASSENGER STATION AT THE LOCATION THAT THE LACKAWANNA USED TO REFER TO AS FOSTER. I THINK I LIKE THE "TERM HOP BOTTOM" MORE. | |
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 10 | CR LACKAWAXEN BRIDGE | LACKAWAXEN BRIDGE | ERIE- EL | PA | LACKAWAXEN | FORMER ERIE BRIDGE WHERE THE LACKAWAXEN RIVER JOINS THE DELAWARE RIVER. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 14 | CR MARTIN'S CREEK VIADUCT | BRIDGE | DL&W | PA | KINGSLEY | BRIDGE WITH MY ORANGE 74 VW UNDER IT. THE ROADWAY WAS THE OLD DL&W MAIN. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 15 | CR MARTIN'S CREEK VIADUCT | BRIDGE | DL&W | PA | KINGSLEY | BRIDGE | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 16 | CR MARTIN'S CREEK VIADUCT | BRIDGE | DL&W | PA | KINGSLEY | SIDE OF BRIDGE. LACKAWANNA BUILT THIS ORGINALLY AS A TRIPLE TRACK VIADUCT. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 17 | CR MARTIN'S CREEK VIADUCT | BRIDGE | DL&W | PA | KINGSLEY | UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE | |
| T | L | 04-12-1979 | 2 | CR ME 1032 | M OF W | OH | CLEVELAND | TAMPER USED TO FIX TRACKWORK AFTER THE ABOVE ACCIDENT. THIS LOCATION ON THE FORMER 'BIG FOUR' IS NOW PART OF A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT LINE IN CLEVELAND'S ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CALLED THE 'FLATS'. | ||
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 15 | CR NAY AUG TUNNEL | TUNNEL | DL&W- EL | PA | SCRANTON | TUNNEL, LOOKING WEST TOWARDS SCRANTON. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 16 | CR NAY AUG TUNNEL | TUNNEL | DL&W- EL | PA | SCRANTON | VIEW WEST FROM TUNNEL. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 17 | CR NAY AUG TUNNEL | TUNNEL | DL&W- EL | PA | SCRANTON | EAST PORTAL OF TUNNEL. HURRICAINE DIANE FLOODED BOTH TUNNELS IN THE 1950'S | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 19 | CR NICHOLSON TUNNEL | TUNNEL | DL&W- EL | PA | FACTORYVILLE | NORTH PORTAL OF TUNNEL | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 20 | CR NICHOLSON TUNNEL | TUNNEL | DL&W- EL | PA | FACTORYVILLE | VIEW FROM INSIDE TUNNEL | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 21 | CR NICHOLSON TUNNEL | TUNNEL | DL&W- EL | PA | FACTORYVILLE | SOUTH PORTAL OF TUNNEL | |
| T | L | 06-20-1977 | 7 | CR PAULIN'S KILL VIADUCT | BRIDGE | DL&W- EL | NJ | BLAIRSTOWN | BRIDGE | |
| T | L | 08-10-1978 | 5 | CR SEMAPHORE 927-2 | SEMAPHORE | EL, ERIE | IN | CLANRICARDE | SEMAPHORE ON THE ERIE WESTERN RR AT CLANRICARDE ROAD. CLANRICARDE IS BETWEEN KOUTS AND WILDERS. BY 1978, CONRAIL HAD SEVERED THE EL LINE IN INDIANA AND ENDED ITS THROUGH ROUTE MAINLINE STATUS. THANKS TO CHRIS SCHICK FOR THE CAPTION UPDATE. | |
| T | L | 07-01-1980 | 5 | CR SIGNAL | STATION AND SIGNALS | OH | CRESTLINE | NIGHT SHOT AT CRESLINE STATION WITH L. S. MELIN SEATED. HERE WE SEE THE CROSSING GATES SWINGING DOWN, AND THE LEFT MOST SIGNAL DISPLAYING 'STOP', THE RIGHT TRACK'S NEAR SIGNAL DISPLAYING 'SLOW APPROACH' AND THE DISTANT SIGNAL DISPLAYING 'RESTRICTING'. | ||
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 11 | CR SM 3025 | M OF W | OH | GALION | M OF W SPIKE MACHINE? | ||
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 3 | CR STARRUCCA VIADUCT | BRIDGE | ERIE- EL | NY | LANESBORO | WE WAITED WITHOUT LUCK FOR A TRAIN AT STARRUCCA VIADUCT. BEING IMPATIENT TEENAGERS, WE THEN WALKED THE LENGTH OF THE BRIDGE ALONG THE FLAT-TOPPED STONES THAT MAKE UP THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE. TEENAGERS DO STRANGE THINGS. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 5 | CR STATION | STATION | DL&W- EL | PA | CRESCO | STATION | |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 15 | CR STATION | STATION | NY | HORSEHEADS | FORMER ERIE STATION WITH AN INTERESTING NAME. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 16 | CR STATION | STATION | OH | KENTON | KENTON STATION ON THE x ERIE MAINLINE. KENTON WAS THE SITE OF A CABOOSE MANUFACTURER. | ||
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 8 | CR STATION | STATION | PA | NORTH EAST | THE SUN MADE AN ALL TOO BRIEF VISIT SO I COULD PHOTOGRAPH THE x NYC PASSENGER STATION AT NORTH EAST, WHICH IS NOW THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM. | ||
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 1 | CR STATION | STATION | NY | WESTFIELD | x NYC STATION. | ||
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 6 | CR STATION | STATION | NY | SALAMANCA | EX ERIE STATION WITH A NEW CHAIN LINK FENCE ON THE STATION PLATFORM. | ||
| T | L | 10-08-1988 | 3 | CR STATION | STATION | EL- DL&W | PA | HOP BOTTOM | STATION ON THE LACKAWANNA'S HIGH SPEED HALSTEAD-CLARKS SUMMIT LINE IMPROVEMENT FROM ABOUT 1915. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 13 | CR TE 4001 | M OF W | CR TX 3002 | OH | GALION | M OF W TIE HANDLER? | |
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 3 | CR TOWER | TOWER | NY | FALCONER | THE TOWER AT FALCONER ON THE OLD ERIE MAIN IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD SHAPE. | ||
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 12 | CR TP 2012 | M OF W TAMPER | CR ME 1108, CR SM 3030 | OH | GALION | TAMPERS. | |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 9 | CR TRACK | TRACK | NY | JAMESTOWN | FORMER ERIE MAIN, AGAIN, SOMEWHERE EAST OF JAMESTOWN. THE SECOND TRACK IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED WITH FISHPLATES ALREADY BEING UNBOLTED. | ||
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 22 | CR TUNKHANNOCK VIADUCT | BRIDGE | DL&W- EL | PA | NICHOLSON | THE BRIDGE DOMINATES THE TOWN. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE NICHOLSON VIADUCT AS WELL AS THE TUNKHANNOCK VIADUCT. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 23 | CR TUNKHANNOCK VIADUCT | BRIDGE | DL&W- EL | PA | NICHOLSON | BRIDGE | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 37 | CR TUNNEL | TUNNEL | PA | GALLITZIN | TRAILER TRAIN VANISHING INTO THE WESTERN PORTAL OF THE OLD 'NEW PORTAGE RAILROAD' TUNNEL. THIS IS THE SOUTHERNMOST OF GALITZEN'S 3 TUNNELS. | ||
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 16 | CR WHISTLE POST | WHISTLE POST | DL&W- EL | NY | BATH | EX DL&W WHISTLE POST. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 27 | CR 1007 | ALCO MT-4 SLUG | PRR 8654- PRR 7654- PC 7654- CR 7654 | CR 7589 | OH | COLUMBUS | BUCKEYE YARD, SLUG REBUILT FROM ALCO RS-11. I MISS THOSE RS-11'S. HECK, I MISS THOSE CR GP9'S TOO. SLUG RETIRED 10-1995. |
| T | L | 03-16-1979 | 8 | CR 1117 | ALCO MT-6 SLUG | PRR 8659- PRR 6859- PC 6859- CR 6859 | CR 6934 | OH | BEREA | 1117 SLUG WAS REBUILT FROM AN ALCO RSD12. UNIT ON BIG FOUR, NEAR BAGLEY OR 'BAG LADY' ROAD. |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 26 | CR 1122 | ALCO MT-6 SLUG | PRR 8677- PRR 6877- PC 6877- CR 6877 | CR 6946 | OH | COLUMBUS | BUCKEYE YARD, SLUG IS REBUILT FROM ALCO RSD12. THIS UNIT WILL BECOME NS 1111, OR 'FOUR ACES' AFTER THE CR BREAKUP. |
| T | L | 10-14-1985 | 3 | CR 1634 | EMD GP15-1 | CR, DETROIT EDISON | OH | VERMILION | W/B ON x NYC MAIN. THE GP15 IS A FAIRLY UNCOMMON UNIT FOR OHIO. | |
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 1 | CR 1773 | EMD F7 | NYC 1773- PC 1773 | CR 1648 | OH | CLEVELAND | MY ONLY ENCOUNTER WITH THE ONLY CONRAIL 'F' UNIT THAT WAS PAINTED BLUE. THE B&O CONNECTION TRACK DIAMOND IS UNDER THE LEAD UNIT. WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS. |
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 2 | CR 1773 | EMD F7 | NYC 1773- PC 1773 | CR 1648 | OH | CLEVELAND | MY ONLY ENCOUNTER WITH THE ONLY CONRAIL 'F' UNIT THAT WAS PAINTED BLUE AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS. I WISH I HAD TAKEN SOME MORE PHOTO'S OF THE BLUE UNIT WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1952. |
| T | L | 03-16-1979 | 2 | CR 1774 | EMD F7 | NYC 1774- PC 1774 | CR 1799 | OH | CLEVELAND | ON WHISKEY ISLAND, THE PRR OWNED THE IRON ORE DOCKS, WHILE THE NYC's LAKEFRONT MAIN CROSSED THE ISLAND, AND THE B&O HAD A SPUR ONTO THE ISLAND. THE B&O IS SEEN HERE IN THE NEAR FOREGROUND RUNNING FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF THE PHOTO. |
| T | L | 06-20-1977 | 1 | CR 1891 | EMD F7 | ERIE 712A- EL 7121 | CR | PA | SLATEFORD JCT | A FAVORITE PHOTO AT THE DELAWARE RIVER's WATER GAP. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW AN EL F UNIT IN OPERATION. |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 6 | CR 1986 | GE B23-7 | CR | OH | MANSFIELD | NICELY LIT UNIT IN x PRR YARD. UNIT WENT TO THE NASHVILLE & EASTERN IN 2005 AND LATER TO POWER SOURCE SUPPLY INC. WITH LEASED IT TO MARTIN MARIETTA. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 9 | CR 1987 | GE B23-7 | CR | OH | GALION | THIS UNIT'S NUMBER MATCHED THE YEAR OF THE PHOTO. IT WAS S/B, PASSING EX-CCC&ST.L PASSENGER STATION AT GALION. A FEW HUNDRED FEET AHEAD OF THE TRAIN LIES THE ERIE MAIN. | |
| T | L | 01-17-1987 | 1 | CR 1990 | GE B23-7 | CR 8206 | OH | MANSFIELD | EVENING VIEW OF ROAD SWITCHERS IN THE SMALL YARD NEXT TO THE OLD PRR MAIN. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 29 | CR 1994 | GE B37-7 | CR 1947, CR 8092, CR 6431 | OH | COLUMBUS | BUCKEYE YARD ENGINE FACILITY. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 1 | CR 2072 | ALCO C420 | L&HRR 21 | CR 2077, PNC 980 | PA | SCRANTON | MY ONLY ENCOUNTER WITH LEHIGH AND HUDSON RIVER RR POWER. HERE IS FORMER LH&HR 29 AND 21. SADLY, NUMBER 21 WAS CUT UP IN 1979, BUT 29 WAS LUCKIER. |
| T | L | 07-23-1977 | 1 | CR 2169 | EMD GP30 | RDG 5501- RDG 3601 | CR 2564 | PA | MEADVILLE | x RDG GP30 SWITCHING NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT CARS. |
| T | L | 10-29-1977 | 1 | CR 2264 | EMD GP35 | PRR 2264- PC 2264 | CR 2678 | OH | BEREA | E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN AS IT CURVES OVER THE EAST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER. |
| T | L | 10-29-1977 | 2 | CR 2264 | EMD GP35 | PRR 2264- PC 2264 | CR 2678 | OH | BEREA | SUPERELEVATION AND BUSY TRAFFIC AT BEREA. I MISS THOSE S.P.& S. CARS. |
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 2 | CR 2286 | EMD GP35 | PRR 2286- PC 2286 | NY | NIOBE JCT. | PLOW TRAIN, PAST AN OLD ERIE RR. TOWER | |
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 3 | CR 2286 | EMD GP35 | PRR 2286- PC 2286 | PA | CORRY | PASSING THE RELATIVELY MODERN LOOKING ERIE RR STATION. | |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 1 | CR 2323 | EMD GP35 | PRR 2323- PC 2323 | PC 3010 | NY | HORNELL | CLOUDY DAY NEAR HORNELL. |
| T | L | 07-06-1978 | 1 | CR 2332 | EMD GP35 | PRR 2332- PC 2332 | OH | CRESTLINE | S/B x PRR GEEP KNIFES THE SUMMER AIR ALONG ON EX CCC&STL. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1978 | 1 | CR 2369 | EMD GP35 | NYC 6125- NYC 2369- PC 2369 | CR 6660, CR 6068 | OH | KENT | W/B FREIGHT WITH x NYC AND EL POWER ON THE ERIE MAIN. |
| T | L | 06-25-1978 | 2 | CR 2369 | EMD GP35 | NYC 6125- NYC 2369- PC 2369 | CR 6660, CR 6068 | OH | KENT | W/B AT ERIE'S PASSENGER STATION. THE B&O IS DOWN LOW ON THE LEFT. |
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 2 | CR 2416 | ALCO C425 | PRR 2416- PC 2416 | OH | CRESTLINE | AN ENTERTAINING ALCO CENTURY THAT MADE A SOUND SIMILAR TO A WOODEN DOOR SLAMMING EVERY MINUTE OR SO. | |
| T | L | 07-01-1980 | 2 | CR 2420 | ALCO C425 | PRR 2420- PC 2420 | CR 9308, CR 2434 | OH | COLLINWOOD | ALCO CENTURY AND A BALDWIN REBUILD AT COLLINWOOD. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 1 | CR 2494 | ALCO C424 | RDG 5205 | PA | ALTOONA | WE ASKED AT THE SHOP GATE FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE PHOTOS OF LOCOMOTIVES. THE GUARD SAID WE COULD NOT, BUT SAID WE COULD TAKE PHOTOS OF OLD ENGINES IN THE DEAD LINE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 19 | CR 2500 | GE U25B | PC 2500- NYC 2500 | PA | ERIE | SHORT HOOD OF FORMER NYC, PC, AND THEN CR U25B RESTING AT ITS BIRTH PLACE, THE GE LOCOMOTIVE PLANT IN ERIE. AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN, THE UNIT WAS REPAINTED INTO NEW YORK CENTRAL COLORS AND PLACED INTO THE MUSEUM AT NORTH EAST, PA. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 20 | CR 2500 | GE U25B | PC 2500- NYC 2500 | PA | ERIE | LONG HOOD OF FORMER NYC, PC, AND THEN CR U25B RESTING AT ITS BIRTH PLACE, THE GE LOCOMOTIVE PLANT IN ERIE. AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN, THE UNIT WAS REPAINTED INTO NEW YORK CENTRAL COLORS AND PLACED INTO THE MUSEUM AT NORTH EAST, PA. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 21 | CR 2500 | GE U25B | PC 2500- NYC 2500 | PA | ERIE | FORMER NYC, PC, AND THEN CR U25B RESTING AT ITS BIRTH PLACE, THE GE LOCOMOTIVE PLANT IN ERIE. AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN, THE UNIT WAS REPAINTED INTO NEW YORK CENTRAL COLORS AND PLACED INTO THE MUSEUM AT NORTH EAST, PA. 1994/19940326_04.jpg 1998/19981124_04.jpg | |
| T | L | 07-23-1977 | 2 | CR 2501 | GE U25B | NYC 2501- PC 2501 | PA | MEADVILLE | x ERIE YARD THROAT AT MEADVILLE. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 2 | CR 2517 | GE U25B | NYC 2517- PC 2517 | CR 2072 | PA | SCRANTON | EVENING AT SCRANTON. |
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 4 | CR 2569 | GE U25B | NYC 2569- PC 2569 | CR 3071, D&H 611 | NY | HORNELL | LINE UP AT HORNELL, NY. 3071 GOT A SECOND LIFE AS A COMMUTER ENGINE FOR NJDOT, AFTER GETTING COWL HOOD COURTESY OF BN BN 6633, IN THE YEAR 1987. CR 2569 WAS NEW YORK CENTRAL'S FINAL U25B AND BUILT IN SEPTEMBER 1965. |
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 3 | CR 2652 | GE U25B | PRR 2652- PC 2652 | OH | CRESTLINE | A FAVORITE SHOT OF A U25B SMOKING UP THE CRESTLINE STATION. | |
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 1 | CR 2781 | GE U23B | LV 505 | CR 2922 | PA | MEADVILLE | MY FIRST PHOTO WITH MY NEWLY PURCHASED MINOLTA SRT-202 35MM CAMERA. ODDLY ENOUGH, THIS SAME EX-LEHIGH VALLEY 505 UNIT WAS THE SUBJECT OF MY FIRST PHOTO OF 1978, AFTER BEING DAMAGED IN A MINOR WRECK. X LV 505 1978/19780311_01.jpg 1978/19780311_03.jpg |
| T | L | 03-11-1978 | 1 | CR 2781 | GE U23B | LV 505 | OH | BEREA | INVOLVED IN A MINOR WRECK. SEE THIS UNIT 9 MONTHS EARLIER IN BETTER CONDITION. 1977/19770613_01.jpg | |
| T | L | 03-11-1978 | 3 | CR 2781 | GE U23B | LV 505 | CR 8708 | OH | BEREA | A FORMER LEHIGH VALLEY WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR WRECK AT BEREA. NOTE THE A BLUE FORMER READING SWITCHER AT THE LEFT. SEE THE DAMAGED UNIT 9 MONTHS EARLIER IN BETTER CONDITION. 1977/19770613_01.jpg |
| T | L | 10-29-1977 | 3 | CR 2898 | GE U33B | PC 2898 | CR, CR | OH | BEREA | MORE HEAVY BEREA TRAFFIC AS A W/B TRAIN IS LED BY AN x EL UNIT ON THE CHICAGO LINE. |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 1 | CR 2922 | GE U33B | PC 2922 | PC 6505 | PA | SCRANTON | BIG GE POWER AT SCRANTON. |
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 1 | CR 2950 | GE U33B | PC 2950 | NY | MILL RIFT BRIDGE | EASTBOUND ON BRIDGE OVER THE DELAWARE RIVER. | |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 7 | CR 2980 | GE U33B | PC 2890 | CR 7860, GE 806, CR 6201 | PA | SAYRE | THE ENGINE FACILITY AT SAYRE WAS SURPRISINGLY BUSY DURING OUR 1978 VISIT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT SO BUSY IN BY LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD STANDARDS. THE GE U33B WAS NEVER A POPULAR MODEL. |
| T | L | 01-17-1987 | 4 | CR 3006 | EMD GP40 | NYC 3006- PC 3006 | OH | CRESTLINE | W/B ON x PRR MAIN, NEAR THE TOWN OF CRESTLINE. UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT INTO A COMMUTER POWER GP40PH-2B BY CONRAIL IN 1993. | |
| 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 | 07-06-1978 | 2 | CR 3070 | EMD GP40 | NYC 3070- PC 3070 | OH | CRESTLINE | S/B ON x C.C.C.& ST.LOUIS, ABOUT TO CROSS THE PRR. THIS UNIT WAS REBUILT INTO A GP40FH-2 IN 1990 BY MORRISON KNUDSEN, USING A CARBODY FROM BN 6628. | |
| T | L | 05-25-1978 | 1 | CR 3072 | EMD GP40 | NYC 3072- PC 3072 | OH | ELYRIA | W/B ON THE x NYC MAIN WITH EVENING LIGHTING. | |
| 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. IN 2020 IT WAS ON THE RED RIVER VALLEY & WESTERN. | |
| T | L | 07-01-1980 | 6 | CR 3122 | EMD GP40 | PC 3122 | OH | LOUDONVILLE | W/B ON THE x PRR MAIN LINE. THE PRR THROUGH THIS PART OF OHIO IS VERY SCENIC AND DRIPS WITH A DISTINCTIVE PRR FLAVOR. | |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 2 | CR 3131 | EMD GP40 | PC 3131 | NY | SOUTHERN TIER | SOMEWHERE ON THE FORMER ERIE IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE. | |
| 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 | 08-05-1978 | 8 | CR 3154 | EMD GP40 | PC 3154 | NY | JAMESTOWN | FORMER ERIE MAIN, EAST OF JAMESTOWN. THE SECOND TRACK IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED. BEFORE LONG, THIS PORTION OF MAINLINE WOULD BE PRACTICALLY UNUSED BY CR. HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1977: 1977/19770615_01.jpg | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 3 | CR 3162 | EMD GP40 | PC 3162 | CR 3016 | NY | BINGHAMTON | MY CAPTION SAYS BINGHAMTON, BUT I AM NOT SO SURE IF THAT IS REALLY THE CASE ANYMORE. |
| T | L | 10-14-1985 | 4 | CR 3193 | EMD GP40 | PC 3193 | CR 3343, CR 3369 | OH | VERMILION | W/B ON x NYC MAIN. THE TRAIN IS ABOUT TO PASS OVER THE VERMILION RIVER. THE LEAD UNIT WENT TO THE FLORIDA EAST COAST IN LATER YEARS, AND THE THIRD UNIT BECAME A CSX SLUG MOTHER IN 2008. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 22 | CR 3206 | EMD GP40 | PC 3206 | PA | GALLITZIN | W/B APPROACHING TUNNELS ON A MISTY DAY. THE BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND CARRIES THE PRR LINE THE GOES THROUGH THE PORTAGE TUNNEL. UNDERNEATH THIS BRIDGE, THE LONG GONE 'MULE SHOE CURVE' LINE DIVERGES. THE LEAD UNIT WAS LATER CONVERTED INTO A GP40PH-2 COMMUTER ENGINE. 1993/19930425_16.jpg | |
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 11 | CR 3217 | EMD GP40 | PC 3217 | OH | RAVENNA | FAST W/B ON THE C&P, ON THE BRIDGE OVER B&O MAIN. | |
| T | L | 07-01-1980 | 4 | CR 3250 | EMD GP40-2 | PC 3250 | OH | CRESTLINE | NIGHT SHOT AT CRESTLINE'S FUEL RACKS. WE SPENT MANY NIGHTS AT CRESTLINE BACK IN THE LATE 70'S. TRAFFIC ON THE x PRR WAS VERY HEAVY IN THOSE YEARS. LEAD UNIT WENT TO THE ALASKA RAILROAD AND WAS REBUILT INTO A GP38U IN 1984. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 4 | CR 3261 | EMD GP40 | EMD 12- PC 3261 | CR | PA | ? | PHOTO TAKEN SOMEWHERE I CAN'T REMEMBER. UNIT WAS STILL RUNNING IN THE YEAR 2017. HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1988: 1988/19880410_01.jpg |
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 1 | CR 3261 | EMD GP40 | EMD 12- PC 3261 | CR 5053 | OH | MANSFIELD | E/B PAST THE 'EMPIRE DET.' PLANT WHICH IS ON THE FORMER PRR, ABOUT A MILE WEST OF THE ERIE CROSSING. HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1977: 1977/19770618_04.jpg |
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 1 | CR 3266 | EMD GP40 | EMD 17- PC 3266 | CR 6540 | OH | MARION | W/B ON THE x ERIE, CROSSING THE N&W DIAMONDS. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 7 | CR 3275 | EMD GP40-2 | RDG 3671 | IN | FORT WAYNE | x READING UNIT ON THE x PRR WITH THE DISTINCTIVE PRR SIGNALS ALONGSIDE. | |
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 10 | CR 3291 | EMD GP40-2 | OH | CRESTLINE | S/B ON THE BIG FOUR ABOUT 50 FEET SHORT OF THE x PRR CROSSING. UNITS 3291 AND 3292 WERE WRECKED ON 7-31-1997 AT SALEM, OHIO. 3291 WAS THEN PURCHASED BY BOISE LOCOMOTIVE FOR PARTS. 3291 WAS MUTATED INTO A NEW LOW EMISSIONS MPEX MP1500D. 1994/19940910_05.jpg | ||
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 2 | CR 3308 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 8105, PC 3151 | PA | ALTOONA | CR FREIGHT GRINDS UP HORSESHOE CURVE. 1997/19970913_08.jpg | |
| T | L | 05-25-1978 | 2 | CR 3322 | EMD GP40-2 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | BRIGHT NEW W/B UNITS AT C.P. 197 ON THE x NYC MAIN. LEAD UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. | ||
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 4 | CR 3336 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 1645 | PA | ALTOONA | SMALL UNITS WITH DIFOCO SIDE DUMP CARS. THESE CARS WERE MADE IN FINDLAY OHIO. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 13 | CR 3361 | EMD GP40-2 | PA | NORTH EAST | THE WATER LEVEL ROUTE CAN BE VERY BUSY AT TIMES. | ||
| T | L | 06-01-1986 | 1 | CR 3377 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 5037 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ON x NYC MAIN PAST STATION. THE STATION NOW IS HOME TO A MODEL RAILROAD CLUB. 1998/19980606_13.jpg | |
| T | L | 07-23-1988 | 2 | CR 3382 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3351 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN AT CP 197. HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1995: 1995/19951001_02.jpg | |
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 4 | CR 3635 | EMD GP35 | RDG 3635 | OH | CRESTLINE | E/B ON x PRR MAIN. | |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 3 | CR 3645 | EMD GP35 | RDG 3645 | CR 2664, CR 6304 | PA | SAYRE | E/B PASSING THE SAYRE STATION. HERE IS A VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE THAT WAS TAKEN AT COLLINWOOD IN 1993: 1993/19930427_04.jpg |
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 5 | CR 3654 | EMD GP35 | RDG 3654 | OH | CRESTLINE | N/B ON x C.C.C.&ST.LOUIS, CROSSING THE PRR DIAMONDS. THE CRESTLINE TOWER IS TO THE LEFT. | |
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 3 | CR 3676 | EMD GP35 | EL 2570 | BAR 84, CR | OH | CLEVELAND | TWO FORMER EL UNITS AND A B.A.R. UNIT E/B APPROACHING THE DRAWBRIDGE. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 15 | CR 3679 | EMD GP35 | EL 2573 | CR 6913, CR 6099 | PA | ALTOONA | A RARE, FOR 1987, UNIT STILL IN ERIE LACKAWANNA COLORS. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 2 | CR 4011 | EMD E8 | ERIE 821- EL 821 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE. | |
| 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 | 10-14-1985 | 5 | CR 5003 | GE B36-7 | CR, CR | OH | VERMILION | CONRAIL'S BIG FOUR AXLE UNITS OFTEN ARE FOUND ON THE FASTER TRAILER VAN TRAINS. HERE IS A 1993 VIEW OF THE SAME UNIT: 1993/19930425_33.jpg | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 2 | CR 5029 | GE B36-7 | CR 3332 | NY | SILVER CREEK | DARK DAY ACTION ON THE OLD NYC MAIN. LEAD UNIT WENT TO EFVM IN BRAZIL IN 2003. | |
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 8 | CR 5042 | EMD FL9 | NH 2042- PC 5042 | NY | CROTON HARMON | ENGINE HOUSE. WE TRIED TO TAKE SOME GROUND LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHS HERE, BUT AN ARMED GUARD DREW HIS PISTOL ON US AND ENCOURAGED US TO LEAVE. THIS UNIT WAS AMBITIOUSLY REBUILT IN 1991 INTO AN ALMOST CRAZY TURBOCHARGED 2800hp, A.C. DRIVE UNIT. | |
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 10 | CR 5083 | GE B40-8 | CR 5084, CR 5085 | OH | ALLIANCE | C&P LINE WEST BOUND, NORTH OF ALLIANCE. | |
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 2 | CR 5406 | EMD GP8 | DL&W 968- EL 1407- CR 5927- CR 5726 | CR 7790 | OH | ONTARIO | GP7 REBUILD PARKED IN THE USUAL PLACE ON THE OVERPASS OVER A HIGHWAY. THE GP38 SPENT TIME LATER ON THE GULF & MISSISSIPPI AND THEN THE ATLANTA & ST. ANDREWS BAY RAILROADS. |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 1 | CR 5888 | EMD GP7 | PRR 8564- PC 5864- PC 5888 | CR | PA | MEADVILLE | IN 1987, MEADVILLE STILL HAD AN ACTIVE SMALL ENGINE HOUSE AND THE MASSIVE ERIE RR COALING TOWER SEEMED UNTOUCHED BY TIME. |
| T | L | 03-16-1979 | 6 | CR 5899 | EMD GP7 | PRR 8799- PC 5899 | OH | CLEVELAND | ROCKPORT YARD. | |
| 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 | 06-13-1977 | 5 | CR 5992 | EMD GP7 | EL 1277- DL&W 958 | PA | MEADVILLE | x EL 1277=DL&W 958 UNDER US ROUTE 6 | |
| T | L | 07-24-1978 | 1 | CR 5999 | EMD GP7 | DL&W 965- EL 1284 | OH | BEREA | W/B FORMER LACKAWANNA UNIT AT BEREA. THE BEREA STATION IS BEHIND THE FIRST BOX CAR. | |
| T | L | 07-24-1978 | 2 | CR 5999 | EMD GP7 | DL&W 965- EL 1284 | OH | BEREA | IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU MAY SEE THE EL PAINT SHOWING UNDER THE CR BLUE. | |
| T | L | 10-01-1988 | 2 | CR 6000 | GE C39-8 | CR | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B PASSING THE SHADOW OF THE OLMSTED FALLS STATION ROOF. LEAD UNIT SCRAPPED IN 2010. 1998/19981122_04.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 1 | CR 6002 | EMD SD35 | PRR 6002- PC 6002 | CR 6529, CR 6004 | NY | WELLSVILLE | A PLEASANT SCENE SO TYPICAL OF THE ERIE. 1978/19780807_08.jpg 1978/19780807_03.jpg 1978/19780807_04.jpg |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 3 | CR 6002 | EMD SD35 | PRR 6002- PC 6002 | CR 6529, CR 6004 | PA | SAYRE | HERE ARE THREE BIG AND RARE BIRDS, EVEN FOR 1978. TWO SD35'S, AND ONE U28C. ALL THREE ARE x PRR UNITS. 1978/19780807_01.jpg 1978/19780807_08.jpg 1978/19780807_04.jpg |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 4 | CR 6002 | EMD SD35 | PRR 6002- PC 6002 | CR 6529, CR 6004 | PA | SAYRE | SAYRE, PAST ITS GLORY AS AN LV TOWN. 1978/19780807_01.jpg 1978/19780807_03.jpg 1978/19780807_08.jpg |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 8 | CR 6002 | EMD SD35 | PRR 6002- PC 6002 | CR 6529, CR 6004 | PA | SAYRE | THREE x PRR UNITS AT THE SANDING TOWER. 1978/19780807_01.jpg 1978/19780807_03.jpg 1978/19780807_04.jpg |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 5 | CR 6002 | GE C39-8 | CR 6736 | NY | SILVER CREEK | OLD NYC STONE VIADUCT AT SILVER CREEK. THE NICKEL PLATE VIADUCT IS ALL OF ABOUT 100 FEET SOUTH OF THE NYC BRIDGE. | |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 5 | CR 6004 | EMD SD35 | PRR 6004- PC 600 | CR 6529, CR 6002 | PA | SAYRE | THE LARGE LEHIGH VALLEY PASSENGER STATION AT SAYRE. |
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 11 | CR 6014 | GE C39-8 | CR 6458 | NY | CORNING | THIS PHOTO IS SOMEWHAT SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I STARTED A NICE CAB RIDE IN THIS UNIT AT THIS SPOT. 6014 WAS CUT UP IN 2019.HERE IS A 1994 VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1994/19940723_04.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 12 | CR 6014 | GE C39-8 | CR 6458 | NY | CORNING | MY CAB RIDE IN THIS ENGINE ENDED HERE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE ERIE RR. STATION IN CORNING. HERE IS A 1994 VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1994/19940723_04.jpg | |
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 9 | CR 6018 | GE C39-8 | CR 6591 | OH | ALLIANCE | W/B IN ALLIANCE. A 1989 VIEW OF SAME UNIT: 1989/19890702_01.jpg | |
| T | L | 01-17-1987 | 2 | CR 6019 | GE C39-8 | CR 7999 | OH | CRESTLINE | E/B LEAVING TOWN ON x PRR MAIN. | |
| T | L | 01-17-1987 | 3 | CR 6019 | GE C39-8 | OH | CRESTLINE | TRAILING SHOT OF LEAD UNIT ON AN E/B LEAVING TOWN ON x PRR MAIN. | ||
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 11 | CR 6071 | EMD SD45 | EL 3606 | CR 6099, CR 6305 | PA | ALTOONA | THIS WAS MY LAST ENCOUNTER WITH STANDARD SD45'S ON CONRAIL. IN 1987 I WONDERED IF THEY WERE BEING PREMATURELY DISPOSED OF. I STILL WONDER THAT. |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 3 | CR 6072 | EMD SD45 | EL 3607 | CR 6241 | PA | ALTOONA | PUSHER ENGINES ON HORSESHOE CURVE. THAT CR SD45 ENDED UP IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT IN ST. LOUIS. 1995/19950301_11.jpg |
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 4 | CR 6082 | EMD SD45 | EL 3617 | CR | OH | CLEVELAND | FORMER EL UNIT AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS. |
| T | L | 03-11-1978 | 4 | CR 6085 | EMD SD45 | EL 3620 | CR 6114 | OH | BEREA | THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN ONLY A FEW FEET FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED WRECK. WHILE I WAS PUTTNG MY LENS CAP BACK ON THE CAMERA, I WAS NEARLY ARRESTED BY THE STRONG SECURTIY FORCES PRESENT. |
| T | L | 04-19-1979 | 2 | CR 6089 | EMD SD45 | EL 3624 | OH | CLEVELAND | AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 13 | CR 6099 | EMD SD45 | EL 3634 | PA | ALTOONA | ANOTHER FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA UNIT, STRICKEN FROM THE ROSTER. | |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 4 | CR 6148 | EMD SD45 | PC 6148 | PA | GALLITZIN | PUSHER ENGINES W/B | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 16 | CR 6163 | EMD SD45 | PC 6163 | CR 6152 | PA | ALTOONA | HERE ARE SOME PC SD45 ALSO HEADED FOR THE RAZOR FACTORY. BOTH THE PRR AND PC BOUGHT SD45's. |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 5 | CR 6186 | EMD SD45 | PRR 6186- PC 6186 | PA | CRESSON | SD45 GETTING SERVICED. | |
| T | L | 07-22-1977 | 2 | CR 6196 | EMD SD45 | PC 6196 | CR, CR | PA | MEADVILLE | W/B ON THE EX ERIE MAINLINE NEAR MEADVILLE. THE LEAD UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT BY MK RAIL INTO A SOUTHERN PACIFIC UNIT. |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 9 | CR 6201 | EMD SD45 | PRR 6201- PC 6201 | GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890 | PA | SAYRE | A HODGE-PODGE OF POWER HEADS NORTH THROUGH SAYRE'S YARDS. |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 10 | CR 6201 | EMD SD45 | PRR 6201- PC 6201 | GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890 | PA | SAYRE | OLD AND NEW GE'S AND EMD'S ROLL NORTH PAST THE SAYRE STATION. |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 11 | CR 6201 | EMD SD45 | PRR 6201- PC 6201 | GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890 | PA | SAYRE | OLD AND NEW GE'S AND EMD'S ROLL NORTH PAST THE SAYRE STATION. |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 12 | CR 6201 | EMD SD45 | PRR 6201- PC 6201 | GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890 | NY | WAVERLY | A TRAIN ON THE TRACK THAT CONNECTED THE LV WITH THE EL. |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 13 | CR 6201 | EMD SD45 | PRR 6201- PC 6201 | GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890 | NY | WAVERLY | WAVERLY WAS JUST NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE, ABOVE SAYRE. |
| T | L | 07-23-1977 | 3 | CR 6225 | EMD SD45 | PRR 6225- PC 6225 | CR 2357 | PA | MEADVILLE | NICE VIEW OF THE x EL ENGINE FACILITY AT MEADVILLE. |
| T | L | 07-23-1977 | 4 | CR 6225 | EMD SD45 | PRR 6225- PC 6225 | CR 2357 | PA | MEADVILLE | x PRR UNITS ON THE OLD ERIE MAIN. THE MEADVILLE STATION SITE IS NOW A HIGHWAY. THE SECOND UNIT WAS STILL GOING STRONG IN 2015, WITH ITS EIGHTH OWNER/ LEASEE. |
| T | L | 06-20-1977 | 2 | CR 6239 | EMD SD45 | PC 6239 | NJ | BLAIRSTOWN | E/B ON PAULIN'S KILL VIADUCT. THE LEADER UNIT WOULD WORK UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERS TILL RETIREMENT IN 2007. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 12 | CR 6247 | EMD SD40 | PC 6247 | CR 6716 | PA | NORTH EAST | THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM IN BACKGROUND WITH AN E/B FREIGHT ROLLING BY. HERE IS A 1987 PHOTO OF THE SAME UNIT: 1987/19870418_32.jpg |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 32 | CR 6247 | EMD SD40 | PC 6247 | CR 6959, L&N 6452 | OH | COLUMBUS | A RARE SD38 WITH A COMMON SD40-2 ON THE REAR OF L&N CABOOSE NUMBERED 6452, AT BUCKEYE YARD. HERE IS A 1986 PHOTO OF THE SAME UNIT: 1986/19861005_12.jpg |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 6 | CR 6249 | EMD SD40 | PC 6249 | CR 6327 | PA | CRESSON | PUSHER ENGINES ON WYE TRACK. 6249 CHANGED HANDS MANY TIMES, PASSING FROM PC, CR, EMDX, PRC, MOTIVE POWER RESOURCES, MIDWEST MAINTENANCE SERVICE, AND IN 2016, TO CARGILL. |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 2 | CR 6254 | EMD SD40 | PC 6254 | CR 6286 | PA | MEADVILLE | SD40'S AT COALING TOWER. |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 6 | CR 6254 | EMD SD40 | PC 6254 | CR 6286, CR 6330 | PA | MEADVILLE | ON FORMER ERIE MAIN, SOMEWHERE EAST OF MEADVILE. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 35 | CR 6280 | EMD SD40 | PC 6280 | CR 6240 | PA | ALTOONA | A SEEMINGLY UNDERPOWERED TRAIN W/B AT MG TOWER. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 1 | CR 6287 | EMD SD40 | B&O 7484- CNJ 3063 | CR 6285 | PA | ALTOONA | PUSHER ENGINES, OR 'SNAPPERS' AS THE PRR CALLED THEM. I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT ANY DECENT RAILFAN TRIP TO ALTOONA SHOULD INCLUDE A PHOTO WITH THE WOLF BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND. 1990/19900825_08.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 41 | CR 6289 | EMD SD40 | B&O 7486- CNJ 3065 | CR | PA | CASSANDRA | A NEAT COMBO OF AN EX B&O-CNJ SD40 AND AN EX EL SD45-2. |
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 2 | CR 6290 | EMD SD40 | B&O 7487- CNJ 3066 | CR 6321 | PA | GREENSBURG | COAL TRAIN SWINGS BY THE STATION, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND THE CAMERA. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 9 | CR 6291 | EMD SD40 | B&O 7488- CNJ 3067 | CR 23308 | IN | FORT WAYNE | CONRAIL TRAINS, COMING AND GOING, AS THEY CROSS THE OLD WABASH. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 8 | CR 6292 | EMD SD40 | B&O 7489- CNJ 3068 | PA | ALTOONA | MORE HELPERS. | |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 4 | CR 6304 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6051- PC 6051 | CR 2664, CR 3645 | NY | SOUTHERN TIER | AN EARLY CONRAIL BLUE UNIT MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN THIS CONSIST. |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 7 | CR 6315 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6062- PC 6062 | CR | PA | ALTOONA | HORSESHOE CURVE. HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN CLEVELAND IN 1993: 1993/19930430_02.jpg |
| T | L | 08-10-1978 | 2 | CR 6321 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6068- PC 6068 | CR | IN | HAMMOND | THE INCREDIBLY BUSY AND COMPLICATED INTERLOCKING AT HOHMAN AVENUE. THE LEAD UNIT WAS STILL IN SERVICE IN 2003. |
| T | L | 03-18-1978 | 1 | CR 6323 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6070- PC 6070 | CR 6094 | OH | MANSFIELD | THIS TRAIN IS STOPPED ON THE PRR, FACING WEST, UNDER THE I-71 OVERPASS. THE CREW GAVE US AN EXTENDED TOUR OF THE CAB OF THE SD40. |
| T | L | 03-18-1978 | 2 | CR 6323 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6070- PC 6070 | CR 6094 | OH | MANSFIELD | W/B ON THE PRR, APPROACHING THE MANSFIELD STATION AND THE EL CROSSING. |
| T | L | 03-16-1979 | 1 | CR 6324 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6071- PC 6071 | CR 6320 | OH | CLEVELAND | AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS. THE COAST GUARD'S WHITE LIGHT HOUSE STATION CAN BE SEEN IN BACKGROUND. |
| T | L | 03-16-1979 | 3 | CR 6324 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6071- PC 6071 | CR 6320 | OH | CLEVELAND | AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS. |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 5 | CR 6330 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6077- PC 6077 | CR 6286, CR 6254 | PA | MEADVILLE | IN ERIE LACKAWANNA DAYS, THERE WAS AN 'EL' DIAMOND MOUNTED ABOVE THE SHOP WHERE THE CONRAIL SYMBOL APPEARS IN THIS PHOTO. |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 15 | CR 6345 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6092- PC 6092- CR 6092 | CR | OH | GALION | N/B FREIGHT PASSING x CCC & ST.L (BIG FOUR) PASSENGER STATION AT GALION. THE LEAD UNIT WAS REBUILT IN 1999 AND SENT OFF TO THE IRON RANGE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHSHORE MINING 652. |
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 4 | CR 6351 | EMD SD40 | PRR 6098- PC 6098 | CR 2928 | OH | MARION | W/B ON x ERIE AND BIG FOUR TRACKAGE. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 12 | CR 6360 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6360, CR 5059, CR 7595, CR 6457 | PA | ALTOONA | NOTE THE HOODS OF UNITS ON FLAT CARS. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 24 | CR 6399 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6403, CR 6459 | PA | GALLITZIN | EAST TUNNEL PORTAL OF THE OLD 'NEW PORTAGE RAILROAD', WITH LIGHT HELPERS DRIFTING BY. THIS IS ONE OF TEN CONRAIL SD40-2'S WITH NARROW SNOW PLOWS AND A LACK OF CAB AWNINGS, SO AS TO PERMIT COAL TRAIN LOADING AT THE POWER PLANT AT STRAWBERRY RIDGE, PA. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 36 | CR 6399 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6403, CR 6459 | PA | ALTOONA | A RARE TRIO OF PUSHERS IS HELPING OUR OTHERWISE UNDERPOWERED TRAIN PAST MG TOWER. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 6 | CR 6413 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6375 | PA | ALTOONA | MORNINGS ALWAYS SEEM BUSY IN ALTOONA. TOO BAD IT WAS SO OVERCAST ON THIS DAY. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 7 | CR 6426 | EMD SD40-2 | CR | PA | NORTH EAST | THE x NYC PASSENGER STATION AT NORTH EAST IS NOW THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM, WITH A COLLECTION OF EQUIPMENT SURROUNDING IT. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 24 | CR 6426 | EMD SD40-2 | PA | NORTH EAST | A POORLY AIMED CAMERA MAKES IT LOOK LIKE AN E/B CR FREIGHT IS SWALLOWING UP THE STATION AT NORTH EAST. | ||
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 6 | CR 6429 | EMD SD40-2 | AMTK | OH | CRESTLINE | A VERY LATE W/B BROADWAY LTD AT PASSENGER STATION WITH A CR SD40-2 SUBSTITUTING FOR A MISSING 'E' UNIT. | |
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 7 | CR 6429 | EMD SD40-2 | AMTK | OH | CRESTLINE | W/B BROADWAY LTD AT PASSENGER STATION WITH A CR SD40-2 SUBSTITUTING FOR A MISSING 'E' UNIT. AMTRAK TRAINS WERE FUELED AND WATERED AT CRESTLINE. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 40 | CR 6444 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6286 | PA | CASSANDRA | THE DAYLIGHT IS FAILING AS THIS WENT BY. | |
| T | L | 07-23-1988 | 1 | CR 6451 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN AT CP 197. | ||
| T | L | 10-01-1988 | 1 | CR 6458 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6517 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B ON THE FLAT x NEW YORK CENTRAL RACE TRACK. HERE IS A 1993 PHOTO OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1993/19930801_02.jpg | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 25 | CR 6459 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6403, CR 6399 | PA | GALLITZIN | THE GRASSY JUNCTION OF FORMER 'MULE SHOE' LINE CAN BE SEEN AT RIGHT AS WELL AS THE DISTANT BRIDGE STRUCTURE THAT CARRIED MULE SHOE TRAFFIC TO THE OTHER PRR TUNNELS. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 33 | CR 6484 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6288 | PA | ALTOONA | PUSHERS W/B PAST MG TOWER. TOO BAD I DID NOT PHOTOGRAPH THAT UNIT WITH THE BRIGHT SIGN ON IT. | |
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 11 | CR 6504 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 8084 | OH | CRESTLINE | S/B ON THE x BIG FOUR. THE BASKET BALL COURT ON THE RIGHT IS WHERE THE STATION USED TO STAND. BACK WHEN THE CONRAIL KEPT THE FORMER PRR LINE REALLY BUSY IN CRESTLINE, THE BRIDGE FROM WHICH I TOOK THIS PHOTO DID NOT EXIST. THEN IN THE EARLY 80's, A NICE BRIDGE WAS BUILT JUST IN TIME FOR CONRAIL TO DIVERT ALMOST ALL THE x PRR ROUTED TRAFFIC OUT OF CRESTLINE. | |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 5 | CR 6506 | GE U25C | PRR 6506- PC 6506 | CR | PA | SAYRE | ONE OF MY VERY FEW ENCOUNTERS WITH THE GE U25C. THESE ARE x PRR UNITS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MANY CREW MEMBERS ARE ENJOYING THE TRADEMARK U25 BIG CENTRAL WINDSHIELD. |
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 2 | CR 6573 | GE U33C | EL 3310 | NY | DEPOSIT | PUSHER ENGINE PARKED RIGHT NEXT TO THE DEPOSIT STATION, x EL 3310. NOTE ADIRONDACK TRUCKS. | |
| 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 | 05-02-1987 | 31 | CR 6597 | GE C30-7A | PA | ALTOONA | W/B FIGHTS UPHILL PAST MG TOWER. | ||
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 8 | CR 6602 | GE C30-7 | OH | CRESTLINE | E/B AT CRESTLINE. | ||
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 9 | CR 6608 | GE C30-7 | OH | CRESTLINE | E/B AT CRESTLINE. | ||
| T | L | 10-01-1988 | 3 | CR 6630 | GE C36-7 | CR 6404 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | LEAD UNIT OF THIS WESTBOUND TRAIN WENT TO BRAZIL IN 2006 (MINAS GERAIS, RIO DE JENEIRO AND SAO PAULO). | |
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 1 | CR 6641 | GE C36-7 | CR 8203 | OH | CRESTLINE | A NIGHT PHOTO USING 'AVAILABLE LIGHT' AND A TRIPOD. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 42 | CR 6656 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3671 | CR 6658 | PA | PORTAGE | PUSHERS TESTING A CABOOSE'S UNDERFRAME. THERE IS A LAW IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT THE CABOOSE MUST BE UNOCCUPIED WHEN TOTAL PUSHER POWER EXCEEDS 3000hp. HERE IS A 1994 PHOTO OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1994/19940604_16.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 20 | CR 6657 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3672 | PA | ALTOONA | THAT CHURCH IN THE BACKGROUND LOOKS IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH TO BE A STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. UNIT LIVES ON IN 2007 AT THE CSX ATLANTA TRAINING CENTER. OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1987/19870502_26.jpg 1993/19930425_01.jpg 1994/19940513_04.jpg 1998/19980615_14.jpg | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 26 | CR 6657 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3672 | CR 6663 | PA | GALLITZIN | EVER FAITHFUL x ERIE LACKAWANNA SD45-2 PUSHER ENGINES APPROACH THE TUNNELS IN A W/B DIRECTION. OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1993/19930425_01.jpg 1994/19940513_04.jpg 1987/19870502_20.jpg 1998/19980615_14.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 23 | CR 6659 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3674 | PA | GALLITZIN | W/B PUSHER ENTERING THE MIDDLE TUNNEL. THIS IS THE TUNNEL THAT IS NOW DOUBLE TRACKED WITH HIGH CLEARANCES. MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1993/19930425_36.jpg | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 7 | CR 6660 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3675 | CR 6664 | PA | ALTOONA | A FAVORITE SHOT OF MINE, WITH SD45-2 HELPERS AND A COAL TRAIN AT ALTO TOWER. THE REAL UPHILL CLIMB EFFECTIVELY STARTS AT ALTO TOWER. 1994/19940604_18.jpg 1993/19930425_34.jpg 1987/19870502_18.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 18 | CR 6660 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3675 | CR 6664 | PA | ALTOONA | MORE x EL SD45-2's DOWN BY THE ALTOONA STATION. UNIT 6660 WAS RETIRED BY CONRAIL IN 1997. 1994/19940604_18.jpg 1993/19930425_34.jpg 1987/19870502_07.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 2 | CR 6661 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3676 | CR 6665 | PA | ALTOONA | TWO FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA SD45-2 HELPERS LEADING A TRAIN WEST IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER STATION. IT IS EASY TO SPOT THE EL SD45-2's SINCE THEY HAVE THOSE MASSIVE SLAB-SIDED 5000 GALLON FUEL TANKS THAT ERIE LACKAWANNA INSISTED UPON. MUCH LATER, AFTER THE CONRAIL SPLIT UP, THIS UNIT UNIT MAY HAVE WORKED A THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1993/19930425_35.jpg 1987/19870502_39.jpg 1987/19870502_07.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 39 | CR 6661 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3676 | CR 6665 | PA | CASSANDRA | PUSHERS HEADED EAST I THINK. UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1993/19930425_35.jpg 1987/19870502_02.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 5 | CR 6662 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3677 | CR 6659, CR 3199 | PA | ALTOONA | MORE FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA SD45-2's. OF ALL THE 7 RAILROADS THAT WENT INTO CONRAIL IN 1976, THE EL HAD THE GREATEST RELETIVE SHARE OF DECENT BIG POWER. BUT THE EL ALSO HAD ITS SHARE OF UNDESIRABLES. THIS UNIT SERVED ON THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS AFTER THE CONRAIL SPLIT UP. 1993/19930425_07.jpg 1990/19900825_07.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 19 | CR 6663 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3678 | CR 6657 | PA | ALTOONA | AND HAPPILY, EVEN MORE x EL SD45-2's DOWN BY THE ALTOONA STATION. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 27 | CR 6663 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3678 | PA | GALLITZIN | W/B PUSHERS ENTERING TUNNEL. THIS SKINNY TALL TUNNEL IS THE NORTHEN-MOST OF THE 3 TUNNELS AND OUT OF SERVICE TODAY (1998). | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 43 | CR 6663 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3678 | CR 6657 | PA | PORTAGE | HELPER DRIFT BY. I WISH I COULD FIND THIS PARTICULAR SPOT AGAIN, IT SEEMED TO HAVE MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC QUALITIES. I AM TOLD THIS MAY BE THE JAMESTOWN ROAD OVERPASS. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 28 | CR 6664 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3679 | PA | GALLITZIN | W/B LEAVING TUNNEL WITH HELPERS ON THE HEAD END. THE LEFT TUNNEL IS THE NORTHEN-MOST OF THE 3 TUNNELS AND OUT OF SERVICE TODAY (1998), WHILE THE TUNNEL TO THE RIGHT WAS RECENTLY ENLARGED FOR DOUBLE TRACKS WITH HIGH CLEARANCES. AFTER THE CONRAIL SPLIT UP, THIS UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1994/19940604_19.jpg 1993/19930425_06.jpg 1987/19870502_30.jpg | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 30 | CR 6664 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3679 | CR | PA | ALTOONA | E/B HELPERS DRIFT DOWN PAST MG TOWER. THIS TOWER WAS BUILT IN WORLD WAR 2 TO CONTROL 'MID GRADE' OR MG CROSSOVERS SO AS TO BETTER HANDLE WARTIME TRAFFIC. MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1994/19940604_19.jpg 1993/19930425_06.jpg 1987/19870502_28.jpg |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 29 | CR 6665 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3680 | CR 6661 | PA | GALLITZIN | W/B PUSHERS HEADED AWAY FROM THE TUNNELS, AND THE CAMERA. THE CREST OF THE GRADE IS JUST ABOUT WHERE THE UNITS ARE. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 32 | CR 6665 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3680 | CR 6661 | PA | ALTOONA | MORE HELPERS DRIFT DOWN PAST MG TOWER. |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 8 | CR 6667 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3635 | CR 6186 | PA | CRESSON | PUSHER ENGINES ON WYE TRACK. CR 6667 WAS THE LOWEST NUMBERED SDP45. OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1978/19780703_03.jpg 1978/19780703_02.jpg |
| T | L | 07-03-1978 | 2 | CR 6667 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3635 | CR 6763 | OH | CLEVELAND | AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS. UNIT TRADED IN FOR SD60 ORDER IN 1985. OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1978/19780703_03.jpg 1977/19770626_08.jpg |
| T | L | 07-03-1978 | 3 | CR 6667 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3635 | CR 6763 | OH | CLEVELAND | x EL BIG SDP45 AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS. OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1977/19770626_08.jpg 1978/19780703_02.jpg |
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 6 | CR 6678 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3647 | PA | MEADVILLE | x EL 3646, SITTING UNDER THE ENDURING ERIE COALING TOWER. UNIT SURVIVED UNTIL 1985. | |
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 5 | CR 6680 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3649 | CR 6306 | OH | CLEVELAND | FORMER EL UNIT AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS. |
| T | L | 01-01-1979 | 1 | CR 6681 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3650 | CR 6665 | OH | CLEVELAND | AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS. |
| T | L | 04-12-1979 | 3 | CR 6682 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3651 | OH | CLEVELAND | AT WHISKEY ISLAND. THE NOW GONE CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM IS IN THE BACKGROUND TO THE RIGHT. | |
| T | L | 01-01-1979 | 2 | CR 6687 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3656 | CR 6676 | OH | CLEVELAND | AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS. THIS UNIT WAS ONE OF NINE EL SDP45's TO SURVIVE AS LATE AS 2003 AS AN INDIANA HARBOR BELT UNIT. |
| T | L | 04-08-1988 | 1 | CR 6711 | EMD SD50 | CR 1968 | OH | LOUDONVILLE | W/B ON THE x PRR MAIN ENCOUNTERS OUR LONG SHADOWS. | |
| T | L | 10-19-1978 | 1 | CR 6722 | ALCO C628 | LV 626 | CR 6736 | OH | CLEVELAND | BIG ALCOS AT CLEVELANDS BRIDGE NUMBER ONE OVER THE CUYAHOGA RIVER. THE NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN AND THE PRR'S ORE DOCK LINE (C&P) SHARED THE DRAWBRIDGE. UNIT 6721 WORE THE WHITE LEHIGH VALLEY 'SNOW BIRD' PAINT SCHEME ALL UNTIL CONRAIL PAINTED IT BLUE. |
| T | L | 10-14-1985 | 1 | CR 6728 | EMD SD50 | OH | VERMILION | E/B CONRAIL FREIGHT ON x NYC MAIN, PASSING OVER EX-NKP MAINLINE. NOTICE THE ROOM FOR DOUBLE TRACKS. 1997/19970729_04.jpg | ||
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 9 | CR 6734 | EMD SD50 | PA | NORTH EAST | E/B CONRAIL FREIGHT PASSING EX NYC FREIGHT STATION. | ||
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 6 | CR 6748 | ALCO C630 | PRR 6310- PC 6310 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS. | |
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 7 | CR 6748 | ALCO C628 | PRR 6310- PC 6310 | CR 6776 | OH | CLEVELAND | NOT MANY BIG ALCO'S MADE IT INTO CR BLUE. PHOTO AT THE WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS. |
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 8 | CR 6748 | ALCO C628 | PRR 6310- PC 6310 | CR 6776 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS. CR WAS BARELY TWO YEARS OLD, AND THIS PAINT JOB CERTAINLY NOT MUCH MORE THAN A YEAR OLD AT MOST, YET IT SEEMS BADLY FADED ALREADY. |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 17 | CR 6756 | EMD SD50 | PA | NORTH EAST | W/B CR TRAIN BLURS PAST THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM AND STATION. | ||
| T | L | 07-03-1978 | 4 | CR 6759 | ALCO C630 | RDG 5306 | CR 6763 | OH | CLEVELAND | x READING ALCO AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS. |
| T | L | 07-03-1978 | 5 | CR 6759 | ALCO C630 | RDG 5306 | CR 6763, CR 6667 | OH | CLEVELAND | x READING ALCO AT IRON ORE DOCKS. THE OLD LAKEFRONT POST OFFICE CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE TO THE RIGHT OF THE UNITS. |
| T | L | 08-02-1978 | 9 | CR 6765 | ALCO C630 | PRR 6315- PC 6315 | CR 6545 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS WITH PARTS OF CUYHOGA RIVER DRAWBRIDGE VISIBLE. |
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 6 | CR 6767 | EMD SD50 | OH | MARION | W/B ON THE x ERIE, OR x BIG FOUR IF YOU PREFER. THE TRAIN HAS ALREADY CROSSED THE NS (x PRR) DIAMONDS, AND IS NOW ABOUT TO CROSS THE CSX (x C&O) DIAMONDS. | ||
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 3 | CR 6774 | EMD SD50 | CR 8245, CR 9611, CR 1006 | PA | ALTOONA | A MOTLEY CONSIST WITH A SLUG REBUILT FROM AN OLD ALCO RS-11. | |
| T | L | 07-24-1978 | 4 | CR 6790 | ALCO C636 | PC 6340 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS, YOURS TRULY ( AHM ) IN CAB. | |
| T | L | 07-24-1978 | 5 | CR 6790 | ALCO C636 | PC 6340 | CR 6788, CR 6769 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS, CUYAHOGA RIVER BRIDGES IN BACKGROUND. |
| T | L | 07-24-1978 | 6 | CR 6790 | ALCO C636 | PC 6340 | CR 6788, CR 6769 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS, CLEVELAND'S 'TERMINAL TOWER' IN BACKGROUND. |
| T | L | 07-24-1978 | 7 | CR 6790 | ALCO C636 | PC 6340 | CR 6788, CR 6769, CR 5849 | OH | CLEVELAND | BIG ALCO'S SMOKING IT UP AT THE WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS. |
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 5 | CR 6815 | EMD SD50 | CR 6782 | NY | SALAMANCA | EX-ERIE MAIN, W/B. | |
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 7 | CR 6815 | EMD SD50 | CR 6782 | NY | SALAMANCA | W/B IN THE JUNGLE ON THE x-ERIE MAIN. | |
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 8 | CR 6815 | EMD SD50 | CR 6782 | NY | SALAMANCA | W/B JUST WEST OF SALAMANCA ON THE NOW SINGLE TRACKED x ERIE MAIN. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 14 | CR 6913 | GE U23C | PC 6713- CR 6713 | PA | ALTOONA | WRECKED UNIT. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 20 | CR 7006 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7006- PC 7006 | PA | STRASBURG | MANY AN ENGINE DESERVE A PLACE IN A MUSEUM, THE GP9 CERTAINLY QUALIFIES WITHOUT HESITATIOIN. RR MUSEUM OF PA. | |
| T | L | 10-29-1977 | 4 | CR 7084 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7084- PC 7084 | CR 5698 | OH | CLEVELAND | ROCKPORT YARD LEAD. NOTICE THE TYPICALLY HEAVILY BEATEN TRACKS OF THE 1070'S. |
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 5 | CR 7140 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7140- PC 7140 | OH | MARION | PATRIOTIC PHOTO WITH TRACES OF A PRR KEYSTONE SHOWING. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 18 | CR 7198 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7198- PC 7198 | CR 7146 | OH | MARION | CONRAIL EVENTUALLY PULLED ALL OF ITS YARD SERVICES OUT OF MARION. |
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 17 | CR 7207 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7207- PC 7207 | OH | MARION | A WARM SUMMER DAY IN MARION. | |
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 6 | CR 7266 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7266- PC 7266 | CR 7148 | OH | MARION | GEEPS RESTING AT MARION. |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 10 | CR 7337 | EMD GP97 | NYC 5937- PC 7509- PC 7337 | CR 7793 | NY | SALAMANCA | SALAMANCA IS WHERE THE ERIE'S ORIGINAL MAINLINE TO DUNKIRK AND LAKE ERIE DIVERGED FROM THE CHICAGO MAIN. |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 7 | CR 7344 | EMD GP9 | NYC 5944- PC 7516- PC 7344 | NY | JAMESTOWN | THE JAMESTOWN PASSENGER STATION PLATFORM WAS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THIS UNIT. | |
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 7 | CR 7479 | EMD GP9 | ERIE 1261- EL 1261 | OH | MARION | UNIT REBUILT BY MORRISON KNUDSON INTO A MK1500D IN 2003 FOR THE PORT TERMINAL RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF HOUSTON. | |
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 8 | CR 7479 | EMD GP9 | ERIE 1261- EL 1261 | OH | MARION | UNIT REBUILT BY MORRISON KNUDSON INTO A MK1500D IN 2003 FOR THE PORT TERMINAL RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF HOUSTON. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 28 | CR 7481 | EMD GP9 | ERIE 1263- EL 1263 | CR 7366, CR 8893 | OH | COLUMBUS | MY LAST ENCOUNTER WITH A GP7 OR GP9 STILL IN ERIE LACKAWANNA COLORS. SEEN HERE AT BUCKEYE YARD. |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 6 | CR 7722 | EMD GP38 | PC 7722 | NY | DUNKIRK | AFTER 3 DAYS OF RAIN, IT WAS HARD TO FIND SURE FOOTING IN THIS AREA. DUNKIRK WAS THE WESTERN END OF THE ORIGINAL ERIE MAINLINE. | |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 9 | CR 7791 | EMD GP38 | PC 7791 | PA | GALLITZIN | WESTERN TUNNEL PORTAL. THE TUNNEL FROM WHICH THE TRAIN IS EXITING HAS SINCE BEEN ENLARGED FOR DOUBLE TRACKS WITH DOUBLE STACK CLEARANCES. | |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 11 | CR 7793 | EMD GP38 | PC 7793 | NY | SALAMANCA | THE BUFFALO ROCHESTER & PITTSBURGH STATION IN SALAMANCA IS NOW A RR MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 03-18-1978 | 3 | CR 7797 | EMD GP38 | PC 7797 | OH | ONTARIO | x EL YARD AT ONTARIO. | |
| T | L | 03-18-1978 | 4 | CR 7798 | EMD GP38 | PC 7798 | OH | MANSFIELD | W/B ON THE x EL, CROSSING THE PRR MAIN. | |
| T | L | 03-16-1979 | 4 | CR 7967 | EMD GP38 | PC 7967 | CR 7847 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B CROSSING THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AT BRIDGE ONE. THIS IS THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAINLINE WITH THE x PRR'S 'C&P' WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS TRACK SPLITTING OFF TO THE RIGHT. THE SECOND ENGINE HAD A LONG LIFE AND ENDED UP ON THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AFTER ITS CONRAIL DAYS WERE OVER. |
| T | L | 07-23-1977 | 5 | CR 8039 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8039 | CR 6243, CR | PA | MEADVILLE | THE LEAD UNIT IS STILL ACTIVE AS OF THE YEAR 2004. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 1 | CR 8071 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8071 | CR 6551 | IN | FORT WAYNE | ON FORMER PRR MAIN. MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 2 | CR 8071 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8071 | CR 6551 | IN | FORT WAYNE | ON FORMER PRR MAIN. MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 3 | CR 8071 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8071 | CR 6551 | IN | FORT WAYNE | ON FORMER PRR MAIN. MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 4 | CR 8071 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8071 | CR 6551,CR 6158, NW 3488, NW 8477 | IN | FORT WAYNE | FORT WAYNE WAS A BUSY RAILROAD TOWN, WITH THE x PRR AND FORMER WABASH RUNNING PARALLEL AND THEN CROSSING. MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 5 | CR 8071 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8071 | CR 6158, NW 3488, NW 675 | IN | FORT WAYNE | HERE WE SEE ACTION ON THE FORMER PRR AS WELL AS ON THE FORMER WABASH. MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 10 | CR 8071 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8071 | CR 6551 | IN | FORT WAYNE | MORE CR ACTION IN FORT WAYNE. MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
| T | L | 03-18-1978 | 5 | CR 8098 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8098 | PC | OH | MANSFIELD | E/B ON x PRR MAIN CROSSING x ERIE MAIN. |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 6 | CR 8134 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8134 | PA | SAYRE | A CLASSIC VIEW OF THE SAYRE SHOP AREA. | |
| T | L | 05-25-1978 | 3 | CR 8143 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8143 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B AT C.P. 197 ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
| T | L | 01-17-1987 | 5 | CR 8150 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8150 | CR 7910 | OH | MANSFIELD | EVENING VIEW OF ROAD SWITCHERS IN THE SMALL YARD NEXT TO THE OLD PRR MAIN. SECOND UNIT WAS CONVERTED INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG. |
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 3 | CR 8175 | EMD GP38-2 | OH | GALION | E/B ON THE FORMER JOINTLY RUN ERIE-BIG FOUR TRACKAGE BETWEEN GALION AND MARION. NOTE THE WIDELY SPACED DOUBLE TRACK. THE ERIE MAINTAINED ONE TRACK, AND THE BIG FOUR TOOK CARE OF THE OTHER. | ||
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 2 | CR 8203 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8218 | OH | ONTARIO | GEEPS AT THE FORMER ERIE'S ONTARIO YARD. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 4 | CR 8247 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 7743, CR 8069 | OH | MANSFIELD | BUSY SCENE AT THE x PRR FACILITY. CR 8247 ENDED UP SERVING ON THE NS AFTER CONRAIL, AND THEN WENT TO THE BELT RAILROAD OF CHICAGO IN 2002. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 30 | CR 8256 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8259 | OH | COLUMBUS | BUCKEYE YARD. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 2 | CR 8419 | EMD SW1 | LV 115 | PA | ALLENTOWN | A LEHIGH VALLEY THAT WAS RENUMBERED FOR CONRAIL. HERE NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO MATCH THE COLORS. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 3 | CR 8665 | EMD SW8 | LV 251 | PC 7908 | PA | ALLENTOWN | NOTE STRANGE RADIATOR FANS. |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 3 | CR 8700 | EMD SW8 | DL&W 511- EL 371 | CR 5888 | PA | MEADVILLE | SOMETIMES THE LIGHTING IS JUST PERFECT FOR RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY. I HAVE A PROPENSITY TO RUN INTO ENGINES WITH DOUBLE ZEROS IN THEIR UNIT NUMBERS. |
| T | L | 08-05-1978 | 4 | CR 8700 | EMD SW8 | DL&W 511- EL 371 | PA | MEADVILLE | COALING TOWER IN BACKGROUND. | |
| 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. IT STILL WAS ALIVE AS OF LATE 2014. | |
| 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 | 06-13-1977 | 7 | CR 9013 | EMD SW9 | ERIE 437- EL 437 | PA | MEADVILLE | x EL 437=ERIE 437 IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. | |
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 8 | CR 9026 | EMD SW9 | DL&W 560- EL 455 | PA | MEADVILLE | HERE WE SEE xEL 455=DL&W 560 ENJOYING THE WARM SUMMER MORNING. | |
| T | L | 10-29-1977 | 5 | CR 9096 | EMD SW9 | PRR 8870- PC 9096 | OH | CLEVELAND | BUILT IN EMD's CLEVELAND PLANT IN 1950, SEEN HERE IN CLEVELAND's ROCKPORT YARD. | |
| 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 | 06-18-1977 | 5 | CR 9214 | EMD NW2 | ERIE 407- EL 407 | PA | SCRANTON | THE NICE FORMER EL EMPLOYEES GAVE US A NICE TOUR INSIDE THE SCRANTON SHOP. | |
| 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 | 07-23-1977 | 6 | CR 9220 | EMD NW2 | ERIE 413- EL 413 | CR 9221, CR 7024 | PA | MEADVILLE | POWER AT THE SHOP AREA. THE LEAD UNIT, 9220, WAS FINALLY SCRAPPED IN LATE 2011 OR EARLY 2012. |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 4 | CR 9244 | EMD NW2 | LV 182 | PA | ALLENTOWN | A LEHIGH VALLEY THAT WAS RENUMBERED FOR CONRAIL. SOMEONE TOOK THE EFFORT TO ALMOST MATCH THE COLORS. | |
| T | L | 07-01-1980 | 1 | CR 9308 | EMD SW1200M | RDG 56- RDG 2708 | CR 2420, CR 2434 | OH | COLLINWOOD | CR 9308 WAS REBUILT FROM A READING BLW VO-1000. |
| T | L | 07-01-1980 | 3 | CR 9308 | EMD SW1200M | RDG 56- RDG 2708 | CR 2420, CR 2434 | OH | COLLINWOOD | CR 9308 WAS REBUILT FROM A READING BLW VO-1000 IN 1959. IT WAS RETIRED IN 1979. |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 6 | CR 9321 | EMD SW1200 | DL&W 562- EL 457 | EL 370 | PA | FACTORYVILLE | CR 9321 WAS BOUGHT BY THE NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC RR IN 2004, ITS FIFTH OWNER. THIS UNIT WAS FINALLY CUT UP IN JANUARY 2020 BY GERSHAW RECYLING IN BROOKLYN, NY. |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 7 | CR 9321 | EMD SW1200 | DL&W 562- EL 457 | PA | FACTORYVILLE | TUNNEL AND TOWER. THIS UNIT WAS FINALLY CUT UP IN JANUARY 2020 BY GERSHAW RECYLING AFTER HAVING SERVED ITS FIFTH OWNER. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 8 | CR 9321 | EMD SW1200 | DL&W 562- EL 457 | EL 370 | PA | FACTORYVILLE | THIS LITTLE SWITCHER WAS ALIVE AND WELL AS OF 2004, HAVING BEEN OBTAINED BY THE NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC RR FOR SERVICE IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK. BUT WAS SCRAPPED IN EARLY 2020. |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 23 | CR 9503 | EMD SW1500 | PC 9503 | CR 9504 | PA | ERIE | AT THE x NYC STATION AT ERIE, PA. |
| T | L | 08-06-1978 | 3 | CR 9998 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1027- EL 1027- EL 1060 | NY | SILVER SPRINGS | ALCO REBUILT WITH EMD E8 ENGINE, ON ERIE'S BUFFALO LINE. WE THINK EL E8 823 DONATED A PRIME MOVER FOR THIS REBUILD. | |
| T | L | 08-06-1978 | 4 | CR 9998 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1027- EL 1027- EL 1060 | NY | SILVER SPRINGS | ALCO REBUILT WITH EMD ENGINE, ON ERIE'S BUFFALO LINE. THIS UNIT WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY SUCH REBUILD THAT THE EL MANAGED TO FINISH BEFORE THE START OF CONRAIL. IT IS SIMILAR TO PENN CENTRAL'S DEWITT RS-3 REBUILD PRODUCTS. | |
| T | L | 08-06-1978 | 5 | CR 9998 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1027- EL 1027- EL 1060 | NY | SILVER SPRINGS | END SHOT OF EMD RE-ENGINED RS-3. IT SEEMS THAT SOMEONE HAD PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO REMOVE THE RED CONRAIL PAINT FROM THE EL DIAMOND. | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 5 | CR 18719 | CABOOSE N-4 | RDG | OH | MANSFIELD | FORMER READING CABOOSE. | |
| T | L | 01-01-1988 | 3 | CR 21273 | CABOOSE N-21 | OH | CLEVELAND | ROCKPORT YARD. | ||
| T | L | 10-14-1985 | 2 | CR 22827 | CABOOSE N-5B | PRR 477816- PC 22827 | OH | VERMILION | E/B CABOOSE ON x NYC MAIN, PASSING OVER EX-NKP MAINLINE. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 25 | CR 24524 | CABOOSE N-12 | PC 24524 | PA | ERIE | CABOOSE IN THE CITY OF ERIE. 1992/19921003_03.jpg 1991/19911006_01.jpg 1991/19911006_02.jpg | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 7 | CR 64529 | PLOW | OH | ONTARIO | WEDGE PLOW AT x ERIE LACKAWANNA'S ONTARIO YARD. | ||
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 8 | CS 8624 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8624 | OH | MARION | N/B CLEAN CHESSIE SYSTEM UNITS. | |
| T | L | 08-10-1978 | 1 | CSS&SB 106 | COMMUTER | IN | HAMMOND | C.S.S.&S.B ELECTRIC COMMUTER ACTION. | ||
| T | L | 06-02-1984 | 4 | CSS&SB 803 | GE LITTLE JOE ELECTRIC | IL | UNION | ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM, LITTLE JOE' ELECTRIC'. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. OTHER PHOTOS OF SAME ENGINE: 1989/19890710_05.jpg 1989/19890710_02.jpg 1989/19890710_03.jpg 1989/19890710_04.jpg | ||
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 12 | CSX 1716 | EMD GP9 | SAL 1955- SCL 1029- SCL 4616- SBD 4616 | CSX 1781 | OH | FOSTORIA | TWO FIRST GENERATION GEEPS LEAD A TRAIN WEST ON x B&O MAIN. IN A FEW YEARS, AMTRAK WOULD START USING THE STATION ON THE RIGHT, AND THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NKP ON THE LEFT AND THE B&O TRACKS WOULD BECOME THE STATION PARKING LOT. |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 3 | CSX 1781 | EMD GP7 | ACL 174- SCL 762- SCL 4735- FAMILY LINES 4735- SBD 4735 | CSX 7215, CSX 6749 | OH | WILLARD | ENGINE FACILITY AT WILLARD WITH AN EXAMPLE OF THE DREADFUL, BUT SHORT- LIVED, 'FAMILY LINES' SHEME. THIS OLD ACL UNIT WAS REBUILT IN TAMPA IN 1980. |
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 14 | CSX 2014 | EMD GP38 | B&O 3814 | WV | MEADOW CREEK | JACK OF ALL TRADES, A VINTAGE 1967 GP38. | |
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 1 | CSX 2049 | EMD GP38 | B&O 3849 | WV | HINTON | CHESSIE SYSTEM GEEP AT THE FORMER C&O FACILITY IN HINTON. | |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 10 | CSX 4232 | EMD GP30 | C&O 3044 | OH | FOSTORIA | AT FOSTORIA, THE EAST- WEST B&O CROSSED THE NORTH- SOUTH C&O, AND THE NKP CROSSED BOTH OF THESE LINES AS WELL. | |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 4 | CSX 4571 | EMD SD35 | L&N 4571 | OH | WILLARD | MY ROSTER BOOK SAYS THAT THIS IS A FORMER L&N UNIT, BUT I SUSPECT IT IS FROM THE C&O, OR THE B&O. | |
| T | L | 10-18-1987 | 1 | CSX 5724 | GE U36B | SCL 1772- SBD 1772- SBD 5724 | CSX 5709 | WV | HINTON | A PERIOD OF INEPTITUDE HAS BEFALLEN THE DESIGNERS OF RAILROAD PAINT SCHEMES. THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE HAD A PREDOMINANTLY GREY SCHEME THAT WAS QUITE NICE. THEN THE HORRIFIC 'FAMILY LINES' SCHEME CAME ABOUT WITH ITS SCHIZOPHRENIC IDENTITY CRISIS, AND |
| T | L | 10-18-1987 | 2 | CSX 5724 | GE U36B | SCL 1772- SBD 1772- SBD 5724 | CSX 5709 | WV | HINTON | GE'S NOSE TO NOSE. |
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 2 | CSX 6009 | EMD GP40-2 | B&O 4109 | C&O 3877, CSX 6015, CS 4410 | WV | BECKLEY | FALL COLORS AT HINTON, WV. |
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 6 | CSX 6009 | EMD GP40-2 | B&O 4109 | C&O 3877, CSX 6015 | WV | BECKLEY | BECKLEY LOCAL LEAVES TOWN. |
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 8 | CSX 6096 | EMD GP40 | B&O 4197 | CSX 8407 | WV | PRINCE | THE TINY TOWN OF PRINCE HAS A MODERNISTIC STATION THAT WOULD MAKE A LARGER TOWN PROUD. |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 9 | CSX 6190 | EMD GP40-2 | B&O 4891 | OH | WILLARD | E/B ON FORMER B&O MAIN. | |
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 13 | CSX 6281 | EMD GP40-2 | C&O 4383 | OH | LOCKBOURNE | S/B TRAIN WITH TWO JUMBO 8 AXLE TANK CARS BEHIND THE UNIT. | |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 1 | CSX 6290 | EMD GP40-2 | C&O 4392 | CSX, CSX | OH | NOVA | E/B ON THE x B&O MAIN PAST NOVA TOWER. HERE IS A HOT HAZY SUMMER SHOT AT THE SAME LOCATION: 1988/19880522_04.jpg |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 2 | CSX 6603 | EMD GP40 | B&O 4028 | C&NW 869 | OH | WILLARD | E/B FREIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE OF WILLARD. |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 13 | CSX 6603 | EMD GP40 | B&O 4028 | C&NW 869 | OH | FOSTORIA | THE LEAD UNIT DISPLAYS A FINE FREIGHT PAINT SCHEME, IN MY OPINION. |
| T | L | 02-26-1988 | 1 | CSX 6613 | EMD GP40 | B&O 4038 | PA | PITTSBURGH | GP40 AT HEAD END OF COMMUTER TRAIN AT B&O'S PASSENGER TERMINAL. | |
| T | L | 02-26-1988 | 2 | CSX 6613 | EMD GP40 | B&O 4038 | PA | PITTSBURGH | COMMUTER TRAIN AT x B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL. MONONGAHELA RIVER BRIDGES CAN BE SEEN AT LEFT. | |
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 4 | CSX 6624 | EMD GP40 | B&O 4049 | OH | NOVA | E/B AT NOVA ON x B&O MAIN. HERE IS A WINTER SHOT AT THE SAME SPOT: 1988/19880102_01.jpg | |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 6 | CSX 6704 | EMD GP40 | CSX 6749, CSX 1716, CSX 6582 | OH | WILLARD | ENGINE FACILITY AT WILLARD. | |
| T | L | 12-25-1988 | 5 | CSX 8317 | EMD SD40 | FL- SBD 8317 | CSX 8212 | WV | MEADOW CREEK | GRAY EVEINGING PHOTO OF GRAY UNITS. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 4 | CSX 8352 | EMD SD40 | CRR 3018- SBD 8352 | CSX 6626 | KY | LOUISVILLE | SOMEHOW, I MANAGED TO SET UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS. BUT, THE IMAGE IS SOMEWHAT DRAMATIC. |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 5 | CSX 8385 | EMD SD40 | C&O 7526 | OH | WILLARD | IT WAS ALMOST HIGH NOON WHEN THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN, YET THE LOW WINTER SUN STILL CASTED LONG SHADOWS. | |
| T | L | 10-18-1987 | 5 | CSX 8407 | EMD SD40 | C&O 7556 | CSX 1512, B&O 6945, CSX 6096 | WV | HINTON | MY FIRST REAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE CSX PAINT SCHEME. I WAS NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL. IT WAS A NOBLE EFFORT, BUT LACKED ANY OF THE REQUIRED WARM TONES OF RED, YELLOW, OR ORANGE. |
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 9 | CSX 8409 | EMD SD40 | C&O 7558 | SBD 8194 | OH | MARION | S/B TRAIN WITH SIX UNITS SMOKE IT UP PAST THE MARION STATION. |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 11 | CSX 8410 | EMD SD40 | C&O 7559 | CSX 6664 | OH | FOSTORIA | FOSTORIA ACTION, BUT I DON'T RECALL EXACTY WHICH LINE THIS TRAIN WAS ON. |
| T | L | 12-25-1988 | 1 | CSX 8565 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8565 | WV | RONCEVERTE | A BIG EMD SD50 UNDER A CRISP CLEAR WINTER SKY. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 12-25-1988 | 2 | CSX 8565 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8565 | WV | RONCEVERTE | KNIFELIKE HOOD OF THE SD50. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 12-25-1988 | 3 | CSX 8565 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8565 | WV | RONCEVERTE | CAB PROFILE. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 12-25-1988 | 4 | CSX 8565 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8565 | WV | RONCEVERTE | 3/4 VIEW OF THE SD50. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 42 | CSX 8943 | EMD SD45 | CLINCHFIELD 3630- SBD 3630- SBD 8943 | CSX 6266 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | THIS TRAIN STOPPED HERE ON THIS BRIDGE SO THE CREW COULD CLIMB DOWN THE HILL TO PICK UP SOME 'FAMOUS RECIPE' CHICKEN. |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 7 | CSX 903280 | CABOOSE | C&O | OH | WILLARD | RAILROAD OVERPASS NEAR WILLARD. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 18 | CTA SKOKIE SWIFT | TRANSIT CAR | PA | ERIE | AT GE PLANT IN ERIE PA. | ||
| 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 | D&H BUSINESS CARS. | |
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 7 | D&H JEFFERSON JCT | JEFFERSON JCT | NY | LANESBORO | EL STARRUCCA VIADUCT WITH THE D&H BELOW. | ||
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 19 | D&H 74 | ALCO C424 | EL 2414- CR 2488- D&H 455- SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL 74 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | MY MEMORY INDICATES THAT THIS CONCRETE LACKAWANNA TOWER IS THE WESTERN- MOST TOWER OF THIS DESIGN ON THE LACKAWANNA. THIS x ERIE LACKAWANNA UNIT IS ON HOME TURF. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 13 | D&H 386 | EMD GP39-2 | RDG 3417- D&H 7417 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | A SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL GP39-2 ENGINE ON THE x LACKAWANNA MAIN. | |
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 4 | D&H 409 | ALCO C420 | LV 409 | D&H 614 | NY | BINGHAMTON | THIS LEHIGH VALLEY UNIT WENT TO THE DELAWARE & HUDSON. |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 16 | D&H 452 | ALCO C424m | RDG 5206- CR 2495 | D&H 5017 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | D&H 452 REBUILT TO 2000hp. AFTER A FEW MORE TRANSFERS, THIS UNIT ENDED UP ON THE LIVONIA AVON AND LAKEVILLE RR. |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 20 | D&H 454 | ALCO C424 | EL 2407- CR 2481 | D&H 506 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | THREE GENERATIONS OF ALCO ROAD SWITCHERS. THIS UNIT STARTED OUT ON THE ERIE LACKAWANNA AND EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO THE LIVONIA AVON AND LAKEVILLE RR. |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 22 | D&H 506 | ALCO RS-3 | D&H 4112- D&H 1976 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | DELAWARE AND HUNDSON RR's BICENTENIAL UNIT, RS-3 NUMBERED 506, BUT WEARING THE PATRIOTIC NUMBER 1976. DID THIS RS-3 HELP POWER THE 'PRE-AMBLE EXPRESS' IN 1975, A PREVIEW OF THE 1976 'AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN'? IN THE LATE 1980's, THIS UNIT WORKED ON THE TIOGA CENTRAL RR. SOMEONE CHALKED "SCAB" ONTO THE NOSE. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 23 | D&H 602 | ALCO C628 | D&H 4075, D&H 761 | NY | COLONIE | BACK IN 1977, ONE COULD PAY A DOLLAR, SIGN A RELEASE, AND WONDER AROUND THE EXTERIOR SHOP AREAS. | |
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 9 | D&H 611 | ALCO C628 | NY | HORNELL | BIG ALCO'S WERE TREATS, EVEN IN 1977. IN THE FALL OF '77, I WOULD OCCASIONALLY SEE THE D&H CENTURIES ROLL PAST MY COLLEGE DORM WINDOW IN CLEVELAND, ON THE NICKEL PLATE. NOW, THAT WAS REALLY A TREAT. | ||
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 9 | D&H 612 | ALCO C628 | D&H 712 | NY | BINGHAMTON | BEVIER STREET YARD. | |
| 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 | 06-14-1977 | 7 | D&H 762 | GE U33C | NY | BINGHAMTON | BEVIER YARD I BELIEVE. | ||
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 10 | D&H 762 | GE U33C | NY | BINGHAMTON | A BIG GE FILLS THE VIEWFINDER AT BEVIER STREET YARD. | ||
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 4 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | NY | WHITEHALL | HERE WE SEE MY RAILFAN PAL AND ME (SEATED IN THE CAB) ENJOYING THE EVENING. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 5 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | D&H 1216 | NY | WHITEHALL | VIEW FROM CAB DOOR. IT WAS NICE OF THE D&H TO LET US TOUR THESE UNITS AT WHITEHALL. |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 6 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | NY | WHITEHALL | 3/4 SHOT. IN 1977, THESE TWO UNITS WERE THE LAST TWO BALDWIN SHARK UNITS IN EXISTENCE. AS05 WAS PLACED IN SERVICE ON 12-7-1951. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 7 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | NY | WHITEHALL | NOSE HEAD-ON VIEW. THE LITTLE WHITEHALL ENGINE HOUSE IS IN THE BACKGROUND. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 8 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | D&H 1216 | NY | WHITEHALL | EVER WONDER WHAT THE ROOF OF A SHARK LOOKS LIKE? |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 9 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | NY | WHITEHALL | TRAILING SHOT, NOTICE HOW THE UNITS NOSE IS SHAPED LIKE THE BOW OF A SHIP. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 10 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | NY | WHITEHALL | TRAILING SHOT OF A SHARK NOSE. WHILE CREDIT FOR THE RF-16's DESIGN OFTEN GIVEN TO RAYMOND LOEWY, PERHAPS MORE CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE DESIGN FIRM OF HADLEY, RYDER, AND PEDERSEN. I AM IMFROMED THAT MR. MICHOLAS PEDERSEN WAS THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM THAT ENGINEERED, STLYLED, AND ARRANGED THE EQUIPMENT ON THESE UNITS. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 11 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | NY | WHITEHALL | L. S. MELIN, WITH AHM SEATED IN CAB. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 13 | D&H 1205 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205 | NY | WHITEHALL | CAB INTERIOR. NOTICE THE BALDWIN-LIMA-HAMILTON LETTERING. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 12 | D&H 1216 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3816- NYC 1216- MRY 1216 | NY | WHITEHALL | I RECALL THE ENGINE ROOM BEING QUITE ROOMY, WITH A TALL BUT NARROW IN-LINE ENGINE. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS A BIT SCARY WITH LOTS OF HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLDS PROJECTING INTO THE PASSAGEWAY. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 14 | D&H 1216 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3816- NYC 1216- MRY 1216 | NY | WHITEHALL | NOSE HEAD-ON VIEW OF A BALDWIN RF-16 WHICH WAS PLACED IN SERVICE ON THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ON 1-24-1952. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 15 | D&H 1216 | BLW RF-16 | NYC 3816- NYC 1216- MRY 1216 | NY | WHITEHALL | BROADSIDE VIEW OF A BALDWIN SHARK. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 26 | D&H 1216 | BLW RF-16 | NY | WHITEHALL | HERE WE ARE, HAVING CAUGHT UP WITH OUR PREY, TWO BALDWIN SHARKS. OH, WE LOOK SO YOUNG, SILLY, AND SEEMINGLY MALNOURISHED. HERE WE ARE EATING A MEAL OUT OF THE TRUNK OF A VW BEETLE SAVORING THE BURBLE OF 608A ENGINES. | ||
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 16 | D&H 2313 | GE U23B | NY | COLONIE | UNIT AT COLONIE SHOPS. | ||
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 17 | D&H 4099 | ALCO RS-3 | D&H 5022, D&H 5009, D&H 701 | NY | COLONIE | SCENE AT COLONIE, NY. RS-3 4099 LATER SPENT TIME IN OHIO ON THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY SCENIC RAILROAD: 1991/19910513_01.jpg 1994/19940422_11.jpg 1994/19940422_12.jpg | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 18 | D&H 4110 | ALCO RS-3 | D&H 4124 | NY | COLONIE | ALCO UNDER SOME KIND OF OUTDOOR CRANE THING. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 19 | D&H 5000 | ALCO RS-11 | NY | COLONIE | IN SHOP. OUR D&H PASS DID NOT ALLOW SHOP ACCESS, SO WE PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE OPEN SHOP DOORS. | ||
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 21 | D&H 5003 | ALCO RS-11 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | THIS UNIT HAS A NUMBER, BUT IT CAN NOT BE MADE OUT FROM THIS VIEW. UNIT CUT UP IN 1990. | ||
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 5 | D&H 5008 | ALCO RS-11 | NY | BINGHAMTON | UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1988. | ||
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 20 | D&H 5011 | ALCO RS-11 | D&H 762 | NY | BINGHAMTON | BEVIER STREET YARD. 5011 WOULD LATER MIGRATE TO MARTIN MARIETTA AGGREGATES AND THEN TO VINTAGE LOCOMOTIVES INC. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 17 | D&H 5017 | ALCO RS-36 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | THIS UNIT WAS THE LAST DELAWARE AND HUDSON RS-36 IN SERVICE. IN THE 1990's, THIS UNIT WENT TO THE DELAWARE & ULSTER IN ARKVILLE, NY, IN ABOUT 1987. IT WAS RUNNING AND LOOKING FINE IN 2017. | ||
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 21 | D&H 5021 | ALCO RS-36 | NY | ONEONTA | UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1988. | ||
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 22 | D&H 5021 | ALCO RS-36 | NY | ONEONTA | A BIT OF THE BRIDGE'S WIRE FENCING GOT INTO THIS PHOTO. | ||
| T | L | 07-08-1982 | 4 | DB | BRIDGE FORTIFICATION | GERMANY | REMAGEN | DURING THE CLOSING DAYS OF WORLD WAR TWO, THE ALLIES MANAGED TO CAPTURE THE DAMAGED BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE AT REMAGEN. THE BRIDGE PASSED BETWEEN THESE TWO DARK FORTIFICATION TOWERS, SEEN HERE ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RHINE. A BUSY NORTH- SOUTH MAINLINE STILL PASSES BEHIND THIS STRUCTURE. | ||
| T | L | 07-08-1982 | 2 | DB 140 004 3 | ELECTRIC TYPE 140 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | MORE SOUTHBOUND ACTION ALONG THE RHINE RIVER IN RÜDESHEIM. WE SAW ABOUT 20 IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. | ||
| T | L | 07-08-1982 | 3 | DB 140 156 1 | ELECTRIC TYPE 140 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | AND MORE SOUTHBOUND ACTION AT RÜDESHEIM. | ||
| T | L | 07-08-1982 | 5 | DB 140 258 5 | ELECTRIC TYPE 140 | GERMANY | REMAGEN | AN ELECTRIC UNIT HAULS A FREIGHT TRAIN JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE REMAGEN FORTIFICATION, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RHINE. | ||
| T | L | 07-08-1982 | 1 | DB 181 210 6 | ELECTRIC TYPE 181 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | MY FATHER, MY BROTHER AND I TOOK A TRIP TO GERMANY BACK IN 1981. WE HAD LUNCH IN A THE LITTLE TOWN OF RÜDESHEIM ON THE RHINE RIVER. THIS EASILY WAS THE BUSIEST RAILROAD THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. THERE WAS NONSTOP ACTION. A TRAIN EVERY 4 TO 5 MINUTES, MOSTLY PASSENGER, BUT SOME FREIGHTS TOO. WHEN WE GOT DONE WITH LUNCH, I SNAPPED PHOTOS OF 3 TRAINS AS WE WALKED TO OUR PARKED CAR. AMAZING. | ||
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 12 | DELAWARE & OTSEGO 100 | ALCO RS-3 | D&H 4022- CACV 100- FJ&G 100 | NY | BINGHAMTON | HERE IS A STEAM GENERATOR EQUIPPED RS-3 FROM THE FONDA, JOHNSTOWN AND GLOVERVILLE RR. IT WAS BUILT IN 1949. THE CACV IS THE COOPERSTOWN & CHARLOTTE VALLEY | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 11 | DELAWARE & OTSEGO 103 | ALCO RS-3 | RDG 492- UNITED RAILWAY SUPPLY- ROBERVAL & SAGUENAY 31- FONDA JAMESTOWN & GLOVERSVILLE 103 | NY | BINGHAMTON | FORMER ROBERVAL & SAGUENAY 31, NEE RDG 492. THE "UNITED RAILWAY SUPPLY" WAS LOCATED IN MONTREAL. | |
| T | L | 03-01-1986 | 1 | DETROIT EDISON 2 | EMD SD40 | DETROIT EDISON 20 | OH | CLEVELAND | DETROIT EDISON UNIT TRAIN W/B ON CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, JUST WEST OF 'CP SHORT'. THE I-480 OVERPASS IS IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN APRIL OF 1970. HERE IT IS AGAIN IN UNIT IN 1991: 1991/19911006_04.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 3 | DL&W STATION | PASSENGER STATION | CR, EL, DL&W | PA | SCRANTON | THE ELEGANT DL&W STATION IS NOW A HOTEL. THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM'S STATIC EXHIBITS WERE RIGHT BEHIND THE STATION IN 1987. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 10 | DL&W 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514 | PA | MOSCOW | STEAMTOWN USA MUSUEM PASSENGER TRAIN AT MOSCOW STATION WITH A 'LACKAWANNA' GEEP IN THE BACKGROUND. | |
| T | L | 10-08-1988 | 4 | DL&W 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514 | PA | SCRANTON | FICTICIOUS 'LACKAWANNA' UNIT AT STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. THE LACKAWANNA NEVER PAINTED ANY HOOD UNITS IN THIS COLOR SCHEME EXCEPT FOR THE 12 BIG FAIRBANKS TRAIN MASTERS, AND EVEN THEN, THE PAINT SCHEME WAS A BIT DIFFERENT. EVEN SO, I MUST ADMIT THAT I LIKE IT. | |
| T | L | 10-08-1988 | 5 | DL&W 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM TRAIN AT STATION. THIS ENGINE WAS LATER PAINTED BACK INTO A NICKEL PLATE SCHEME. | |
| T | L | 10-08-1988 | 6 | DL&W 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM, AT SCRANTON STATION. THE LACKAWANNA'S NEW YORK (NJ) TO BUFFALO MAIN RAN UP ALONG THE LEDGE TO THE LEFT OF THE UNIT. THIS GP9 WAS BUILT IN 1958. | |
| T | L | 10-08-1988 | 7 | DL&W 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. YEARS AGO, THE 'LAUREL LINE' INTERURBAN HAD A LITTLE YARD AND A TURNING TRACK, LOCATED DOWN TO THE RIGHT WHERE THE GRASSY AREA IS VISIBLE. THIS "LACKAWANNA" ENGINE NEVER REALLY SERVED ON THE REAL "LACKAWANNA". | |
| T | L | 10-08-1988 | 10 | DL&W 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514 | PA | SCRANTON | HERE WE HAVE AN ALL GENERAL MOTORS LINE UP, ONE CHEVY TRUCK, ONE OLDSMOBILE, ONE BUICK, AND ONE EMD GP9. STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM | |
| T | L | 06-02-1984 | 3 | DL&W 567 | COMMUTER COACH | DL&W- EL- NJDOT | IL | UNION | LACKAWANNA 'WYAT EARP' STYLE CAR WITH THE OPEN VESTIBULES, AT THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 5 | DL&W 637 | EMD F7 | MILW97C- WW 97C | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA, PASSENGER EXCURSION TRAIN AT STATION COMPLETE WITH AN 'F' UNIT PAINTED INTO LACKAWANNA COLORS. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 8 | DL&W 637 | EMD F7 | MILW97C- WW 97C | PA | SCRANTON | HERE IS A NICE SUNNY VIEW OF THE 'STEAMTOWN USA' PASSENGER EXCURSION TRAIN AT THE SCRANTON STATION, COMPLETE WITH AN 'F' UNIT PAINTED INTO "LACKAWANNA" COLORS AND REAL LACKAWANNA COMMUTER CARS. THIS ENGINE NEVER SERVED ON THE REAL "LACKAWANNA" NOR THE REAL "WESTERN MARYLAND". WHEN IT WAS ON THE WINCHESTER & WESTERN IT WAS PAINTED IN A WESTERN MARYLAND SCHEME. LATER IT JOINED THE VINTAGE LOCOMOTIVE INC. COLLECTION. | |
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 2 | DL&W 906 | CABOOSE N-3A | DL&W 906- EL C906?- CR 22010 | ERIE C 216 | NY | HAMBURG | PRIVATELY OWNED AND RESTORED CABOOSES. DL&W 906 WAS BUILT BY KEYSER VALLEY SHOP IN 1954 USING THE FRAME OF A STEAM ENGINE TENDER. NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. HERE IS A VIEW TAKEN IN 1993: 2001/20010414_16.jpg 1993/19930626_01.jpg |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 7 | DL&W 1271 | CLC 2-8-2 | CN 3254- ASHLAND COURT HOTEL- GETTYSBURG RR 3254 | PA | SCRANTON | THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM RAN THIS STEAM ENGINE IN FRONT OF THE 'LACKAWANNA' DIESEL FROM SCRANTON TO POCONO SUMMIT. THIS ENGINE WAS A FORMER CANADIAN PACIFIC ENGINE PAINTED AS 'LACKAWANNA'. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 12 | DL&W 1271 | CLC 2-8-2 | CN 3254- ASHLAND COURT HOTEL- GETTYSBURG RR 3254 | DL&W 637 | PA | POCONO SUMMIT | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM STEAM PASSENGER TRAIN AT POCONO SUMMIT STATION. |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 16 | DL&W 1271 | CLC 2-8-2 | CN 3254- ASHLAND COURT HOTEL- GETTYSBURG RR 3254 | PA | SCRANTON | FORMER CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAM ENGINE LETTERED FOR THE 'LACKAWANNA' BY THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 19 | DL&W 1271 | CLC 2-8-2 | CN 3254- ASHLAND COURT HOTEL- GETTYSBURG RR 3254 | DL&W 637 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA PASSENGER TRAIN, LOCOMOTIVE WAS BUILT IN 1917BUT NEVER SERVED ON THE REAL LACKAWANNA, BUT WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A LACKAWANNA ENGINE BY THE STEAMTOWN ORGANIZATION. IN 1961 THE ENGINE WAS OWNED BY ONE WILLIS F. BARRON OF ASHLAND, PA. AND IT WAS PARKED IN A PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED STATE AT THE ASHLAND COURT MOTEL. |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 28 | DOT 13 | ALCO MRS1 | PA | STRASBURG | THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE RS1'S THAT WENT TO IRAN IN WORLD WAR TWO. NOTE THE SLANTED SIDES OF THE CAB. RR MUSEUM OF PA. | ||
| T | L | 08-10-1978 | 3 | EJ&E 651 | EMD SD38 | IN | HAMMOND | MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH AN EMD SD38. THIS ONE BEING PRODUCED BY EMD IN 1970. | ||
| T | L | 06-21-1977 | 1 | EL ? | ELECTRIC COMMUTER | DL&W | NJ | HIGHLAND AVENUE | PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 06-21-1977 | 2 | EL ? | ELECTRIC COMMUTER | DL&W | NJ | SOUTH ORANGE | PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 06-21-1977 | 3 | EL ? | ELECTRIC COMMUTER | DL&W | NJ | MAPLEWOOD | PASSENGER STATION. | |
| 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 | 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 | 6 | EL ? | ELECTRIC COMMUTER | DL&W | NJ | SHORT HILLS | PASSENGER STATION | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 06-21-1977 | 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 | 06-21-1977 | 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 | 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 | 16 | EL ? | ELECTRIC COMMUTER | DL&W | NJ | DOVER | PASSENGER STATION AND TOWER. DOVER WAS THE WEST END OF LACKAWANNA ELECTRIFICATION. | |
| T | L | 03-19-1978 | 1 | EL ? | M OF W COACH | EL | OH | STERLING | A QUICK GRAB-SHOT OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FORMER EL MAINTENANCE OF WAY COACH ON A CHESSIE SYSTEM TRAIN HEADED E/B ON THE OLD B&O MAIN AT STERLING. | |
| 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 | 10-09-1988 | 1 | EL C 316 | CABOOSE N-7D | EL C316- CR 21104 ? | NY | BINGHAMTON | MUSEUM DISPLAY CABOOSE REPAINTED BACK TO EL COLORS. | |
| 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 | 06-18-1977 | 12 | EL 366 | EMD SW8 | DL&W 506 | LV 300, PC 3169 | PA | SCRANTON | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 8 | EL 366 | EMD SW8 | DL&W 508 | PA | SCRANTON | IN FRONT OF SHOPS. | |
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 18 | EL 416 | EMD NW2 | ERIE 416 | EL 3375 | NY | SUFFERN | ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE PHOTO'S. THAT TEXACO SIGN WAS INTEGRAL TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE IMAGE. |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 13 | EL 419 | EMD NW2 | ERIE 419 | EL 1235 | PA | SCRANTON | INSIDE THE FORMER LACKAWANNA SCRANTON SHOP. AT TIMES, EL 419 SERVED AS THE SLUG MOTHER FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA BALDWIN SLUGS. |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 8 | EL 435 | EMD SW9 | ERIE 435 | NY | SOUTHERN TIER | THE FRESHLY PAINTED CABOOSE LOOKS WORSE FOR THE WEAR. | |
| 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 | 06-25-1977 | 10 | EL 818 | EMD E8 | DL&W 818 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE EMD EL 818 SHED ITS GE MANUFACTURED STAINLESS STEEL GRILLWORK. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 11 | EL 922 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 922 | PA | ALTOONA | BADLY FADED RS-3 IN THE DEAD LINE. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 12 | EL 925 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 925 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE RS-3 THAT ONCE HAD A STEAM GENERATOR IN THE SHORT HOOD. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 13 | EL 932 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 932 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE RS-3 WITH A HORN THAT BLOWS SIDEWAYS. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 3 | EL 1008 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1008 | LV 210 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE SHOTS OF RS-3'S FROM DIFFERENT RAILROADS WITH DIFFERENT SPOTTING FEATURES. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 4 | EL 1021 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1021 | PC 4064 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 5 | EL 1022 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1022 | PC 2026 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 6 | EL 1023 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1023 | CR 4073 | PA | ALTOONA | VERY TIRED LOOKING RS-3 AND E8 IN THE DEAD LINE. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 7 | EL 1026 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1026 | EL 1048 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE. BOTH OF THESE EL RS-3's WERE LUCKY IN THAT THEY WERE LATER REBUILT BY CONRAIL WITH AN EMD ENGINE. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 8 | EL 1036 | ALCO RS-3 | ERIE 1036 | PA | ALTOONA | A SURPRISINGLY CLEAN AND FRESH LOOKING DEAD LINE UNIT. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 9 | EL 1207 | EMD GP7 | ERIE 1207 | PA | ALTOONA | THIS UNIT ESCAPED HAVING CONRAIL NUMBERS APPLIED, AND ALSO ESCAPED THE DEAD LINE AT ALTOONA. IT ENDED UP AS CENTRAL MICHIGAN RY 9210, AND IS REPORTEDLY WAS SOLD TO AN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GRAIN ELEVATOR IN 2003. | |
| T | L | 06-20-1977 | 4 | EL 1229 | EMD GP7 | ERIE 1229 | PA | BANGOR | BANGOR AND PORTLAND BRANCH. WE STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION WITH A LITTLE OLD LADY WHO CORRECTLY PROPHESIZED THAT HORNS WOULD BLOW, BELLS WOULD RING, THE CROSSING LIGHTS WOULD FLASH AND THEN A TRAIN WOULD COME. | |
| T | L | 06-18-1977 | 11 | EL 1230 | EMD GP7 | ERIE 1230 | PC 5788, PC 2345 | PA | SCRANTON | EARLY CONRAIL DAYS IN SCRANTON. |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 6 | EL 1233 | EMD GP7 | ERIE 1233 | PA | SCRANTON | EL GEEP PHOTOGRAPHED AT A TIGHT ANGLE. | |
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 9 | EL 1238 | EMD GP7 | ERIE 1238 | NY | NARROWSBURG | A HAZY DAY AT NARROWSBURG. | |
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 10 | EL 1272 | EMD GP7 | DL&W 953 | NY | JAMESTOWN | A FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE ELEVATED JAMESTOWN PASSENGER STATION AREA. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 7 | EL 1400 | EMD GP7 | ERIE 1400 | PC 2387 | PA | SCRANTON | ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOTS 1977/19770620_06.jpg 1977/19770620_05.jpg |
| T | L | 06-20-1977 | 5 | EL 1400 | EMD GP7 | ERIE 1400 | PA | SLATEFORD JCT | EVENING AT THE DELAWARE WATER GAP. TRAIN IS ON THE OLD MAIN. 1977/19770619_07.jpg 1977/19770620_06.jpg | |
| T | L | 06-20-1977 | 6 | EL 1400 | EMD GP7 | ERIE 1400 | PA | EAST STROUDSBURG | FORMER ERIE PASSENGER GEEP. 1977/19770619_07.jpg 1977/19770620_05.jpg | |
| 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 | 06-23-1977 | 8 | EL 1505 | COMMUTER CONTROL CAR | NJ | GLEN RIDGE | EL MU TRAIN AT ON THE FORMER LACKAWANNA RAILROAD's MONTCLAIR BRANCH. | ||
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 4 | EL 1511 | CONTROL CAR | NJ | NETCONG | EARLY MORNING. | ||
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 9 | EL 1519 | COMMUTER COACH | NY | SPRING VALLEY | COMMUTER TRAINS LAYING OVER FOR THE NIGHT. | ||
| T | L | 06-21-1977 | 17 | EL 1523 | CONTROL CAR | NJ | ? | PASSENGER STATION. | ||
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 5 | EL 1741 | COMMUTER COACH | NJ | LAKE HOPATCONG | LACKAWANNA'S STRANGEST PASSENGER STATION, COMPLETE WITH PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS. | ||
| T | L | 06-21-1977 | 18 | EL 3243 | COMMUTER COACH | DL&W | NJ | DOVER | PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 09-28-1985 | 1 | EL 3313 | GE U33C | EL 3313- CR 6576- CR 6881 | PA | ERIE | EVENING PHOTO AT GE PLANT, PAINTED FROM CONRAIL NUMBERS BACK IN EL NUMBERS FOR AN ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING. THIS UNIT THEN WAS SENT TO TIA BAO MINES IN CHINA. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 09-28-1985 | 2 | EL 3313 | GE U33C | EL 3313- CR 6576- CR 6881 | PA | ERIE | AT GE PLANT, PAINTED FROM CONRAIL NUMBERS BACK IN EL NUMBERS FOR AN ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING. THIS UNIT THEN WAS SENT TO TIA BAO MINES IN CHINA. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 09-28-1985 | 3 | EL 3313 | GE U33C | EL 3313- CR 6576- CR 6881 | PA | ERIE | AT GE PLANT, PAINTED FROM CONRAIL NUMBERS BACK IN EL NUMBERS FOR AN ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING. THIS UNIT THEN WAS SENT TO TIA BAO MINES IN CHINA. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 09-28-1985 | 4 | EL 3313 | GE U33C | EL 3313- CR 6576- CR 6881 | PA | ERIE | AT GE PLANT, PAINTED FROM CONRAIL NUMBERS BACK IN EL NUMBERS FOR AN ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING. THIS UNIT THEN WAS SENT TO TIA BAO MINES IN CHINA AS A CABLESS REMOTE CONTROLLED UNIT. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 06-21-1977 | 19 | EL 3358 | GE U34CH | NJ | DENVILLE | PASSENGER STATION AND TOWER. | ||
| 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 | 06-21-1977 | 22 | EL 3361 | GE U34CH | NJ | DOVER | EVENING PHOTO AT DOVER. UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1996. | ||
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 6 | EL 3361 | GE U34CH | NJ | LAKE HOPATCONG | PASSENGER STATION. | ||
| T | L | 06-03-1978 | 1 | EL 3362 | GE U34CH | NJ | HOBOKEN | SOON THE U34CH'S WOULD TRADE THIS NICE PAINT SCHEME FOR NJDOT'S UNSETTLING AND GAUDY SCHEME. | ||
| T | L | 06-21-1977 | 23 | EL 3363 | GE U34CH | NJ | UPPER MONTCLAIR | 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 | 06-22-1977 | 7 | EL 3365 | GE U34CH | NJ | PATTERSON | PASSENGER STATION. UNIT SCAPPEDIN 1996. | ||
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 8 | EL 3368 | GE U34CH | NJ | FAIRLAWN | PASSENGER STATION. | ||
| 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 | 06-03-1978 | 2 | EL 3373 | GE U34CH | NJ | HOBOKEN | UNDER THE HOBOKEN 'BUSH' TRAINSHED. | ||
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 11 | EL 3375 | GE U34CH | NJ | RAMSEY ? | PASSENGER STATION. | ||
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 12 | EL 3375 | GE U34CH | NY | RIDGEWOOD ? | I AM NOT QUITE SURE OF THE LOCATION OF THIS PHOTO. | ||
| 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 | 06-22-1977 | 15 | EL 3378 | GE U34CH | EL 3370 | NY | WALDWICK | CAB PROFILES. 3378 WAS THE LUCKIER OF THE TWO, IT WAS BOUGHT BY - GEC-ALSTHOM, WHILE 3370 WAS CUT UP IN 1996. | |
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 16 | EL 3378 | GE U34CH | EL 3370 | NY | WALDWICK | A FAVORITE PHOTO, SIDE BY SIDE U34CH's IN THE EVENING SUN. | |
| T | L | 06-22-1977 | 17 | EL 3380 | GE U34CH | NY | ? | EVENING SHADOWS MADE PHOTOGRAPHY DIFFICULT IN THIS CUT. IT SEEMS THAT THE UNIT WENT TO AMERICA LATINA LOGISTICA IN ARGENTINA IN 2007. | ||
| 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 | 05-03-1987 | 8 | EL 3555 | ELECTRIC COMMUTER | DL&W | EL | PA | PITTSBURGH | FORMER LACKAWANNA ELECTRIC COMMUTER CAR SITTING AT THE B&O FREIGHT STATION. AFTER NJDOT PHASED OUT THE ELDERLY LACKAWANNA COMMUTER EQUIPMENT, THEY SHOWED UP SEEMINGLY EVERYWHERE IN THE MIDWEST. HERE IT IS IN 1977: 1977/19770621_25.jpg |
| T | L | 09-07-1985 | 1 | EMD 1 | EMD SD60 | OH | CLEVELAND | EMD SD60 DEMONSTRATOR ON CLEVELAND'S WEST SIDE, AROUND LORAIN STREET, ON A DREADFULLY HOT AND HAZY DAY. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 1999/19990530_01.jpg 1999/19990406_02.jpg | ||
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 11 | ERES 203 | ALCO C420 | LIRR 203 | ERES 207, ERES 206 | IN | HUNTINGTON | THE ERIE WESTERN RR PICKED UP SOME OLD LONG ISLAND ALCO CENTURIES FOR SHORT LINE DUTIES. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 12 | ERES 203 | ALCO C420 | LIRR 203 | ERES 207 | IN | HUNTINGTON | ERIE WESTERN'S SMALL ENGINE FACILITY AT HUNTINGTON. UNIT 207 WAS SENT TO THE GREEN BAY AND WESTERN FOR REPAIRS IN 1979. THE ERIE WESTERN COULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, SO GB&W ENDED UP OWNING THE UNIT. IT WAS TO BE RENUMBERED TO GB&W 324, BUT ENDED UPAS LITTLE ROCK & WESTERN 207 INSTEAD, AFTER HAVING ITS SHORT HOOD CHOPPED. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 13 | ERES 203 | ALCO C420 | LIRR 203 | ERES 207 | IN | HUNTINGTON | HUNTINGTON WAS THE ERIE'S ONLY SIGNIFICANT FACILITY IN INDIANA OUTSIDE OF THE CHICAGO AREA. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 17 | ERES 205 | ALCO C420 | LIRR 205 | ERES 1602 | IN | HUNTINGTON | THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAD ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN HUNTINGTON INDIANA IN 1978. AT THIS CONVENTION, KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND EX-EL EXECUTIVE GREGORY MAXWELL SAID THAT 'THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE AN 'ERIE' '. |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 3 | ERES 1600 | ALCO RS-3 | C&NW 1552 | ERES 207 | IN | HUNTINGTON | THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600. LOAM BEING THE LOUISIANNA MIDLAND RR. |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 18 | ERES 1600 | ALCO RS-3 | C&NW 1552 | IN | HUNTINGTON | THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600. LOAM=LOUISIANNA MIDLAND. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 19 | ERES 1600 | ALCO RS-3 | C&NW 1552 | ERES 207 | IN | HUNTINGTON | THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600. LOAM=LOUISIANNA MIDLAND. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 18 | ERES 1602 | ALCO RS-3 | L&M 302- C&NW 302- C&NW 1553 | IN | HUNTINGTON | BUILT 1953 FOR LITCHFIELD & MADISON, C&NW IN 1958, LOUISIANNA MIDLAND IN 7/79, SOLD FOR PARTS IN 1987. | |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 14 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | HUNTINGTON | ERIE WESTERN'S THREE ALCO RS-3'S WERE PAINTED IN A WHITE SCHEME THAT PROVED TO BE DIFFICULT TO PROPERLY EXPOSE TO CAMERA FILM. AT LEAST THEY WERE NOT THAT LIGHT EATING N&W BLACK. | |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 15 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | ERES 205 | IN | HUNTINGTON | ALL 3 ERIE WESTERN RS-3'S WERE FROM THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR. THIS UNIT STARTED OUT AS THE CHICAGO, St PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA 166. |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 16 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | ERES 205 | IN | HUNTINGTON | WE WERE LUCKY TO SEE THE ERIE WESTERN RR WHEN IT WAS ACTIVE. IT DID NOT LAST MORE THAN JUST A FEW YEARS. |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 1 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | MONTEREY | THE ERIE WESTERN RR PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HERE IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF AN ARTSY-FARTSY SHOT OF MINE. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 2 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | MONTEREY | THE ERIE WESTERN RR RAN A PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. IT RAN FROM HUNTINGTON TO NORTH JUDSON, AND BACK, USING ROCK ISLAND COMMUTER COACHES. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 5 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | MONTEREY | THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 6 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | MONTEREY | THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT MONTEREY. EL HAS BEEN GONE ONLY 2 YEARS AND THE WEEDS ARE IN CONTROL. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 7 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | MONTEREY | THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. NOTE THE CONCRETE ERIE TELEPHONE BOOTH. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 8 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | MONTEREY | THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 9 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | MONTEREY | MORE SHOTS OF ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 10 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | NORTH JUDSON | ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST PASSENGER TRAIN ON THE x EL IN THE MIDDLE OF INDIANA. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 11 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | NORTH JUDSON | EVEN MORE SHOTS OF ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 12 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | RI 2585 | IN | NORTH JUDSON | ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 13 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | NORTH JUDSON | ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 14 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | MONTEREY | A FAVORITE PHOTO OF ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 15 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | ? | ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSENGER TRAIN, ON EX-ERIE GRADE SEPARATION | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 16 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | ? | ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSENGER TRAIN ON EX-ERIE GRADE SEPARATION. HARD AS IT IS TO BELIEVE, INDIANA HAS ENOUGH HILLS TO DRIVE THE ERIE TO INVEST ITS FEW DOLLARS IN A GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT. | |
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 17 | ERES 1603 | ALCO RS-3 | CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166 | IN | HUNTINGTON | ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSENGER TRAIN AT HUNTINGTON STATION | |
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 1 | ERIE C 216 | CABOOSE | ERIE C216- EL C216- CR- CR 46196R | DL&W 906 | NY | HAMBURG | PRIVATELY OWNED AND RESTORED CABOOSES. NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 32 | ERIE ? ? | CABOOSE | IN | CONNERSVILLE | FIRE DAMAGED WOODEN CABOOSE WITH AN ERIE NUMBER THAT IS UNDECIPHERABLE. | ||
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 11 | ERIE CITY IRON WORKS ? | WHITCOMB 25ton | PA | NORTH EAST | LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM. | ||
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 25 | GE ? | GE 80 TON | OH | WORTHINGTON | OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM, 275HP X 2 CUMMINS ENGINES IN AN UNLETTERED AND NUMBERLESS UNIT. ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIT? | ||
| T | L | 10-11-1985 | 1 | GE 20 | ALCO RS-3 | SAINT MARY'S RR | OH | CLEVELAND | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. MYSTERY UNIT IN OLD B&O YARD IN THE FLATS. I AM INFORMED THAT THIS IS A GE LEASE UNIT, BUT SERVED THE SAINT MARY'S RR OF GEORGIA IN THE PAST. | |
| T | L | 10-11-1985 | 2 | GE 20 | ALCO RS-3 | SAINT MARY'S RR | OH | CLEVELAND | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. MYSTERY UNIT IN OLD B&O YARD IN THE FLATS. I AM INFORMED THAT THIS IS A GE LEASE UNIT, BUT SERVED THE SAINT MARY'S RR OF GEORGIA IN THE PAST. | |
| T | L | 10-11-1985 | 3 | GE 20 | ALCO RS-3 | SAINT MARY'S RR | OH | CLEVELAND | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. MYSTERY UNIT IN OLD B&O YARD IN THE FLATS. I AM INFORMED THAT THIS IS A GE LEASE UNIT, BUT SERVED THE SAINT MARY'S RR OF GEORGIA IN THE PAST. | |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 2 | GE 806 | GE U25B | GE 755- SLSF 806 | CR 6201 | PA | SAYRE | AN ANCIENT LOOKING U25B. THIS WAS A FORMER GE 1961 DEMONSTRATOR UNIT. IT HAS PRIMITIVE VERITICAL END STEPS FOUND ONLY ON THE EARLIEST U25B'S. A TINY 'GE' SYMBOL WAS PAINTED SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LONG HOOD, TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN IN THIS PHOTO. |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 6 | GE 806 | GE U25B | GE 755- SLSF 806 | CR 6201 | PA | SAYRE | ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT ANCIENT LOOKING U25B. LOOK AT THAT BIZARRE HAND RAIL ARRANGEMENT AND THE VERITICAL END STEPS FOUND ONLY ON THE EARLIEST U25B'S SUCH AS THIS FORMER DEMONSTRATOR THAT WAS BUILT IN 1961. |
| T | L | 08-07-1978 | 14 | GE 806 | GE U25B | GE 755- SLSF 806 | CR 6201, CR 7860 | NY | WAVERLY | A FINAL SHOT OF THAT PRIMITIVE, FORMER DEMONSTRATOR, U25B. |
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 14 | GENESEE & WYOMING 51 | EMD GP38-2 | NY | NEAR LEROY | EXCURSION PASSENGER TRAIN FOR ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | ||
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 17 | GENESEE & WYOMING 262 | EMD GP38-2 | C&WI 262 | NY | MOUNT MORRIS | ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXCURSION. THE WEATHER WAS SIMPLY TERRIBLE THAT PARTICULAR WEEKEND WITH ALMOST CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAIN AND DARK SKIES. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 08-08-1978 | 1 | GENESEE & WYOMING 1976 | ALCO RS1 | GENESEE & WYOMING 30 | GENESEE & WYOMING 42 | NY | RETSOF | G & W'S BICENTENNIAL UNIT, 2 YEARS PAST THE 76 BASH. TRAILING UNIT STARTED ON THE NEW HAVEN, BOTH UNITS LATER SERVED O THE CAPE COD RR AND THE CONNECTICUT CENTRAL. |
| T | L | 08-08-1978 | 2 | GENESEE & WYOMING 1976 | ALCO RS1 | GENESEE & WYOMING 30 | GENESEE & WYOMING 42 | NY | RETSOF | G & W'S BICENTENNIAL UNIT, 2 YEARS PAST THE 76 BASH. TRAILING UNIT STARTED ON THE NEW HAVEN, BOTH UNITS LATER SERVED O THE CAPE COD RR AND THE CONNECTICUT CENTRAL. |
| T | L | 11-23-1978 | 2 | GM&O 647 | EMD GP35 | AMTK 263 | IL | CHICAGO | A FAVORITE L. S. MELIN PHOTO. A GM&O UNIT ASSISTING AN AMTRAK TRAIN AT UNION STATION. THE AMTRAK F40PH WAS SCRAPPED IN 2004. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 24 | GO TRANSIT 500 | GMD GP40TC | GO TRANSIT 9800- GO TRANSIT 600 | ONT | TORONTO | INSIDE PASSENGER SHED. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 23 | GO TRANSIT 507 | GMD GP40TC | GO TRANSIT 9807- GO TRANSIT 607 | ONT | TORONTO | COMMUTER PASSENGER POWER. SOME OF THESE UNITS ENDED UP PULLING AMTRAK EMPIRE STATE TRAINS IN THE 1990'S. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 22 | GO TRANSIT 906 | EMD F7 POWER CAR | ONT | TORONTO | PASSENGER SHED. | ||
| T | L | 08-10-1978 | 4 | GTW 4707 | EMD GP18 | GT&W 5810 | IN | GRIFFITH | THE ERIE AND THE GRAND TRUNK CROSSED AT GRIFFITH. THIS TOWN ALSO WAS WHERE THE METROPOLITAN CHICAGO AREA ENDED AND WHERE THE CORNFIELDS BEGAN. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 13 | GTW 6039 | BLW 4-8-2 | DL&W 637 | PA | POCONO SUMMIT | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM ENGINES INCLUDING A VINTAGE 1925 BIG GRAND TRUNK & WESTERN 4-8-2 AND THE IMITATION LACKAWANNA 'F' UNIT. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 1 | GUILFORD 359 | EMD GP39-2 | RDG 3419- D&H 7619- D&H 388- B&M | GUILFORD 328, D&H 7404 | PA | SCRANTON | S/B GUILFORD TRAIN ON FORMER CNJ LINE IN SCRANTON. |
| T | L | 03-08-1988 | 1 | HCX 125 | ALCO S2 | WM 125 | DC | WASHINGTON | MY LONGTIME RAILFAN FRIEND LSM, STUMBLED UPON THIS LITTLE GEM NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. HOWAT CONCRETE SWITCHER WITH WESTERN MARYLAND HERITAGE. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 03-08-1988 | 2 | HCX 125 | ALCO S2 | WM 125 | DC | WASHINGTON | HOWAT CONCRETE SWITCHER WITH WESTERN MARYLAND HERITAGE. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 08-07-1988 | 2 | HURON ? | ALCO S2 | OH | HURON | UNMARKED ALCO SWITCHER AT THE GRAIN TERMINAL IN HURON, OHIO. DOES ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIT? | ||
| T | L | 05-21-1988 | 3 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | LIMA 750 hp | CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | IN | BROOKVILLE | WHILE DRIVING TO METAMORA, IN., WE ACCIDENTLY SPOTTED THIS LIMA- BALDWIN PAIR STUFFED BACK IN A REMOTE SIDING. 1988/19880813_21.jpg |
| T | L | 05-21-1988 | 6 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | LIMA 750 hp | CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | IN | BROOKVILLE | I WAS QUITE HAPPY TO SEE A RARE LIMA DIESEL (IT WAS MY FIRST), SO I TOOK PLENTY OF PHOTOS. NOTE THE NIFTY NUMBER BOARDS. 1988/19880813_24.jpg |
| T | L | 05-21-1988 | 8 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | LIMA 750 hp | CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | IN | BROOKVILLE | BROADSIDE SHOT OF THE SIMPLE YET WELL BALANCED LINES OF A LIMA. WHEN I MAILED THIS ROLL OF FILM IN FOR PROCESSING, THEY GOT LOST AND DID NOT RETURN TO ME FOR OVER A YEAR. THIS PROMPTED ME TO RETURN LATER IN 1988 TO RE-PHOTOGRAPH THESE RARE UNITS. SADLY, THIS UNIT WAS SCRAPPED IN 2008. 1988/19880813_22.jpg |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 21 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | LIMA 750hp | CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | IN | BROOKVILLE | EARLIER IN 1988, I HAD PHOTOGRAPHED THESE UNITS, BUT THE WHEN I MAILED THE FILM IN FOR PROCESSING, IT DID NOT RETURN. I GAVE THE FILM UP FOR LOST AND RETURNED TO RE-PHOTO THESE RARE UNITS. OVER A YEAR PASSED AND THEN THE MISSING ROLL OF FILM CAME BACK IN THE MAIL. 1988/19880521_03.jpg |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 22 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | LIMA 750hp | CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | IN | BROOKVILLE | #92 W/O ENGINE. 1988/19880521_08.jpg |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 24 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | LIMA 750hp | CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40 | IN | BROOKVILLE | 3/4 ANGLE VIEW OF THE LIMA SWITCHER WHICH SAT HERE TILL 2008, WHEREUPON IT WAS CUT UP. 1988/19880521_08.jpg | |
| T | L | 05-21-1988 | 1 | INDIANA & OHIO 56 | EMD GP7 | OH | MASON | BACKLIT SHOT DEMONSTRATING THAT GP7'S ARE EQUALLY AT HOME PULLING GONDOLAS FULL OF PIG IRON OR FULL OF PEOPLE. | ||
| T | L | 05-21-1988 | 2 | INDIANA & OHIO 56 | EMD GP7 | OH | MASON | SPIFFY INDIANA AND OHIO EXCURSION TRAIN GP7. TOO BAD I JUMPED THE GUN ON THE SHUTTER. | ||
| T | L | 05-21-1988 | 5 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | BLW S12 | PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS 345 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | IN | BROOKVILLE | BALDWIN WITHOUT ITS PRIME MOVER OR GENERATOR. 1988/19880813_23.jpg |
| T | L | 05-21-1988 | 7 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | BLW S12 | PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS 345 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | IN | BROOKVILLE | THIS UNIT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS RR BY BALDWIN WITH SPECIAL RADIATORS AND ODD LOOKING PILOTS. 1988/19880813_25.jpg |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 23 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | BLW S-12 | PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS 345 | IN | BROOKVILLE | UNIT W/O ENGINE. 1988/19880521_05.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 25 | INDIANA & OHIO 92 | BLW S-12 | PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS 345 | INDIANA & OHIO 20 | IN | BROOKVILLE | CAB END VIEW OF THE BALDWIN. 1988/19880521_07.jpg |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 53 | INDIANA HI RAIL 108 | ALCO S4 | NKP 59- NW 2059- FP&E 108 | IN | RUSHVILLE | A VERY UNDEREXPOSED SHOT OF AN INDIANA HI RAIL ALCO S4, THAT STILL HAS THE PAINT FROM THE FAIRPORT PAINESVILLE & EASTERN RAILROAD. PHOTO TAKEN NORTH OF RUSHVILLE. 1988/19880409_05.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 47 | INDIANA HI RAIL 135 | ALCO S4 | B&O 473 -B&O 9013 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | ENGINE AND HOOD ARE REMOVED. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 43 | INDIANA HI RAIL 216 | EMD SW1200 | B&O 9616 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | INDIANA HI RAIL'S ENGINE HOUSE WAS LOCATED IN CONNERSVILLE, IN. THIS LITTLE UNIT LATER WAS ON WAER (WABASH & ERIE RR) AND NOW (NORTHERN OHIO & WESTERN RAILWAY LTD.). | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 48 | INDIANA HI RAIL 221 | EMD SW1200 | B&O 9621 | IN | RUSHVILLE | LONELY LOOKING SWITCHER. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 46 | INDIANA HI RAIL 223 | EMD SW1200 | TRRA 1223 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE A TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION (ST. LOUIS) SWITCHER. I MAY HAVE MISSED THE TRRA BALDWINS, BUT THIS LITTLE EMD WAS A REAL TREAT. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 44 | INDIANA HI RAIL 371 | EMD GP35 | DT&I 351- GTW 6351 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | A SHINY DYNAMIC BRAKELESS GP35 IN INDIANA HI RAIL PAINT. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 25 | KCS 4061 | EMD F7 | KCS 74D- KCS 91- VIA CANADA | PA | SCRANTON | UNIT WITH OBVIOUS KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN HERITAGE. STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. RIGHT HERE, A WILD AND OBESE SECURITY GUARD TRIED TO RIDE OUT TO US IN A GOLF CART AND EVICT US FROM THE YARD. HIS GOLF CART COULD NOT CROSS THE RAILS AND HE WAS EFFECTIVELY STOPPED. WE SAVED HIM THE EFFORT OF AMBULATING ON HIS OWN POWER AND QUIETLY LEFT THE AREA. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 18 | KENTUCKY RAILROAD MUSEUM 77 | GE 44 TON | KY | LOUISVILLE | KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM'S LITTLE GE 44 TONNER. | ||
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 8 | L&HRR 1812 | HOPPER | OH | BELLEVUE | LEHIGH AND HUDSON RIVER RY HOPPTER, BUILT 1915. IT WAS FOUND ABANDONED IN SOME WOODS AND DONATED TO THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 17 | L&N 152 | ALCO 4-6-2 K-2 | KY | LOUISVILLE | NICELY PROPORTIONED STEAM ENGINE AT THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSUEM. ENGINE WAS BUILT AS A K-1 BY ALCO's ROGERS WORK IN 1905. SUPPOSEDLY, THIS ENGINE AT ONE TIME HAULED PRESIDENTS ROOSEVELT, HOOVER, AND AL CAPONE AS A PRISONER. | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 11 | L&N 364 OHIO RIVER | OBSERVATION CAR | PA | PITTSBURGH | B&O PASSENGER STATION WITH AN ELEGANT L&N OBSERVATION CAR. BUILT BY PULLMAN STANDARD IN 1926, PICKED UP BY L&N IN 1948, CONVERTED TO BUSINESS CAR 364 IN 1952. CAR BECAME A PRIVATE CAR IN 1972 AND WAS NAMED THE OHIO RIVER IN 1983. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 5 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM HAS AN EMD E6 THAT WAS PARKED IN THE OPEN ON A NICE SUNNY DAY. I SHOT A HALF A ROLL OF FILM ON THIS STREAMLINER. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 6 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | MORE VIEWS OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 7 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM WAS REBUILT INTO AN 'E6M' ACCORDING TO THIS BUILDERS PLATE. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 8 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | NOTE THAT SLOPING NOSE ON THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 9 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | SIDE VIEW OF THE NOSE OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 10 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | TRAILING VIEW OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. UNIT WAS BUILT IN MAY OF 1942. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 11 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | MORE VIEWS OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 12 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. THIS BROADSIDE VIEW MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A PREDATOR IN THE GRASS. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 13 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | A LOW ANGLED VIEW OF THE NOSE OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 14 | L&N 770 | EMD E6 | L&N 450B | KY | LOUISVILLE | THAT'S ME, MORSCHER, ON THE E6 AT THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. | |
| T | L | 09-28-1985 | 5 | LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM ? | WHITCOMB 44 TON | PA | NORTH EAST | IN LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM AT NORTHEAST PA. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
| T | L | 09-24-1988 | 1 | LAKE SUPERIOR TERM & T. ? | EMD SW1200 | MN | STILLWATER | NICELY PAINTED SWITCHER IN GREAT NORTHERN COLORS TRIES TO OCCUPY THE HANDICAP PARKING SPOT. | ||
| T | L | 09-24-1988 | 4 | LAKE SUPERIOR TERM.& T. ? | EMD SW1200 | MN | STILLWATER | NICELY PAINTED SWITCHER IN GREAT NORTHERN LIKE COLORS. | ||
| T | L | 06-01-1987 | 6 | LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD SHOP | ENGINE HOUSE? | OH | MARBLEHEAD | LITTLE TWO STALL LIMESTONE ENGINEHOUSE FROM THE LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD RR. | ||
| T | L | 06-01-1987 | 8 | LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD SHOP | ENGINEHOUSE | OH | MARBLEHEAD | I THINK THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE FORMER LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD RR. IT LOOKS LIKE A RAILROAD ROUNDHOUSE THAT IS NOT ROUND. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE LARGE LIMESTONE PROCESSING PLANT FILLS THE SKY. | ||
| T | L | 06-01-1987 | 7 | LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD STATION | STATION | OH | MARBLEHEAD | STATION WITH THE TWO STALL ENGINEHOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND. LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD RR. | ||
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 26 | LASB 54 | EMD BL2 | BAR 554- BAR 54 | PA | HONESDALE | EVENING DARKNESS WAS FAST UPON US, BUT WE SET UP OUR TRUSTY TRIPODS AND TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF THIS LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE BL2. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 27 | LASB 54 | EMD BL2 | BAR 554- BAR 54 | PA | HONESDALE | LONG HOOD END OF LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE BL2. THIS WAS THE FIRST BL2 THAT I EVER MET. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 28 | LASB 54 | EMD BL2 | BAR 554- BAR 54 | PA | HONESDALE | LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE BL2. WHEN WE WERE IN SCRANTON, MY RAILFAN FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THERE MIGHT BE A BL2 IN HONESDALE. I DID NOT QUITE BELIEVE HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT 'I WOULD BL2 'it WHEN I SEE IT.' | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 29 | LASB 54 | EMD BL2 | BAR 554- BAR 54 | PA | HONESDALE | CAB PROFILE, LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE. UNIT BUILT FOR THE BANGOR & AROOSTOOK IN MARCH, 1949. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 30 | LASB 54 | EMD BL2 | BAR 554- BAR 54 | PA | HONESDALE | SHORT HOOD END LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE. THIS RAILROAD WAS AMONGST THE VERY FIRST OF RAILROADS IN THE USA. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 31 | LASB 54 | EMD BL2 | BAR 554- BAR 54 | PA | HONESDALE | BROADSIDE LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE. I ALWAYS KEEP A TRIPOD IN MY CAR. WITHOUT IT, THESE PHOTOS WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 10 | LIMA PLAQUE | BUILDER'S PLATE | OH | LIMA | BALDWIN LIMA HAMILTON BUILDING PLAQUE AT FORMER LIMA LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. | ||
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 24 | LIRR 205 | ALCO C420 | D&H 2302, D&H 4075 | NY | COLONIE | FORMER LONG ISLAND RAILROAD POWER AT COLONIE. LIRR 205 later went to the short lived Erie Western. | |
| T | L | 06-15-1977 | 25 | LIRR 220 | ALCO C420 | D&H 1205 | NY | WHITEHALL | UNITS WORTH OF PRESERVATION. AS OF THE YEAR 2000, THE BALDWIN SHARK WAS STILL IN EXISTANCE, SOMEWHERE IN MICHIGAN. THE SURPRISE IS THAT A MUSEUM IN MEXICO, THE "MUSEO DE LOS FERROCARRILES DE CHIHAUHAU" WAS PREPARING TO PUT THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD 220 ON DISPLAY. | |
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 7 | LIRR 600 | ALCO FA-2 | NYC 1102- PC 1302 | NY | HAMBURG | OLD NEW YORK CENTRAL ALCO FA2 IN LIRR COLORS. WESTERN NEW YORK RAILWAY HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 6 | LIRR 601 | ALCO FA-2 | L&N 317 | PA | READING | YET MORE VIEWS OF AN ALCO FA THAT THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS INVOLVED WITH. ENGINES PRESERVATION INC. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 7 | LIRR 601 | ALCO FA-2 | L&N 317 | LIRR 603, LIRR 602 | PA | READING | ALL THREE ALCO FA'S AT READING, PA. |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 3 | LIRR 602 | ALCO FA-2 | L&N 309 | LIRR 603, LIRR 601 | PA | READING | THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS INVOLVED IN RESTORING SOME OF THESE UNITS. IN 2017, OLD L&N 309 WAS AT SMS IN NEW JERSEY BEING RESTORED. |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 4 | LIRR 602 | ALCO FA-2 | L&N 309 | PA | READING | NOSE SHOT OF AN ALCO FA. IN 2017, OLD L&N 309 WAS AT SMS IN NEW JERSEY BEING RESTORED. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 5 | LIRR 602 | ALCO FA-2 | L&N 309 | PA | READING | ANOTHER VIEW OF AN FA THAT THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS SOMEHOW INVOLVED WITH. IN 2017, OLD L&N 309 WAS AT SMS IN NEW JERSEY BEING RESTORED. 1989/19890512_20.jpg 1989/19890512_22.jpg | |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 9 | LV 125 | EMD SW900 | PA | SAYRE | LEHIGH VALLEY SWITHER AT SAYRE. | ||
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 10 | LV 125 | EMD SW900 | PA | SAYRE | BUILDERS PLATE OF A REBUILD | ||
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 9 | LV 128 | EMD SW900 | PC 3169 | PA | SCRANTON | IN FRONT OF SHOPS. | |
| T | L | 06-14-1977 | 11 | LV 129 | EMD SW900 | PA | SAYRE | THE BIG LEHIGH VALLY FACILITY AT SAYRE WAS LOOKING MIGHTY EMPTY IN 1977. | ||
| T | L | 06-23-1977 | 13 | LV 185 | EMD NW2 | NJ | ELIZABETHPORT | LV SWITCHER AT ELIZABETHPORT. | ||
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 10 | LV 211 | ALCO RS-3 | PRR 8445- PRR 5569- PC 5569 | PA | ALLENTOWN | HAMMERHEAD RS-3 HALFWAY OFF THE TURNTABLE. UNIT IS NOW AT THE ROCHESTER & GENESEE VALLEY RR MUSEUM, IN RUSH, NY. THIS ALCO WAS BUILT IN DECEMBER, 1953 AND IT WAS GIVEN AN EMD PRIME MOVER IN AUGUST OF 1979. ROCHESTER & GENESEE VALLEY RR MUSEUM | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 11 | LV 224 | EMD SW7 | LV 254 | PA | ALLENTOWN | LEHIGH VALLEY's HIGHEST NUMBERED SW7 (THEY ONLY HAD 5), BUILT IN CLEVELAND IN 1950. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 12 | LV 261 | EMD SW8 | PA | ALLENTOWN | SW8 WITH DYNAMIC BRAKES. | ||
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 13 | LV 270 | EMD SW8 | LV 255 | PA | ALLENTOWN | A DYNAMIC BRAKE EQUIPPED SWITCHER AT SCRANTON. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 14 | LV 300 | EMD GP9 | PA | SCRANTON | LV UNIT IN SCRANTON. | ||
| T | L | 12-21-1987 | 1 | MARC 70 ? | EMD GP39H-2 | B&O 3703 | OH | WILLARD | MKO REBUILD OF A GP40 FOR MARYLAND COMMUTER SERVICE. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 03-08-1988 | 3 | MARC 74 ? | EMD GP40 | ? B&O | DC | WASHINGTON | COMMUTER TRAIN AT WASHINGTON UNION STATION. NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD SOON COVER THESE TRACKS WITH A BUILDING. | |
| T | L | 03-04-1988 | 1 | MARC 7183 ? | EMD F7m | DC | WASHINGTON | M.A.R.C. COMMUTER TRAIN WITH A MODIFIED 'F' ON THE POINT. NOTE THE STRANGE PILOT AND HEADLIGHTS, AND THE LACK OF A NOSE DOOR. | ||
| T | L | 03-04-1988 | 2 | MARC 7183 ? | EMD F7m | DC | WASHINGTON | M.A.R.C. MODIFIED 'F' UNIT AT WASHINGTON UNION STATION. | ||
| T | L | 09-25-1988 | 2 | MILW ? | LIFT BRIDGE | MN | HASTINGS | MILWAUKEE ROAD LIFT BRIDGE OVER MISSISSIPPI AT HASTINGS, MN, LOOKING WEST. THE RIGHT BRIDGE TOWER HAS A BIG MILWAUKEE ROAD SYMBOL WAY UP HIGH. | ||
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 1 | MILW SHANTY | SHANTY | IL | ELK GROVE | SHANTY, 'BRYN MAWR' FROM AN UNKNOWN CHICAGO AREA LOCATION. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 6 | MILW 42 | EMD F40C | METRA 602 | IL | NORTHBROOK | L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF COMMUTER #2111. UNIT HAD NAME OF "VILLAGE OF BENSENVILLE" | |
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 11 | MILW 58 | PS SUPER DOME | MILW 58- AMTK 9382 | WV | PRINCE | FALL FOLIAGE STEAM EXCURSION WITH A MASSIVE SIX AXLED MILWAUKEE ROAD SUPERDOME. | |
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 3 | MILW 153 | EMD SD40-2 | MILW 3023 | MILW 20 | IL | BENSENVILLE | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THIS PARTICULAR PAINT SCHEME. |
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 4 | MILW 153 | EMD SD40-2 | MILW 3023 | MILW 20 | IL | BENSENVILLE | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. THE MILWAUKEE ROAD HAD SOME BIG UNITS WITH VERY LOW NUMBERS. |
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 5 | MILW 160 | EMD SD40-2 | MILW 3030 | MILW 16, MILW 1012 | IL | BENSENVILLE | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. BENSENVILLE SHOPS I BELIEVE. |
| T | L | 04-12-1979 | 4 | MILW 352 | EMD GP38-2 | MILW 5001, MILW 358 | IL | NORTHBROOK | L. S. MELIN PHOTO | |
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 11 | MILW 740 | FM H-12-44 | WABASH 671 | OH | BELLEVUE | VIEW FROM ACROSS THE STREET OF THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM. HERE IS A VIEW OF THE WABASH UNIT FROM A 1980 VIEW BEFORE IT WAS RESTORED TO WABASH COLORS: 1980/19800701_08.jpg | |
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 12 | MILW 740 | FM H-12-44 | OH | BELLEVUE | EARLY FAIRBANKS MORSE SWITCHER AT THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM. | ||
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 9 | MKCX 6101 | ALCO C425 | PRR 2423- PC 2423- CR 2423 | DELAWARE & LACKAWANNA | NY | HORNELL | MORRISON KNUDSEN UNIT SWITCHING TRANSIT CARS AT THE FORMER ERIE SHOPS AT HORNELL. 1989/19890825_02.jpg |
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 10 | MKCX 6101 | ALCO C425 | PRR 2423- PC 2423- CR 2423 | DELAWARE & LACKAWANNA | NY | HORNELL | MORRISON KNUDSEN UNIT SWITCHING TRANSIT CARS AT THE FORMER ERIE SHOPS AT HORNELL. 1989/19890825_02.jpg |
| T | L | 06-02-1984 | 5 | MN&S 21 | BLW DT-6-6-2000 | IL | UNION | ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM HAS THE LAST SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF A BALDWIN CENTER CAB DIESEL. IN THIS CASE, A 2000 HP MODEL. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. OTHER VIEWS OF SAME UNIT: 1992/19920719_26.jpg 1984/19840602_06.jpg 1989/19890710_11.jpg 1992/19920719_25.jpg | ||
| T | L | 06-02-1984 | 6 | MN&S 21 | BLW DT-6-6-2000 | IL | UNION | ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM BIG CENTER CAB BALDWIN, BUILT IN 1948. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 1984/19840602_05.jpg 1992/19920719_26.jpg 1989/19890710_11.jpg 1992/19920719_25.jpg | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 16 | MONON 32 | EMD BL2 | MONON- L&N | KY | LOUISVILLE | MONON BL2 AT THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. TIGHT QUARTERS PREVENTED ANY BETTER PHOTO ANGLES THAN THIS. | |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 10 | MORGAN 1357 | GE 44 TON | OH | MINERVA | OHIO HI RAIL USED THIS LITTLE ENGINE FOR A TIME BACK IN THE LATE 80's. I THINK IT CAME FROM THE BIG MORGAN PLANT IN ALLIANCE OHIO. | ||
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 10 | MTA ? | BUDD RDC | NY | PEEKSKILL | ALONG HUDSON RIVER. | ||
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 11 | MTA 56 | BUDD RDC-1 | NYC M456- PC 56 | NY | PEEKSKILL | HUDSON RIVER. | |
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 12 | MTA 56 | BUDD RDC-1 | NYC M456- PC 56 | NY | POUGHKEEPSIE | PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 03-16-1979 | 5 | N&SS 1018 | EMD SW1001 | N&SS, N&SS 1016 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE NEWBURGH AND SOUTH SHORE BOUGHT THE VERY LAST ALCO EVER MADE IN THE US. IT WAS A MODEL T-6. THE LAST UNIT IN THIS LASHUP MAY BE THAT VERY UNIT, BUT SINCE I CANNOT SEE THE UNIT NUMBER, I CANNOT NOW BE SURE. | |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 38 | NEW PORTAGE RR INCLINED PLANE | INCLINED PLANE | PA | SUMMIT | RESTORED AND PRESERVED INCLINED PLANE TRACKAGE FROM THE OLD PORTAGE RAILROAD. THIS PORTAGE SYSTEM USED TOW BOATS IN CANALS AND WHEN THE MOUNTAINS GOT IN THE WAY, THE BOATS WERE LOADED ONTO LITTLE FLAT CARS AND HOISTED UP OR DOWN THESE INCLINED PLANES. THIS MUSEUM IS ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM CRESSON AND WORTH A VISIT. | ||
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 2 | NJ TRANSIT 4334 | EMD E8 | SR 6913 | NY | BINGHAMTON | PRIVATELY OWNED UNIT FOR RESTORATION, SUSQUEHANNA CHAPTER NRHS. UNIT MOVED OUT OF BINGHAMTON IN THE YEAR 2000. IT LOOKED MUCH THE SAME IN OAK RIDGE, TN. IN 2017. | |
| T | L | 08-05-1985 | 1 | NJI&I 2 | EMD NW2 | OH | BELLEVUE | A 'NEW JERSEY, INDIANA & ILLINOIS RR' NW2 AT THE 'NKP AND MAD RIVER' MUSEUM. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 1988/19880522_07.jpg | ||
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 7 | NJI&I 2 | EMD NW2 | OH | BELLEVUE | A NEW JERSEY, INDIANA & ILLINOIS SWITCHER AT THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM. THE N.J.I.& I. RR NEVER QUITE REACHED THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 1985/19850805_01.jpg | ||
| T | L | 08-07-1988 | 1 | NKP ? | FLAT CAR | OH | HURON | NICKEL PLATE FLAT CAR WITH CLAMSHELL CRANE BUCKET. BY 1988, NICKEL PLATE PAINTEDFRIEGHT EQUIPMENT WAS VERY SCARCE. | ||
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 13 | NKP 329 | ALCO RSD12 | NKP 329- NW 3329- NW 254 | WABASH 671 | OH | BELLEVUE | NICELY PAINTED NICKEL PLATE ALCO ROAD SWITCHER, BUILT 6-11-1957, AT THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM. 1989/19890401_08.jpg 1992/19920614_05.jpg |
| T | L | 10-03-1986 | 1 | NKP 755 | LIMA 2-8-4 | OH | CONNEAUT | LIMA STEAM ENGINE ON DISPLAY. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 24 | NKP 757 | LIMA 2-8-4 | PA | STRASBURG | RR MUSEUM OF PA. A SURPRISINGLY LARGE NUMBER OF NKP BERKSHIRES WERE SAVED. | ||
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 10 | NKP 765 | LIMA 2-8-4 | WV | PRINCE | BACK IN 1987, SPECIAL FALL FOLIAGE STEAM EXCURSION TRAINS STILL RAN. HERE SEEN E/B AT PRINCE. | ||
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 15 | NKP 765 | LIMA 2-8-4 | WV | MEADOW CREEK | THE FALL FOLIAGE STEAM EXCURSION STEAM POWER WAS TURNED AND SERVICED HERE AT MEADOW CREEK IN THE FADING EVENING LIGHT. | ||
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 16 | NKP 765 | LIMA 2-8-4 | WV | MEADOW CREEK | SMOKE BOX VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE FALL FOLIAGE STEAM EXCURSION ENGINE. | ||
| T | L | 09-24-1988 | 2 | NP 328 | ALCO RODGERS 4-6-0 | MN | STILLWATER | STEAM EXCURSION 4-6-0 AT STILLWATER, MN. | ||
| T | L | 09-24-1988 | 3 | NP 328 | ALCO RODGERS 4-6-0 | GN 1213 | MN | STILLWATER | STEAM EXCRUSION ALCO BACKING UP AT STILLWATER, MN. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 2 | NRHX 903 | EMD FP7 | RDG 903?- SEPTA? | PA | READING | BLACK FP7 HERE SEEN AS NRHX 903 (NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY). THIS UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN LATER PAINTED BACK INTO RDG COLORS BUT I AM NOT TOTALLY SURE. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 51 | NS ? | TIE UNLOADING CRANE | IN | NEW CASTLE | THIS TIE UNLOADING CRANE RIDES ALONG THE TOP EDGES OF THE GONDOLA'S SIDES. | ||
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 1 | NS STATION | STATION | NY | ANGOLA | FORMER NKP FREIGHT STATION. | ||
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 3 | NS STATION | STATION | NY | SILVER CREEK | FORMER NKP FREIGHT STATION | ||
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 4 | NS 1067 | EMD SD40 | OH | MARION | N/B CROSSING THE ERIE DIAMONDS AT 'AC' TOWER. WAY BACK WHEN THE ERIE WAS BUILT IN OHIO, ONE OF ITS CORPORATE NAMES WAS THE 'ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN'. I THINK THAT THE TOWER GOT ITS TELEGRAPH ID LETTERS, 'AC', FROM 'ATLANTIC CROSSING'. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 49 | NS 3949 | GE U23B | SR 3949 | IN | NEW CASTLE | WORK TRAIN UNIT. THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1975, AND WAS IN THE FOURTH OF FIVE ORDERS THAT SOUTHERN HAD FOR U23B's. | |
| T | L | 04-17-1987 | 1 | NS 6178 | EMD SD40-2 | NW 6178 | OH | LODI | CREWLESS TRAIN ON THE SIDING IN LODI, ON THE OLD WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 14 | NS 8540 | GE C36-7 | NW 8540 | PA | NORTH EAST | EX NKP STATION WITH AN NS TRAIN ROLLING BY. THE NKP AND THE NYC TRACKS ARE ONLY A HUNDRED OR SO FEET APART IN THE TOWN OF NORTH EAST. | |
| T | L | 01-02-1988 | 8 | NS 8572 | GE C39-8 | NS | OH | SIAM | S/B TRAIN ON FORMER PRR LINE, CROSSING x B&O MAIN AT ATTICA JCT. ONE OF THE GE'S IN THIS TRAIN WAS DEAD AND THE OTHER WAS HARD PRESSED TO KEEP THE TRAIN MOVING MORE THAN 15 MPH. WHEN I RETURNED HERE IN 2003, BOTH LINES WERE DOUBLE TRACKED HERE. | |
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 5 | NS 8661 | GE C39-8 | OH | MARION | S/B, JUST PAST 'AC' TOWER AND THE FORMER JOINT ERIE AND BIG FOUR LINES. THE CAB OF NS 8661 WOULD LATER BE MOUNTED ON A CONCRETE PEDESTAL FOR DISPLAY IN FRONT OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION, SORT OF LIKE A STUFFED AND MOUNTED TROPHY. | ||
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 2 | NW ? | WORK TRAIN | NY | WESTFIELD | NS CRANE ON x NKP MAIN. | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 16 | NW 552 | EMD GP30 | NW 555052 | OH | AKRON | HIGH NOSED GP30 AT A.C.& Y. YARD. | |
| T | L | 08-11-1978 | 6 | NW 640 | EMD GP9 | IN | FORT WAYNE | NW KEPT THE GP9'S IN MAINLINE SERVICE WELL INTO THE EARLY EIGHTIES. | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 2 | NW 1218 | NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4 | OH | COLUMBUS | STATE FAIR STEAM TRAIN WITH NW 1218. | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 3 | NW 1218 | NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4 | SR 3245W | OH | COLUMBUS | STATE FAIR STEAM ENGINE. | |
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 4 | NW 1218 | NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4 | UP 7003 | OH | COLUMBUS | HEAD ON SHOT OF STATE FAIR STEAM ENGINE. CLEAN BLACK STEAM ENGINES ARE DIFFICULT TO EXPOSE ON FILM. DOME CAR NOW OWNED BY CP HUNTINGTON CHAPTER OF NRHS. | |
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 5 | NW 1218 | NW A' 2-6-6-4 TRUCK' | OH | COLUMBUS | REAR DRIVERS. | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 6 | NW 1218 | NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4 | OH | COLUMBUS | STATE FAIR STEAM ENGINE BEING SERVICED IN COLUMBUS. | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 7 | NW 1218 | NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4 | OH | COLUMBUS | STATE FAIR STEAM ENGINE BEING SERVICED IN COLUMBUS. | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 8 | NW 1218 | NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4 | OH | COLUMBUS | THE STATE FAIR TRAIN'S STEAM ENGINE WAS COALED USING THAT 'AMERICAN' CRANE IN THE BACKGROUND. | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 14 | NW 1218 | NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4 | OH | LOCKBOURNE | STATE FAIR STEAM TRAIN, S/B IN THE EVENING. | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 15 | NW 1302 | EMD GP35 | WABASH 548 | NW 4147, NW 4156 | OH | AKRON | ROAD UNITS RESTING AT A.C.& Y. YARD. THIS PARTICULAR NW PAINT SCHEME WAS PARTICULARLY DRAB AND UNINSPIRED. LITTLE COULD I HAVE GUESSED THAT THE PAINT SCHEME THAT NS CAME UP WITH WOULD BE EVEN WORSE. HAPPILY, THE LEAD UNIT WOULD SEE BRIGHTER DAYS. IN 1997, IT WAS PAINTED INTO BRIGHT ECONO RAIL COLORS.WORKED AT A REFINERY NEAR HOUSTON, TEXAS. |
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 9 | NW 1311 | EMD GP35 | OH | MARION | S/B ABOUT TO CROSS x ERIE AT AC TOWER. | ||
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 10 | NW 1311 | EMD GP35 | OH | MARION | UNIT WAS SCRAPED IN 1992. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 11 | NW 1347 | EMD GP40 | OH | LIMA | LIMA'S NW ENGINE FACILITY. | ||
| T | L | 08-12-1978 | 4 | NW 1616 | EMD SD40 | IN | HUNTINGTON | LOTS OF UNITS ON THE x WABASH ABOUT TO HIT THE DIAMONDS OF THE x ERIE MAIN. | ||
| T | L | 07-07-1978 | 11 | NW 1617 | EMD SD40 | OH | MARION | S/B NW TRAIN WITH MANY UNITS, ABOUT TO CROSS x ERIE AT AC TOWER. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 5 | NW 2517 | EMD GP9 | IN | DECATUR | E/B ON THE FORMER WABASH. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 6 | NW 2517 | EMD GP9 | IN | DECATUR | EX-ERIE DA TOWER. | ||
| T | L | 07-01-1980 | 8 | NW 3671 | EMD F7 | WABASH 1162- WABASH 671- NW 3671 | OH | BELLEVUE | THIS EX-WABASH UNIT, BUILT IN 2-1951, WAS LATER PLACED IN THE 'MAD RIVER & NKP' MUSEUM IN BELLEVUE AND RE-PAINTED IN A NICE WABASH SCHEME. | |
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 13 | NW 3727 | EMD SW8 | OH | AKRON | SWITCHER AT A.C.& Y. YARD. | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 17 | NW 4156 | EMD GP38AC | NW 4147, NW 1302 | OH | AKRON | UNITS AT A.C.& Y. YARD. SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT NW PUT THE BELLS ON THE SHORT HOOD, WHILE SOUTHERN PUT THE BELLS ON THE ENDS OF THE LONG HOODS. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 12 | NW 4158 | EMD GP38 | OH | LIMA | NW'S BLACK AS BLACK CAN BE PAINT SCHEME. ALMOST FOUR DECADES LATER, THIS UNIT WAS REBUILT INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 13 | NW 4158 | EMD GP38 | NW 1347 | OH | LIMA | MORE LIMA ENGINE FACILITY VIEWS. | |
| T | L | 10-05-1986 | 15 | NW 7554 | CABOOSE | PA | NORTH EAST | EX NKP STATION OF THE TYPICAL NICKEL PLATE STYLE. | ||
| T | L | 04-10-1988 | 7 | NW 518577 | CABOOSE | OH | MARION | N/B ON THE ERIE DIAMONDS. | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 14 | NW 518653 | CABOOSE | OH | AKRON | CABOOSE AT AC&Y YARD. | ||
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 18 | NW 555052 | CABOOSE | NW 552 | OH | AKRON | CABOOSE AT AC&Y YARD. | |
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 6 | NYC ? | COACH | PRR, L&N | PA | PITTSBURGH | VARNISH LETTERED NEW YORK CENTRAL AND PENNSYLVANIA SITTING AT THE B&O PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 06-01-1987 | 2 | NYC X26138 | TENDER | OH | CLEVELAND | NEW YORK CENTRAL STEAM ENGINE TENDER IN PEARLMAN GREEN. | ||
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 3 | NYS&W 104 | ALCO RS-3 | D&H 4117- R&S 29- ADIRONDAK 29 | NY | BINGHAMTON | NICELY PAINTED SUSQUEHANNA RS-3 WITH A PAST HISTORY THAT INCLUDED TIME ON THE ROBERVAL & SAGUENAY RR. 1994/19940422_07.jpg | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 6 | NYS&W 510 | OBSERVATION CAR | NY | BINGHAMTON | OBSERVATION CAR. | ||
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 32 | NYS&W 1804 | EMD GP18 | PA | HONESDALE | MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A SUSQUEHANNA UNIT. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT IN TEN YEARS, I WOULD BE SEEING SUSQUEHANNA UNITS ALMOST WEEKLY IN MY HOME TOWN IN OHIO. 1988/19881009_04.jpg | ||
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 4 | NYS&W 1804 | EMD GP18 | NY | BINGHAMTON | EMD'S FACTORY DELIVERED EARLY LOW NOSED GEEPS HAD THE DISTINCIVE SLOPING NOSE UPPER SURFACE AS SEEN HERE. 1987/19870829_32.jpg | ||
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 18 | NYS&W 2012 | EMD GP38 | B&O 3800 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | WHILE I FREQUENTLY SEE SUSQUEHANNA POWER IN OHIO, I NEVER SEE SUSQUEHANNA GP38'S IN OHIO. THIS UNIT WENT TO THE NORTH SHORE RR IN 2010. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 8 | NYS&W 3002 | ALCO C430 | NYC 2052- PC 2052- CR 2052 | NY | BINGHAMTON | ONLY 16 ALCO C430's WERE EVER BUILT, TEN GOING TO THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. THIS IS ONE OF THE NYC TEN. THE C430 WAS ALCO'S FINAL EFFORT AT COMPETING WITH THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL EMD GP40 AND THE REASONABLY POPULAR GE U30B. THIS UNIT DERAILED AND ROLLED OVER ONTO THE ENGINEERS SIDE AFTER HITTING AN ICE PACKED GRADE CROSSING IN LISLE, NY IN 1987. UNIT IS SCRAPPED. 1992/19920405_04.jpg | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 9 | NYS&W 3002 | ALCO C430 | NYC 2052- PC 2052- CR 2052 | NY | BINGHAMTON | IT IS SURPRISING THAT ALCO WENT TO THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE HI-ADHESION TRUCK SEEN ON THIS C430. I DOUBT THAT MORE THAN 40 OF THESE TRUCKS WERE EVER MADE. THIS ENGINE DERAILED AFTER HITTING AN ICE PACKED GRADE CROSSING IN LISLE, NY IN 1987. UNIT SCRAPPED SINCE THEN. 1992/19920405_04.jpg | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 7 | NYS&W 3004 | ALCO C430 | NYC 2051- PC 2051- CR 2051 | NY | BINGHAMTON | WRECK DAMAGED C430 WITH BITS OF TREES STICKING OUT OF THE CAB. THIS ENGINE DERAILED AFTER HITTING AN ICE PACKED GRADE CROSSING IN NORTH NORWICH, NY IN 1987. IT WAS SCRAPPED IN 1989. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 14 | NYS&W 4004 | GE B40-8 | D&H 7406, D&H 386 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | N/B ON EX DL&W MAIN. I DID NOT KNOW IT THEN, BUT NYS&W 4004 WOULD TEND TO FOLLOW ME AROUND IN THE FUTURE. BUT THEN AGAIN, I AM TOLD THAT THIS UNIT WAS WRECKED IN APRIL OF 1989, SO PERHAPS IT WAS REBUILT OR REPLACED WHEN I SAW IT AGAIN. 1993/19930731_25.jpg 1993/19930731_26.jpg 1993/19930919_02.jpg | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 5 | NYS&W 6360 | EMD SD45 | NP 3633- BN 6475 | NY | BINGHAMTON | FORMER BN SD45 MINUS MAIN ALTERNATOR. THIS UNIT WAS ORDERED BY NORTHERN PACIFIC BUT DELIVERED AS A BN UNIT. IT NEVER MADE IT INTO SUSQUEHANNA COLORS. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 15 | NYS&W 6366 | EMD SD45 | NP 3647- BN 6489- BN 6366 | NYS&W 6692 | NY | EAST BINGHAMTON | N/B x BN SD45 PUSHERS ON exDL&W MAIN. |
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 4 | OHIO HI RAIL ? | TRACK CAR | OH | HOPEDALE | THE SOUTHERN END OF THE OHIO HI RAIL IS AT AN INTERCHANGE WITH THE NS AT HOPEDALE. HERE THERE IS A SMALL YARD WITH A SMALL TRACK CAR. | ||
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 5 | OHIO HI RAIL ? | TRACK CAR | OH | HOPEDALE | VERY SMALL TRACK CAR. | ||
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 3 | OHIO HI RAIL BRIDGE | VIADUCT | OH | HOPEDALE | VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT VIADUCT ON THE OHIO HI RAIL. THE LINE CROSSES THE EX-PRR PANHANDLE LINE HERE. | ||
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 5 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | OHIO OH RAIL 102 | OH | MINERVA | THE OHIO HI RAIL USED TWO FORMER FAIRPORT PAINESVILLE AND EASTERN ALCO S2'S AS THEIR MAIN MOTIVE POWER UNITS. |
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 1 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | PRR 5012 | OH | AMSTERDAM | THE CREW STOPPED AT THE SMALL TOWN OF AMSTERDAM TO GET SOME SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS. |
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 2 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | OH | HOPEDALE | THE OHIO HI RAIL HAS ONLY ONE SIZABLE VIADUCT. HERE IT IS. | |
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 7 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | OH | AMSTERDAM | HERE IS THE NORTH PORTAL OF THE ONLY TUNNEL ON THE OHIO HI RAIL. IT IS A WOODEN LINED AFFAIR WITH LIMITED CLEARANCES. | |
| T | L | 07-16-1988 | 8 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | OH | AMSTERDAM | ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NORTH PORTAL OF THE TUNNEL. | |
| T | L | 12-10-1988 | 1 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | OHIO HI RAIL 102 | OH | MECHANICSTOWN | ALCO S2'S POURING OUT PLUMES OF WHITE SMOKE JUST AFTER HAVING BEEN FIRED UP ON A FROSTY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SITE IS THE OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE OHIO HI RAIL. |
| T | L | 12-10-1988 | 2 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | PRR 5012 | OH | MINERVA | THE CABOOSE HAS BEEN SET ASIDE SO THAT SWITCHING CHORES CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE CABOOSE STOVE IS LEFT ON SO AS TO PROVIDE A WARM ESCAPE FROM THE COLD AIR. |
| T | L | 12-10-1988 | 3 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | OH | WOLF RUN | ONCE IN WHILE THERE WOULD BE ACTIVITY ON THE STEEP 3 MILE BRANCH TO WOLF RUN. ON THIS DAY, A LONE GONDOLA, WITH DEFECTIVE BRAKES, WAS PILED HIGH WITH SCRAP METAL. WERE IT NOT FOR A CREW MEMBER RIDING THE GONDOLA AND USING ITS HAND BRAKE, THE GONDOLA WOULD HAVE PUSHED THE LITTLE ALCO S2 ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL. | |
| T | L | 12-10-1988 | 5 | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 101- NW | OH | WOLF RUN | THAT IS ME ADDING BALLAST TO THE FRONT END OF THE ALCO SWITCHER. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 6 | OHIO HI RAIL 102 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 102- NW | OH | MINERVA | VIEW OF ENGINE FROM RUNNING BOARD. | |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 7 | OHIO HI RAIL 102 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 102- NW | OH | MINERVA | THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE OHIO HI RAIL WERE ALWAYS FRIENDLY AND CURTEOUS TO VISITORS. WE APPRECIATED THEIR HOSPITALITY. HERE IS A VEW FROM THE CAB AS TANK CARS WERE SWITCHED AT MINERVA. | |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 8 | OHIO HI RAIL 102 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 102- NW | OH | MINERVA | VIEW FROM CAB AS TANK CARS ARE SWITCHED. | |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 9 | OHIO HI RAIL 102 | ALCO S2 | FP&E 102- NW | OHIO HI RAIL 101 | OH | MINERVA | O-H-IC's ALCO S2'S WERE EQUIPPED WITH MU CABLES ON THE CAB ENDS. |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 4 | OHIO HI RAIL 23029 | CABOOSE | CR 23029- PC- PRR | OHIO HI RAIL 19358 | OH | MECHANICSTOWN | MORE FORMER PRR-CR CABOOSES ON THE OHIO HI RAIL. |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 16 | OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM 7 | BLW-WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC | YOUNGSTOWN & OHIO RIVER 7- OMAHA LINCOLN & BEATRICE 2- CORNWALL STREET RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER CO. 11 | COLUMBUS RAILWAY POWER & LIGHT 2 | OH | WORTHINGTON | VINTAGE 1930 BALDWIN-WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC, SERIAL NUMBER 53785. |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 23 | OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM 188 | EMD SW9 | GRS 188 | OH | WORTHINGTON | A RED, YET UNLETTERED, UNIT AT THE OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM. ANYONE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIT? | |
| T | L | 04-18-1987 | 22 | OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM 1268 | ALCO S4 | 3 | OH | WORTHINGTON | FRESHLY PAINTED BLACK UNIT AND A RED UNIT, BOTH UNLETTERED, AT THE OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM. ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORIES OF THESE UNITS? | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 25 | ONR 1983 | WERKSPOOR | TRANS EUROPEAN EXPRESS | ONT | TORONTO | ONTARIO NORTHLAND FORMER TEE, OF DUTCH MANUFACTURE, AT PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 12-21-1977 | 26 | ONR 1983 | WERKSPOOR | TRANS EUROPEAN EXPRESS | ONT | TORONTO | DUTCH BUILT (WERKSPOOR)ONTARIO NORTHLANDER OR POLAR BEAR EXPRESS. THIS POWER CAR WAS BUILT IN 1959. THE COACHES WERE BUILT BY SIG, OF SWITZERLAND, I BELIEVE. ONTARIO NORTHLAND TRAIN. | |
| T | L | 08-28-1987 | 4 | P&WV 854 | CABOOSE | NY | SALAMANCA | THE EX B&O (BR&P) STATION IS NOW A RAILROAD MUSEUM. DESPIDE BEING ON A SPUR OFF THE BR&P MAIN, THIS STATION WAS BUILT LAVISHLY. | ||
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 10 | PC 7 | PULLMAN OBSERVATION CAR | NYC 7- PC 7 | OH | BELLEVUE | THIS OFFICE CAR'S LETTER BOARD LITERALLY SAYS 'FORMERLY PENN CENTRAL'. MAD RIVER & NKP RAILROAD MUSEUM. BUILT IN 1928. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 14 | PC 1796 | EMD F7 | NYC 1796 | PC 5349 | PA | ALTOONA | A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF DEAD LINE PC UNITS. |
| T | L | 07-22-1977 | 3 | PC 2197 | EMD GP30 | NYC 6124 | PA | CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS | FORMER ERIE MAINLINE GRADE SEPARATION, WESTBOUND TRACK ABOUT TO GO UNDER THE EASTBOUND TRACK. | |
| T | L | 07-22-1977 | 4 | PC 2197 | EMD GP30 | NYC 6124 | PA | MEADVILLE | FORMER ERIE MAINLINE, MP 507.2, EAST OF MEADVILLE | |
| T | L | 06-17-1977 | 12 | PC 2508 | GE U25B | NYC 2508 | CR | NY | BINGHAMTON | W/B AT BINGHAMTON. |
| 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 | 06-16-1977 | 13 | PC 2897 | GE U33B | MTA 56 | NY | POUGHKEEPSIE | POUGHKEEPSIE STATION AND POUGHKEEPSIE VIADUCT IN THE BACKGROUND. | |
| T | L | 06-19-1977 | 18 | PC 3133 | EMD GP40 | PA | GOLDSBORO | E/B CLIMBING THE POCONO GRADE PAST THE STATION. WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT THIS UNIT BE ALIVE AND WELL ON THE UNION PACIFIC IN THE YEAR 2000 AND LATER ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINEER RAILTOURS. | ||
| 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 MILEPOST 300. | ||
| T | L | 06-13-1977 | 11 | PC 3174 | EMD GP40 | PA | MEADVILLE | UNIT LATER WAS REBUILT INTO A GP40PH-2 IN 1991. 1977/19770722_01.jpg | ||
| T | L | 07-22-1977 | 1 | PC 3174 | EMD GP40 | PA | MEADVILLE | FORMER ERIE MAINLINE, MP 507.2, EAST OF MEADVILLE. NOTICE THE PRONOUNCED SUPERELEVATIOIN FROM ERIE'S FAST FREIGHT DAYS. 1977/19770613_11.jpg | ||
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 15 | PC 3221 | EMD GP40 | CR 3625 | PA | CRESSON | THIS TRAIN WAS NEAR 'CP PARK' ON THE SECONDARY JUST WEST OF CRESSON. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 16 | PC 4073 | EMD E8 | NYC 4073- PC 4073 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE, UNIT WITH NYC GREY PAINT SHOWING. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 26 | PC 4201 | EMD E7 | PRR 5901- PRR 4201 | PRR 520 | PA | STRASBURG | THE E7 WAS THE DIESEL PASSENGER UNIT BUILT IN THE GREATEST QUANTITY IN THE US. ONLY THIS LONEY EXAMPLE SURVIVES AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA. |
| 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. IN 1978 IT WAS REBUILT BY ICG AND THEN SERVED ON NEW JERSEY TRANSIT. LATER IT WAS PAINTED BACK INTO NEW YORK CENTRAL COLORS. "RPCX" IS THE "RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR NUMBERING BUREAU". | |
| 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 | 7 | PC 4609 | GE E33 | VGN 140- NW 240- NH 309 | PC | PA | HARRISBURG | E33's LEAD A FREIGHT EAST. |
| T | L | 06-24-1977 | 8 | PC 4806 | GE GG1 | PRR 4806 | PC 4856 | NJ | CAMDEN | GG1's BASKING IN THE SUN. |
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 14 | PC 5007 | EMD FL9 | NH 2007 | PC 5027 | NY | PEEKSKILL | COMMUTER TRAIN ON HUDSON RIVER. |
| T | L | 06-16-1977 | 15 | PC 5055 | EMD FL9 | NH 2055 | NY | PEEKSKILL | COMMUTER TRAIN | |
| T | L | 06-23-1977 | 15 | PC 7638 | ALCO RS-11 | PRR 8638 | NJ | ELIZABETHPORT | IF I ONLY COULD HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED THE UNIT IN THE BACKGROUND AS WELL…. THE RS-11 WAS REBUILT INTO A MT-4 SLUG IN 1979. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 17 | PC 8279 | BLW DS-4-4-1000 | PRR 9064- PC 8014 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE'S WERE ABOUT THE ONLY PLACE YOU COULD FIND CR BALDWINS IN 1977. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 18 | PC 8305 | BLW RS-12 | NYC 5835- NYC 6235- PC 8082 | PC 4247 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE UNIT WITH TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THE SIDE OF THE CAB. THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1951 AND WAS EQUIPPED WITH A STEAM GENERATOR. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 19 | PC 8309 | BLW S-12 | NYC 9312- PC 8096 | EL 927, EL 925 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE. |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 20 | PC 8503 | EMD SW1 | PRR 9203 | PC 5483 | PA | ALTOONA | LITTLE V6 POWERED DEAD LINE SW1. |
| 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 | 06-23-1977 | 16 | PC 9783 | ALCO S2 | PRR 9283 | PC 9781 | NJ | CROXTON | UNIT PARITALLY SCRAPPED |
| T | L | 06-26-1977 | 10 | PC 9814 | ALCO S2 | PRR 5654 | CR 6667 | PA | CRESSON | NOTICE THE PRR LETTERING SHOWING UNDER THE PC PAINT. |
| T | L | 06-23-1977 | 17 | PC 9851 | ALCO S2 | NH 0601 | NJ | CROXTON | ELDERLY ALCO SWITCHER. | |
| T | L | 12-22-1977 | 8 | PC 9965 | ALCO RS-3 REBUILT | NYC 8241- PC 5241 | NY | BUFFALO | DEWITT, NY REBUILD WITH AN EMD E-UNIT ENGINE. | |
| T | L | 06-24-1977 | 9 | PC 9999 | GE GS4 44 TON | PRR 9353 | NJ | PAVONIA | CONRAIL'S SMALLEST LOCOMOTIVE ALSO HAD THE BIGGEST LOCOMOTIVE ROSTER NUMBER. UNIT WAS BUILT BY GE IN 1949, AND SPENT TIME ON LEASE IN THE 1970's TO UNION TRANSPORTATION CO. | |
| T | L | 04-12-1979 | 1 | PCB 889622 | COVERED HOPPPER | OH | CLEVELAND | OVERTURNED HOPPER ON WYE WHERE CCC&ST.L (BIG FOUR) JOINED THE NYC LAKEFRONT MAINLINE (WHERE THE ORE CARS IN THE BACKGROUND ARE). THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AND 'BRIDGE ONE' ARE ABOUT 500 FEET WEST (LEFT) OF THIS SCENE. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 34 | PENN POWER AND LIGHT ? | HEISLER 0-8-0 FIRELESS | PA | STRASBURG | RR MUSEUM OF PA, BUILT 1939, LARGEST FIRELESS STEAMER BUILT | ||
| T | L | 03-31-1988 | 1 | PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6690 | EMD F7 | SP 6443- WAG 2200 | PA | PITTSBURGH | COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL. MY ROSTER TELLS ME THAT THIS WAS ONCE A WELLSVILLE, ADDISON & GALETON UNIT. | |
| T | L | 03-31-1988 | 2 | PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6690 | EMD F7 | SP 6443- WAG 2200 | PA | PITTSBURGH | COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL. | |
| T | L | 03-31-1988 | 3 | PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6690 | EMD F7 | SP 6443- WAG 2200 | PA | PITTSBURGH | COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL. | |
| T | L | 05-19-1988 | 1 | PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6691 | EMD F7 | SP 365- WAG 2300 | PA | PITTSBURGH | PASSENGER STATION WITH COMMUTER TRAIN. | |
| T | L | 05-19-1988 | 2 | PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6691 | EMD F7 | SP 365- WAG 2300 | PA | PITTSBURGH | COMMUTER TRAIN AT x B&O PASSENGER STATION. | |
| T | L | 05-19-1988 | 3 | PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6691 | EMD F7 | SP 365- WAG 2300 | PA | PITTSBURGH | COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL. | |
| T | L | 05-19-1988 | 4 | PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6691 | EMD F7 | SP 365- WAG 2300 | PA | PITTSBURGH | NOSE VIEW OF COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 22 | PRR 94 | JUNIATA A5S 0-4-4 1917 | PA | STRASBURG | RR MUSEUM OF PA. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 21 | PRR 460 | JUNIATA E6S 1914 | PA | STRASBURG | WITH MY BACK AGAINST THE FENCE, I STRUGGLED TO GET THIS 4-4-2 (MINIATURE K4) INTO MY CAMERA. RR MUSEUM OF PA. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 25 | PRR 520 | BLW L1S 2-8-2 1916 | PA | STRASBURG | RR MUSEUM OF PA. WORLD WAR ONE VINTAGE 2-8-2. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 10 | PRR 1223 | JUNIATA 4-4-0 1905 | PA | STRASBURG | LIVE STEAM AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA. THIS MUSEUM IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE RAILROAD MUSEUMS IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 23 | PRR 1570 | JUNIATA B6SB 0-6-0 1916 | PA | STRASBURG | RR MUSEUM OF PA. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 19 | PRR 3750 | JUNIATA K4S 1917 | PA | STRASBURG | K4 STEAMER AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 33 | PRR 3936 | JUNIATA DD-1 ELECTRIC | PRR 3937 | PA | STRASBURG | THE DD1'A WERE BUILT AROUND 1911 AND WERE USED TO POWER THE PASSENGER TRAINS UNDER THE EAST RIVER AND THE HUDSON RIVER TO THE THEN NEW PENN STATION IN NEW YORK CITY. THESE 3RD RAIL ELECTRICS PREDATE THE MASSIVE PRR ELECTRIFICATION OF THE 1930'S. SEEN AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA. | |
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 3 | PRR 4483 | BLW 2-10-0 I-1 | NY | HAMBURG | BLW 1923 STEAM ENGINE ON DISPLAY. THIS IS THE ONLY EXISTING PRR 2-10-0 THAT I KNOW OF. NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. 2001/20010414_15.jpg 1993/19930625_13.jpg | ||
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 4 | PRR 4483 | BLW 2-10-0 I-1 | NY | HAMBURG | BLW 1923 STEAM ENGINE ON DISPLAY, SMOKE BOX VIEW. NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. | ||
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 5 | PRR 4483 | BLW 2-10-0 I-1 | NY | HAMBURG | BLW 1923, STEAM ENGINE ON DISPLAY. NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. | ||
| T | L | 10-04-1986 | 6 | PRR 4483 | BLW 2-10-0 I-1 | NY | HAMBURG | BLW 1923 STEAM ENGINE SMOKEBOX AS SEEN FROM THE SIDE. NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 17 | PRR 4800 | BLW- GE GG1 | PRR 4899- PRR 4800- PC 4800- CR 4800 | PA | STRASBURG | HERE IT IS, THE VERY FIRST GG1, 'OLD RIVETS'. IT HAS BEEN NICELY PAINTED BACK INTO PRR COLORS AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 18 | PRR 4800 | BLW- GE GG1 | PRR 4899- PRR 4800- PC 4800- CR 4800 | CR 7006 | PA | STRASBURG | GG1 PROTOTYPE, IN MUSEUM. WHEN THIS WAS FIRST MADE, IT WAS NOT THOUGHT TO BE THE PRIME CONTENDER FOR THE PRR ELECTRIC POWER. THAT HONOR WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE 'R1' 4-D-4 PROTOTYPE NUMBERED 4800. BUT TESTS AT THE CLAYMOUNT 'TEST TRACK' SHOWED THAT THE GG1 HAD MUCH BETTER TRACKING AT SPEED AND SO, THE GG1 PROTOTYPE 4899 WON THE 4800 NUMBER AND THE R1 ENDED UP BEING ONE OF A KIND. |
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 9 | PRR 4913 | PRR GG1 | PRR 4913- PC 4913- PC 913- AMTK 913- AMKT 4913 | PA | ALTOONA | PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADER'S MUSEUM HAS THIS NICE GG1 WITH PANTOGRAPHS REACHING FOR THE SKY. I AM SURPRISED AT HOW HIGH THE PANTOGRAPHS REALLY CAN EXTEND. | |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 3 | PRR 5012 | CABOOSE | PRR 5012- PC 4712- PC 19073- CR 19073 | OH | MECHANICSTOWN | THE OHIO HI RAIL RAILROAD RUNS THIS NICELY RESTORED CABOOSE ON THEIR TRAINS. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 27 | PRR 5690 | JUNIATA B1 ELECTRIC | PRR 4756- PRR 5690 | PA | STRASBURG | THIS ELECTRIC SWITCHER WAS BUILT IN 1934 AND USED TO SHUNT PASSENGER CARS AROUND AT SUNNYSIDE YARD IN LONG ISLAND. RR MUSEUM OF PA. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 32 | PRR 6755 | JUNIATA M1B 4-8-2 1930 | PA | STRASBURG | PRR'S FREIGHT MAINSTAY POWER, THE M1 AND THE M1A. THE LADDERS GIVE A GOOD PERSPECTIVE OF THE SIZE OF THIS ENGINE. RR MUSEUM OF PA. | ||
| T | L | 10-12-1985 | 1 | PRR 7048 | EMD GP7 | PRR 7048- PC 7048- CR 7048 | PA | ALTOONA | A FRESHLY PAINTED AND VERY BLACK ENGINE ON DISPLAY AT HORSESHOE CURVE AS SUBSTITUTE FOR K4 STEAM ENGINE THAT SAT AT THIS SPOT FOR MANY YEARS. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. HERE IT IS SEEN IN 1993: 1993/19930425_32.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 1 | PRR 8479 | ALCO RS-3 | PRR 8479- PC 5579- CR 5579 | PA | READING | RESTORED ENGINE OUTSIDE READING SHOPS, BUILT IN JUNE, 1952 . HERE IS A 1989 VIEW OF THE SAME UNIT: 1989/19890513_05.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 18 | RAHWAY VALLLEY 15 | BLW 2-8-0 | ONEIDA & WESTERN 20 | PA | SCRANTON | NIFTY LITTLE 2-8-0 AT THE MUSEUM AT STEAMTOWN USA, BUILT IN 1916. | |
| T | L | 06-25-1977 | 21 | RDG 23 | EMD SW1 | CR 4011 | PA | ALTOONA | DEAD LINE READING UNIT SPORTING THOSE YELLOW JOURNAL BOX COVERS. THIS 1941 VINTAGE SWITCHER SURVIVED UNTIL AT LEAST 1981, WHEN IT WAS SOLD TO MIDWEST STEEL. | |
| T | L | 06-24-1977 | 10 | RDG 900 | EMD FP7 | PA | READING | PASSENGER TRAIN AT FRANKLIN STREET STATION. THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS LATER SAVED BY THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER OF THE NRSH AND THEN SOLD TO THE READING COMPANY TECHICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND REPAINTED INTO ITS READING SCHEME. | ||
| T | L | 11-24-1978 | 4 | RI 652 | EMD E8 | IL | CHICAGO | QUAD CITIES ROCKET PASSENGER TRAIN WITH BICENTENIAL UNIT. A CONTEST WAS HELD TO DESIGN A BI-CENTENNIAL PAINT SCHEME FOR A ROCK ISLAND UNIT. THIS IS WHAT WON. GO FIGURE. ALSO, NOTE THE ERIE WESTERN PIGGY BACKER IN THE BACKGROUND. | ||
| T | L | 11-24-1978 | 5 | RI 654 | EMD E8 | IL | CHICAGO | PEORIA ROCKET PASSENGER TRAIN. BY 1978, ALL LONG DISTANCE PASSENGER SERVICE WAS AMTRAK'S DOMAIN, EXCEPT FOR ON THE ROCK ISLAND, SOUTHERN, AND D&RGW. | ||
| T | L | 11-24-1978 | 3 | RI 4804 | EMD SW1 | IL | CHICAGO | ROCK ISLAND SWITCHER PERFORMS ITS YARD WORK WITH COMMUTER COACHES. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 1 | RJ CORMAN 9001 | EMD GP9 | C&O 5956 | KY | BARDSTOWN | 'MY OLD KENTUCKY DINNER TRAIN' AT BARDSTOWN. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 2 | RJ CORMAN 9001 | EMD GP9 | C&O 5956 | KY | BARDSTOWN | BRIGHTLY PAINTED R.J. CORMAN GEEP. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 3 | RJ CORMAN 9002 | EMD GP9 | C&O 6070 | RJ CORMAN | KY | BARDSTOWN | ENGINE HOUSE AT BARDSTOWN, KY. |
| T | L | 01-01-1979 | 3 | RTA 50 | TRANSIT | IL | EVANSTON | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. CHICAGO RTA TRANSIT. | ||
| T | L | 11-24-1978 | 2 | RTA 105 | EMD F40PH | IL | CHICAGO | CHIGAGO RTA COMMUTER NEXT TO VACANT LOT THAT WAS DEARBORN PASSENGER STATION. | ||
| T | L | 11-24-1978 | 1 | RTA 107 | EMD F40PH | IL | CHICAGO | PHOTOGRAPHY AT LASALLE STREET PASSENGER STATION WAS MADE EASIER AFTER THE ROCK ISLAND REMOVED ALL BUT THE SKELETON OF THE ROOF. | ||
| T | L | 10-17-1987 | 3 | SBD 5754 | GE U36B | SCL 1803- SBD 1803 | WV | BECKLEY | THE GE U-BOATS ALWAYS TRIED TO INHALE ALL THE TRACKSIDE DEBRIS. | |
| T | L | 10-18-1987 | 3 | SBD 6732 | EMD GP40 | WV | HINTON | THIS SEABOARD COASTLINE PAINT SCHEME HAS WON MY APPROVAL. IT IS SIMPLE, YET EFFECTIVELY AND TASTEFULLY EMPLOYS AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE REQUIRED WARM COLORS (YELLOW, RED, OR ORANGE) TO BALANCE THE BLACK. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY THIS UNINSPIRED SEABOARD SYSTEM SCHEME. THIS DISTURBING LACK OF DESIGN TALENT CARRIED ON TO THE EARLY CSX ENGINE PAINT SCHEMES. | ||
| T | L | 10-18-1987 | 4 | SBD 6732 | EMD GP40 | WV | HINTON | IN HINTON'S YARD. | ||
| T | L | 12-10-1988 | 4 | SCRAP DEALERS UNIT ? | INDUSTRIAL SWITCHER | OH | WOLF RUN | THIS UNDEFINABLE LITTLE ENGINE WAS SITTING AT WOLF RUN ON THE OHIO HI RAIL. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 12 | SEPTA 4373 | EMD FP7 | RDG 903- CR 4373 | PA | STRASBURG | A HAPPY ENDING HERE. THIS FP7 AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA WAS HARD TO PHOTOGRAPH, BUT IT WAS ONE OF EIGHT FORMER READING FP7'S. IT WAS PRESERVED BY THE PHILADELPHIA & LANCASTER CHAPTERS OF THE NRHS, AND EVENUTALLY PAINTED BACK INTO READING COLORS. | |
| T | L | 05-21-1988 | 9 | SPEG ? | TANK CARS | OH | OHIO CITY | TANK CARS BEING CUT UP. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 1 | SPEG SIGNAL | CROSSING SIGNAL | OH | OHIO CITY | WIG-WAG ON FORMER ERIE MAINLINE. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 3 | SPEG STATION | STATION | IN | KINGSLAND | EX-ERIE. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 7 | SPEG STATION | STATION | OH | OHIO CITY | EX ERIE STATION WITH THE DOUBLE TRACK ERIE ON THE RIGHT, THE x NKP 'CLOVERLEAF' LINE ON THE LEFT, AND THE 'BIG FOUR' RUNNING STRAIGHT ACROSS THE PHOTO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE STATION ONCE HAD A TOWER WHERE THE ROOF IS A DIFFERENT SHADE OF COLOR. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 2 | SPEG TOWER | TOWER | IN | KINGSLAND | FORMER ERIE TOWER. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 4 | SPEG TOWER AND STATION | TOWER AND STATION | IN | KINGSLAND | EX-ERIE TOWER AND STATION AT KINGSLAND. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 8 | SPEG 653 | ALCO S4 | P&LE 8646 | OH | SPENCERVILLE | SPENCERVILLE AND ELGIN UNIT ON EX-ERIE MAINLINE. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1978 | 9 | SPEG 653 | ALCO S4 | P&LE 8646 | OH | SPENCERVILLE | SPENCERVILLE AND ELGIN UNIT ON EX-ERIE MAINLINE. | |
| T | L | 03-16-1979 | 7 | SPERRY 136 | RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR | OH | BEREA | SPERRY RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR CAR. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 52 | SR X756 | CABOOSE | IN | NEW CASTLE | WORK TRAIN'S CABOOSE. | ||
| T | L | 08-08-1987 | 1 | SR 3245 | EMD SD40-2 | SR 3199 | OH | COLUMBUS | STATE FAIR TRAIN. | |
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 7 | SR 6333 | EMD SD24 | SR 2514 | SR 6341, C&NW 906 | IL | BENSENVILLE | L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF FORMER SOUTHERN RAILWAY UNITS ON C&NW. |
| T | L | 04-28-1979 | 8 | SR 6333 | EMD SD24 | SR 2514 | SR 6341, C&NW 906 | IL | BENSENVILLE | L. S. MELIN PHOTO FORMER SOUTHERN SD24'S ON C&NW. I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN SD24 IN MY HOME STATE OF OHIO. IT IS AN INTERESTING UNIT WITH EXCENTRIC PIPING ON THE ROOF. |
| T | L | 04-09-1988 | 11 | STANDARD SLAG 48 | GE 70ton | WV | WEIRTON | THIS GREY UNIT IS RATED AT 500-660hp AND HAS A COOPER- BESSEMER FWL-6T ENGINE IN IT. | ||
| T | L | 05-02-1987 | 10 | STANDARD STEEL 6712 | BLW VO-660 | BLW 335- STANDARD STEEL 12 | PA | ALTOONA | PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADER'S MUSEUM. MY NOTES INDICATE THAT THIS BALDWIN SWITCHER IS THE FIRST OR SECOND 'VO' SWITCHER THAT BALDWIN MADE AND FORMER BALDWIN DEMONSTRATOR 335. HERE IS A VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE IN 1990: 1990/19900825_04.jpg | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 24 | STEAMTOWN USA ? | WHITCOMB | PA | SCRANTON | A TINY WHITCOMB UNIT OF UNKNOWN HERITAGE. STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. REPORTEDLY OWNED BY ONE MACK TUCK, BUT NOT SURE. | ||
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 11 | STEAMTOWN USA STATION | STATION | DL&W- EL | PA | MOSCOW | FREIGHT STATION AT MOSCOW. | |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 6 | STEAMTOWN USA 737 | BLW 4-4-0 | UP 737- SP 246- SP 216- EARTH SUGAR 216- VERMILION SUGAR 216 | PA | SCRANTON | SMALL BALDWIN STEAMER AT STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM, BUILT IN 1887.. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 15 | STRASBURG 31 | ? | PA | STRASBURG | RR MUSEUM OF PA. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 13 | STRASBURG 33 | GE 44 TON | PA | STRASBURG | RR MUSEUM OF PA. | ||
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 11 | STRASBURG 90 | BALDWIN 2-10-0 | GREAT WESTERN 90 | PA | STRASBURG | RR MUSEUM OF PA. 2-10-0 STEAM ENGINE. THIS LIGHT DECAPOD SERVED ON COLORADO'S GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BEFORE BEING SOLD TO STEAMTOWN IN 1967 FOR $23,000. | |
| T | L | 08-30-1987 | 14 | STRASBURG 7002 | JUNIATA E7S 4-4-2 1902 | PRR 7002- PRR 8063 | PA | STRASBURG | PAST WORLD SPEED RECORD HOLDER. RR MUSEUM OF PA. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 26 | TIOGA CENTRAL 14 | ALCO S2 | BUFFALO CREEK 46- CR 9662- NY&LE 46- ONTARIO CENTRAL 46 | NY | OWEGO | PASSENGER EXCURSION AT STATION WITH A TIOGA CENTRAL ALCO S2 IN A RUTLAND- LIKE PAINT SCHEME. | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 27 | TIOGA CENTRAL 14 | ALCO S2 | BUFFALO CREEK 46- CR 9662- NY&LE 46- ONTARIO CENTRAL 46 | NY | OWEGO | PASSENGER EXCURSION AT STATION | |
| T | L | 06-02-1984 | 1 | TP&W 400 | ALCO RS-11 | MILW 760 | IL | UNION | ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM ALCO SPECIMEN WITH THE DISTINCTIVE ALCO 'CHIPPED TEETH' SAND BOX FILLERS. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
| T | L | 03-12-1988 | 1 | UP 217 | GE B23-7 | MP 4817 | MP 4502 | OH | MANSFIELD | UP AND MP POWER IN OHIO. THE UNION PACIFIC'S PAINT SCHEME WORKS WELL ON DARK DREARY OHIO WINTER DAYS. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 14 | UP 4012 | ALCO 4-8-8-4 BIG BOY | PA | SCRANTON | THE FRONT OF A 'BIG BOY' ON DISPLAY AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. | ||
| T | L | 08-29-1987 | 15 | UP 4012 | ALCO 4-8-8-4 BIG BOY | PA | SCRANTON | A LARGE DISTRACTION FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERISITY OF SCRANTON. A NICELY LIT 'BIG BOY' AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. BUILT 11-1941. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 15 | US ARMY 7374 | ALCO S1 | KY | LOUISVILLE | THE KY. RY. MUSEUM, USED THIS ALCO TO HAUL VERY SHORT EXCURSIONS UP AND DOWN A WEEDY TRACK THAT WAS ABOUT 1000 FEET LONG. A LADY WOULD COME OUT OF THE MUSEUM, CLIMB UP INTO THE UNIT, FIRE UP THE ENGINE AND THEN TRUNDLE UP AND DOWN THE TRACK WITH THE LITTLE TRAIN. KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM. | ||
| T | L | 10-14-1985 | 7 | US STEEL ? | ALCO S2 | USS, USS 2609 | OH | LORAIN | US STEEL IN LORAIN HAD AN ASSORTMENT OF ODDBALL UNITS. I NEVER DID SEE THE ALCO, NOR THE BALDWIN, NOR THE WHICOMB ACTUALLY RUNNING HERE. | |
| T | L | 10-14-1985 | 8 | US STEEL 2609 | BLW DS-4-4-1000 | CARNEGIE ILLINOIS STEEL 75- US STEEL 75 | USS | OH | LORAIN | US STEEL BALDWIN. |
| T | L | 01-01-1988 | 2 | US STEEL 2612 | BLW S-12 | OH | LORAIN | CANNIBALIZED BALDWIN SWITCHER AT THE LORAIN, OHIO STEEL MILL. IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THE HOOD WAS REMOVED AND A FACTORY WAS FOUND INSIDE THE UNIT. | ||
| T | L | 05-22-1988 | 14 | WABASH 671 | EMD F7 | WABASH 1162- WABASH 671- NW 3671 | OH | BELLEVUE | VIEW OF THE CAB OF THE RESTORED WABASH 'F' UNIT, BUILT IN 1951. MAD RIVER & NKP RAILROAD MUSEUM. HERE IS A PRE- RESTORATION VIEW OF THE UNIT FROM 1980: 1980/19800701_08.jpg | |
| T | L | 10-09-1988 | 25 | WASHINTON TERMINAL 59 | ALCO RS1 | NY | OWEGO | THIS WAS AT ONE TIME A WASHINGTON TERMINAL UNIT. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 40 | WHITEWATER VALLEY ? | HEISLER STEAM ENGINE | IN | CONNERSVILLE | A PILE OF BOILER FLUE PIPES POINT TO THIS HEISLER STEAM ENGINE OF UNKNOWN HISTORY. | ||
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 41 | WHITEWATER VALLEY 9 | ALCO S1 | NYC 9339- PROCTOR & GAMBLE 9 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | THE EMPLOYEE IN THIS FACILITY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A FORMER PROCTOR AND GAMBLE SWITCHER. COMING FROM A SOAP COMPANY, THIS ENGINE SURE WAS DIRTY. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 33 | WHITEWATER VALLEY 25 | LIMA 750hp | CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 25- CADILLAC & LAKE CITY 25 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | LIMA SWITCHER NICELY PAINTED FOR WHITEWATER VALLEY RR. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 34 | WHITEWATER VALLEY 25 | LIMA 750hp BUILDERS PLATE | CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 25- CADILLAC & LAKE CITY 25 | IN | CONNERSVILLE | LIMA BUILDERS PLATE ON THE WHITEWATER VALLEY RR. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 27 | WHITEWATER VALLEY 100 | BLW 2-6-2 | FLORORA SAW MILL 100- ALGER-SULLIVAN LUMBER 100- ESCAMBIA 100- JIM WALTER DOOR 100 | IN | METAMORA | STEAM EXCRUSION ENGINE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST CAME FROM A SUGAR CANE PLANTATION. BUILT BY BALDWIN IN 1919. | |
| T | L | 08-13-1988 | 38 | WHITEWATER VALLEY 2420 | COACH ? STILLWATER | ? ERIE | IN | CONNERSVILLE | A VERY BRIGHT CAR THAT LOOKS LIKE AN OLD ERIE STILLWELL CAR. THE ERIE RR WAS CONSERVATIVE AND WOULD NEVER ALLOW SUCH A BRIGHTLY COLORED CAR OUT OF ITS PAINT SHOPS. | |
| T | L | 05-03-1987 | 9 | WM 5634 | EMD GP7 | WM 22 ? | EL 3547 | PA | PITTSBURGH | CHOP NOSE WESTERN MARYLAND UNIT AT THE B&O PASSENGER STATION. THE UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1950 AND GOT ITS NOSE JOB IN 1971, AND CUT UP IN 2005. |
| T | L | 06-02-1984 | 2 | YS&T 607 | BLW VO-660 | IL | UNION | OLD YOUNGSTOWN SHEET AND TUBE BALDWING AT THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
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