Morscher's 1978 Railroad Images, Sorted by State, then by City.

T L Date # RR # Type Former # Other Units State City Comments
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.
T L 10-28-1978 1 BN 552 EMD SW1200
BN 9911, BN 9921 IL AURORA L. S. MELIN PHOTO. SWITCHER AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.
T L 10-28-1978 2 BN 9902 EMD E9R BN 9938- CB&Q 9938 BN 9911 IL AURORA L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS, CAB UNITS SIDE BY SIDE.
T L 10-28-1978 3 BN 9901 EMD E9R CB&Q 9938- 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 4 BN 9902 EMD E9R CB&Q 9939- 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 9939- BN 9939
IL AURORA L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.
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 10-28-1978 8 BN 9921 EMD E9R CB&Q 9921- BN 9991
IL AURORA L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.
T L 10-28-1978 9 BN 9915 EMD E9R CB&Q 9985- 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 10 BN 9901 EMD E9R CB&Q 9938- 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.
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 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 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 FACK "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 14 BN 9902 EMD E9R CB&Q 9939- BN 9939 BN 9921, BN 9919 IL AURORA A GLIMMER OF LATE AFTERNOON WINTER SUN SHINES ON THREE 'E' UNITS.
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 11-25-1978 16 BN 3039 EMD GP40

IL AURORA W/B FRIEGHT PASSES THE AURORA PASSENGER STATION.
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 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 11-04-1978 1 C&NW 409 EMD F7 C&NW 4068A
IL CHICAGO L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 'F' UNIT INSIDE C&NW STATION.
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 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 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 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 3 RI 4804 EMD SW1

IL CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND SWITCHER PERFORMS ITS YARD WORK WITH COMMUTER COACHES.
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 11-26-1978 1 AMTK ? RTG TURBO TRAIN

IL CHICAGO A FRENCH BUILT TURBINE POWERED PASSENGER TRAIN INSIDE UNION 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 11-25-1978 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 2 BN 8007 EMD SD40-2

IL LA GRANGE NOTICE THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUT ONLY 2 DAYS AFTER THANKGIVING.
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 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 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 11-25-1978 6 BN 6485 EMD SD45
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 7 BN 5411 GE U28B

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 08-10-1978 5 CR SEMAPHORE 927-2 SEMAPHORE EL, ERIE
IN ? SEMAPHORE ON THE ERIE WESTERN RR. BY 1978, CONRAIL HAD SEVERED THE EL LINE IN INDIANA AND ENDED ITS THROUGH ROUTE MAINLINE STATUS.
T L 08-12-1978 15 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
IN ? ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSENGER TRAIN, ON EX-ERIE GRADE SEPARATION
T L 08-12-1978 16 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
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 08-13-1978 5 NW 2517 EMD GP9

IN DECATUR .
T L 08-13-1978 6 NW 2517 EMD GP9

IN DECATUR EX-ERIE DA TOWER
T L 08-11-1978 1 CR 8071 EMD GP38-2 PC 8071 CR 6551 IN FORT WAYNE ON FORMER PRR MAIN.
T L 08-11-1978 2 CR 8071 EMD GP38-2 PC 8071 CR 6551 IN FORT WAYNE ON FORMER PRR MAIN.
T L 08-11-1978 3 CR 8071 EMD GP38-2 PC 8071 CR 6551 IN FORT WAYNE ON FORMER PRR MAIN.
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.
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.
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 08-11-1978 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 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 08-11-1978 10 CR 8071 EMD GP38-2 PC 8071 CR 6551 IN FORT WAYNE MORE CR ACTION IN FORT WAYNE.
T L 08-10-1978 4 GTW 4704 EMD GP9
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 08-10-1978 1 CSS&SB 106 COMMUTER

IN HAMMOND C.S.S.&S.B ELECTRIC COMMUTER ACTION.
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 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 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 14 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
IN HUNTINGTON ERIE WESTERN'S THREE ALCO RS3'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 RS3 C&NW ERES 205 IN HUNTINGTON I THINK THAT ALL 3 ERIE WESTERN RS3'S WERE FROM THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR.
T L 08-11-1978 16 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW 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 08-11-1978 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 08-11-1978 18 ERES 1602 ALCO RS3 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 08-12-1978 3 ERES 1600 ALCO RS3 C&NW 1552 ERES 207 IN HUNTINGTON THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600. LOAM BEING THE LOUISIANNA MIDLAND RR.
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 08-12-1978 17 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
IN HUNTINGTON ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSENGER TRAIN AT HUNTINGTON STATION
T L 08-12-1978 18 ERES 1600 ALCO RS3 C&NW 1552
IN HUNTINGTON THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600. LOAM=LOUISIANNA MIDLAND
T L 08-12-1978 19 ERES 1600 ALCO RS3 C&NW 1552 ERES 207 IN HUNTINGTON THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600. LOAM=LOUISIANNA MIDLAND
T L 08-13-1978 2 SPEG TOWER TOWER

IN KINGSLAND FORMER ERIE TOWER
T L 08-13-1978 3 SPEG STATION STATION

IN KINGSLAND EX-ERIE
T L 08-13-1978 4 SPEG TOWER AND STATION TOWER AND STATION

IN KINGSLAND EX-ERIE TOWER AND STATION AT KINGSLAND.
T L 08-12-1978 1 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
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 RS3 C&NW
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 RS3 C&NW
IN MONTEREY THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T L 08-12-1978 6 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
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 RS3 C&NW
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 RS3 C&NW
IN MONTEREY THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T L 08-12-1978 9 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
IN MONTEREY MORE SHOTS OF ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T L 08-12-1978 14 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
IN MONTEREY A FAVORITE PHOTO OF ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T L 08-12-1978 10 ERES 1603 ALCO RS3 C&NW
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 RS3 C&NW
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 RS3 C&NW 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 RS3 C&NW
IN NORTH JUDSON ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
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 06-03-1978 2 EL 3373 GE U34CH

NJ HOBOKEN UNDER THE HOBOKEN 'BUSH' TRAINSHED.
T L 08-07-1978 16 CR WHISTLE POST WHISTLE POST DL&W- EL
NY BATH EX DL&W WHISTLE POST
T L 08-07-1978 15 CR STATION STATION

NY HORSEHEADS FORMER ERIE STATION WITH AN INTERESTING NAME.
T L 08-05-1978 7 CR 7344 EMD GP9 PC 7344- PC 7516- NYC 5944
NY JAMESTOWN THE JAMESTOWN PASSENGER STATION PLATFORM WAS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THIS UNIT.
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 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 08-08-1978 1 GENESEE & WYOMING 1976 ALCO RS1
GENESEE & WYOMING 42 NY RETSOF G & W'S BICENTENNIAL UNIT, 2 YEARS PAST THE 76 BASH.
T L 08-08-1978 2 GENESEE & WYOMING 1976 ALCO RS1
GENESEE & WYOMING 42 NY RETSOF G & W'S BICENTENNIAL UNIT, 2 YEARS PAST THE 76 BASH.
T L 08-05-1978 10 CR 7337 EMD GP97 PC 7337- PC 7509- NYC 5937 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 11 CR 7793 EMD GP38 PC 7793
NY SALAMANCA THE BUFFALO ROCHESTER & PITTSBURGH STATION IN SALAMANCA IS NOW A RR MUSEUM.
T L 08-06-1978 3 CR 9998 ALCO RS3 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 RS3 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 RS3 REBUILD PRODUCTS.
T L 08-06-1978 5 CR 9998 ALCO RS3 ERIE 1027- EL 1027- EL 1060
NY SILVER SPRINGS END SHOT OF EMD RE-ENGINED RS3. IT SEEMS THAT SOMEONE HAD PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO REMOVE THE RED CONRAIL PAINT FROM THE EL DIAMOND.
T L 08-07-1978 12 CR 6201