Morscher's 1987 Railroad Images, Sorted by Date.
| T | L | Date | # | RR # | Type | Former # | Other Units | State | City | Comments
| 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 |
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 |
01-17-1987 |
4 |
CR 3006 |
EMD GP40 |
PC 3006- NYC
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 |
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. | 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 |
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 |
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 |
5 |
CR 18719 |
CABOOSE N-4 |
RDG |
OH |
MANSFIELD |
FORMER
READING
CABOOSE. | 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. | T |
L |
04-18-1987 |
7 |
CR 64529 |
PLOW |
OH |
ONTARIO |
WEDGE
PLOW AT x
ERIE
LACKAWANNA'S ONTARIO
YARD. | 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
CARS PAST
NUMBER? | 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 |
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 |
04-18-1987 |
11 |
CR SM 3025 |
M OF W |
OH |
GALION |
M OF W
SPIKE
MACHINE? | T |
L |
04-18-1987 |
12 |
CR TP 2012 |
M OF W
TAMPER |
CR ME 1108,
CR SM 3030 |
OH |
GALION |
TAMPERS. | T |
L |
04-18-1987 |
13 |
CR TE 4001 |
M OF W |
CR TX 3002 |
OH |
GALION |
M OF W TIE
HANDLER? | T |
L |
04-18-1987 |
14 |
CR CB 4159 |
BURRO
CRANE |
OH |
GALION |
BURRO
CRANE AT
GALION. | 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 |
04-18-1987 |
16 |
OHIO
RAILWAY
MUSEUM 7 |
ELECTRIC
LOCOMOTIVE |
OH |
WORTHINGTON |
ELECTRIC
LOCOMOTIVE
AT THE OHIO
RAILWAY
MUSEUM.
ANYONE
KNOW
WHERE THIS
UNIT CAME
FROM? IT
REMINDS ME
OF A
NIAGARA
JUNCTION
UNIT, BUT I
AM NOT
VERY SURE.
| 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 |
04-18-1987 |
23 |
OHIO
RAILWAY
MUSEUM 188 |
EMD SW9 OR
SW1200 |
OH |
WORTHINGTON |
A RED, YET
UNLETTERED, UNIT AT THE
OHIO
RAILWAY
MUSEUM.
ANYONE
KNOW THE
HISTORY OF
THIS UNIT? | 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 |
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 |
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
RS11. I MISS
THOSE
RS11'S.
HECK, I MISS
THOSE CR
GP9'S TOO.
SLUG
RETIRED
10-1995. | T |
L |
04-18-1987 |
28 |
CR 7481 |
EMD GP9 |
EL 1263- ERIE
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 |
04-18-1987 |
29 |
CR 1994 |
GE B37-7 |
CR 1947, CR
8092, CR 6431 |
OH |
COLUMBUS |
BUCKEYE
YARD ENGINE
FACILITY. | T |
L |
04-18-1987 |
30 |
CR 8256 |
EMD GP38-2 |
CR 8259 |
OH |
COLUMBUS |
BUCKEYE
YARD. | 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
CRESTH THE
HUMP AT
BUCKEYE
YARD. | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
OTHER
PHOTOS OF
THESAME
ENGINE:
1993/19930425_35.jpg
1987/19870502_39.jpg
1987/19870502_07.jpg | 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
RS11. | 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 |
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. OTHER
PHOTOS OF
THE SAME
ENGINE:
1993/19930425_07.jpg
1990/19900825_07.jpg | 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 |
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 |
8 |
CR 6292 |
EMD SD40 |
B&O 7489-
CNJ 3068 |
PA |
ALTOONA |
MORE
HELPERS. | T |
L |
05-02-1987 |
9 |
PRR 4913 |
PRR GG1 |
PRR 4914?-
PC 4913-
AMTK 913 |
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 |
05-02-1987 |
10 |
STANDARD
STEEL 6712 |
BLW VO-660 |
PA |
ALTOONA |
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROADER'S MUSEUM.
MY NOTES
INDICATE
THAT THIS
BALDWIN
SWITCHER IS
THE FIRST
OR SECOND
'VO'
SWITCHER
THAT
BALDWIN
MADE. HERE
IS A VIEW OF
THE SAME
ENGINE IN
1990:
1990/19900825_04.jpg | 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 |
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 |
13 |
CR 6099 |
EMD SD45 |
EL 3634 |
PA |
ALTOONA |
ANOTHER
FORMER
ERIE
LACKAWANNA UNIT,
STRICKEN
FROM THE
ROSTER. | T |
L |
05-02-1987 |
14 |
CR 6913 |
GE U23C |
PC 6713- CR
6713 |
PA |
ALTOONA |
WRECKED
UNIT. | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20 |
CR 6657 |
EMD SD45-2 |
EL 3672 |
PA |
ALTOONA |
THAT
CHURCH IN
THE
BACKGROUND LOOKS
IMPRESSIVE
ENOUGH TO
BE A STATE
CAPITOL
BUILDING.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. HERE IS A
1993 PHOTO
OF THE SAME
ENGINE:
1993/19930425_36.jpg | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. OTHER
PHOTOS OF
THE SAME
ENGINE:
1994/19940604_19.jpg
1993/19930425_06.jpg
1987/19870502_30.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 |
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.
OTHER
PHOTOS OF
THE SAME
ENGINE:
1994/19940604_19.jpg
1993/19930425_06.jpg
1987/19870502_28.jpg | T |
L |
05-02-1987 |
31 |
CR 6597 |
GE C30-7A |
PA |
ALTOONA |
W/B FIGHTS
UPHILL PAST
MG TOWER.
| 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 |
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 |
05-02-1987 |
34 |
AMTK 361 |
EMD F40PH |
PA |
ALTOONA |
PENNSYLVANIAN
PASSENGER
TRAIN W/B AT
MG TOWER.
UNIT
SCRAPPED
BY 1997 | T |
L |
05-02-1987 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
05-02-1987 |
39 |
CR 6661 |
EMD SD45-2 |
EL 3676 |
CR 6665 |
PA |
CASSANDRA |
PUSHERS
HEADED
EAST I THINK.
OTHER
PHOTOS OF
THE SAME
ENGINE:
1993/19930425_35.jpg
1987/19870502_02.jpg | 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 |
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 |
05-02-1987 |
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 |
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. | 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 |
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 |
05-03-1987 |
4 |
AMTK ? |
AMFLEET |
PA |
GREENSBURG |
E/B
PENNSYLVANIAN
PASSENGER
TRAIN. | 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 |
6 |
NYC ? |
COACH |
PRR, L&N |
PA |
PITTSBURGH |
VARNISH
LETTERED
NEW YORK
CENTRAL
AND
PENNSYLVANIA SITTING AT
THE 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
05-03-1987 |
13 |
NW 3727 |
EMD SW8 |
OH |
AKRON |
SWITCHER
AT A.C.& Y.
YARD. | T |
L |
05-03-1987 |
14 |
NW 518653 |
CABOOSE |
OH |
AKRON |
CABOOSE AT
AC&Y YARD.
| 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 197,
IT WAS
PAINTED
INTO BRIGHT
ECONO RAIL
COLORS AND
WORKED AT
A REFINERY
NEAR
HOUSTON,
TEXAS. | T |
L |
05-03-1987 |
16 |
NW 552 |
EMD GP30 |
NW 555052 |
OH |
AKRON |
HIGH NOSED
GP30 AT
A.C.& Y.
YARD. | T |
L |
05-03-1987 |
17 |
NW 4156 |
EMD GP38 |
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 |
05-03-1987 |
18 |
NW 555052 |
CABOOSE |
NW 552 |
OH |
AKRON |
CABOOSE AT
AC&Y YARD.
| 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 |
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 |
06-01-1987 |
2 |
NYC X26138 |
TENDER |
OH |
CLEVELAND |
NEW YORK
CENTRAL
STEAM
ENGINE
TENDER IN
PEARLMAN
GREEN. | |