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| Title: |
Waiting to go |
| Description: |
An ex EL U34CH waits its turn out of the station in Hoboken. Note the activity around the station. On a nearby track is U34CH 4167 in the then new "disco"scheme, and a little farther over are some of the DLW MUs that got the orange treatment. Off in the distance is one of the former EL SW 9s that switched the terminal for years. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1981 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:37:56 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4161(U34CH) NJT 4167(U34CH) |
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689 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New paint |
| Description: |
By the early 80s, New Jersey was starting to get a cohesive look to their rail operations, which up til then had been a hodge podge of predecessor equipment and operations run by Conrail under contract to NJDOT. Once an agreement was worked out for New Jersey to run them directly, they started to work on a single image. One of the features of that image was this paint scheme, commonly known as the "disco" scheme for its bright stripes. It was not well received by fans, who preferred something more like youd see on a real railroad, and not a bus. Their protestations were to no avail, as NJ Transit is still using a modification of it today. Meanwhile, heres an ex EL U34 in disco dress leaving Hoboken. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1981 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 5:39:08 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4167(U34CH) |
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384 Comments: 0 |
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