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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/6/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Metro North Commuter Railway
Model:Rebuilt EMD GP40FH-2Built As:CRIP 344 (GP40)
Serial Number:32236Order No:7926
Frame Number:7926-5Built:9/1966
Notes:ex-RI 344, MoPac 604, UP 604
Other locos with this serial:  CRIP 344(GP40) UP 604(GP40) MP 604(GP40) MNCR 4186(GP40FH-2) MNCR 4902(GP40FH-2) MNCR 4902(GP40FH-2) MNCW 4902(GP40FH-2)
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Beach ball
Title:  Beach ball
Description:  A GP 40 type sits at Port Jervis waiting out the weekend. Metro North contracted NJ Transit to operate the line from Suffern west, and contributed equipment to a pool used to run those trains. This unit in the "beach ball" schem was part of that pool.
Photo Date:  7/4/1992  Upload Date: 2/6/2015 1:17:20 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  MNCR 4186(GP40FH-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Comparing notes
Title:  Comparing notes
Description:  What was it the engines said?? GP 40s from two roads share quality time waiting for Monday. The Metro North unit was new at the time, freshly rebuilt. The NJT unit was also rebuilt, having been upgraded from its original steam era configuration to HEP power, as well as renewing all components.
Photo Date:  7/4/1992  Upload Date: 2/6/2015 1:19:05 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  MNCR 4186(GP40FH-2) NJT 4110(GP40PH-2)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
40s
Title:  40s
Description:  A pair of GP 40s, one from New York, one a long way from its original Jersey Central home, sit side by side in Port Jervis yard in the shadow of the Shawangunk mountains and an old Erie coaling dock.
Photo Date:  7/4/1992  Upload Date: 2/6/2015 1:20:33 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  MNCR 4186(GP40FH-2) NJT 4110(GP40PH-2)
Views:  366   Comments: 0


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