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| Title: |
Conrail E unit |
| Description: |
A North Jersey Coast train-still NY & Long Branch to most of us in those days-has turned on the loop at Bay Head Jct and approaches the station to take on passengers for New York. The train will swap its E8s for a GG 1 at South Amboy. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 12:56:50 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Head, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4256(E8A) DOTX 210(E8A) |
| Views: |
1238 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The only way to ride |
| Description: |
If you cant ride in the engine. Up until NJ Transit reequipped its trains, starting in the mid 1980s, there was a lot of hand me down equipment in service that had been owned by the predecessor roads, much of it cars that were rendered excess as train offs mounted in the 1960s, and finally when Amtrak started in 1971. Almost all of the cars had dutch doors, which were a wonderful place to ride on a nice day. The practice was long standing, and train crews generally didnt chase you. Im riding the NY & Long Branch down on the shore as we approach a station I cant recall, the train sweeping around a long curve behind a pair of E 8s. I always liked the signals on the Bay Head line, one of which is at left. They reminded me of the ACL. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 12/12/2016 5:04:28 AM |
| Location: |
Middletown, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4256(E8A) DOTX 210(E8A) |
| Views: |
541 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
USDOT E8 |
| Description: |
US DOT E8 210, lettered "Transportation Safety Institute" is the trailing unit on todays mid day Bay Head run from New York. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:50:59 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Head, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DOTX 210(E8A) CR 4256(E8A) |
| Views: |
1178 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es into the night |
| Description: |
I rode the Broadway to Chicago in 1978. At the time, it was still on its traditional route from New York to Harrisburg via Zoo Tower in Philly, changing engines at Harrisburg. We had just completed the engine change, the Es now coupled up in place of GG 1 4932 which had brought the train in from New York. Now it was off into the Allegheny darkness as we tackled Horseshoe Curve and the moutain railroad that the ex Pennsy still was. We rounded Horseshoe around 2330, and got into Pitt around 0330. I was amazed at how much traffic there was on that line, everything from coal-lots of it-to general freight, to intermodal. Even in the chaos of Conrail start up, it was an amazing piece of railroading. |
| Photo Date: |
8/14/1978 Upload Date: 12/9/2016 4:19:57 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 438(E8A) |
| Views: |
370 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bloody nose |
| Description: |
A red nosed E 8 and a couple of comrades are on a spur at the Chicago engine house, the red nose of Amtraks original paint scheme prominent. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 12/8/2016 5:02:26 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 447(E8A) AMTK 473(E9B) AMTK 412(E9A) |
| Views: |
462 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Metro North E 8 |
| Description: |
MN acquired a variety of power in its early days, including this ex Amtrak E 8, seen at Danbury. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 2:03:12 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 5031(FL9) MNCR 509(FL9) MNCR 497(E8A) |
| Views: |
1362 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Face to face |
| Description: |
The power for the Budd and Branch fantrip sits nose to nose with power for one of Mondays trains. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 2:09:56 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 5034(FL9) MNCR 497(E8A) |
| Views: |
980 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es, Fs and washboards |
| Description: |
The engine tracks at New Haven have a couple of F 40s and a lone E 8 ready to take the parade of Boston trains east-this is long before the electrification to Boston. A group of old New Haven "washboards" so named for their fluted stainless side panels, and now in MOW service, adds a decidedly New Haven flavor to the scene. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1979 Upload Date: 12/8/2016 4:48:26 AM |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 210(F40PH) AMTK 498(E8A) |
| Views: |
439 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready power |
| Description: |
A look at the ready tracks in New Haven shows a couple of units peculiar to the region. The E8 is one of two that worked the Shore Line in that period, the other being 499, The F 40s assigned region is given away by the "ghetto grilles" on the windshields. Rock throwers were prevalent along the Shore Line in those days. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1979 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 2:56:55 AM |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 210(F40PH) AMTK 498(E8A) |
| Views: |
1079 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
E 8 |
| Description: |
E 8 509 leads a train out of Northwestern Station on a Thursday rush hour. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1982 Upload Date: 3/18/2013 12:54:34 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 509(E8A) |
| Views: |
478 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for the next train |
| Description: |
CNW would use open tracks to hold outbound power. When the terminal switcher shoved the trains in, the waiting power would move to the correct track and couple on as the train loaded. This E unit is awaiting its turn to head to the suburbs. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 11/18/2016 4:50:09 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 513(E8A) |
| Views: |
242 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Night at the yard |
| Description: |
A different perspective from the overhead roadway shows a different view of the power in the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
11/17/1991 Upload Date: 2/17/2015 4:02:02 AM |
| Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9592(SW1500) CR 1987(B23-7) CR 3334(GP40-2) METX 521(E8A) |
| Views: |
592 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
More than just commuters |
| Description: |
Rock Island had stayed out of Amtrak at the beginning in 1971, largely because it lacked the funds to buy in. Thus, it still ran the two remaining trains of the once proud fleet of Rockets it had once stabled, and which ran til the end in March 1980. These were down to a couple of cars and an E 8, as in this view of the Quad Cities Rocket, ready for its 6:15 departure, as a Joliet train waits on the adjacent track with an F 40, just arrived as a replacement for the variety of E units-mostly E 8s, but a few E 7s, and the sole remaining E 6 in service in the US. The RTA unit is named for Rock on line community Tinley Park. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1978 Upload Date: 11/22/2016 4:47:20 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 655(E8A) RTA 114(F40PH) |
| Views: |
428 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Quad Cities at La Salle St |
| Description: |
The Quad Cities Rocket awaits its 1815 departure for the Mississippi River towns of its name in the company of a new F40. The train, and the Rock itself, are not long for the world. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1978 Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:47:17 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 655(E8A) RTA 114(F40PH) |
| Views: |
766 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
DLW on the DLW |
| Description: |
Central NY RHS E8s 808 and 807 powered the north end of a trip that ran for the Broome County Fair if I recall. NYSW 142 was on the south end of the train. |
| Photo Date: |
7/11/1998 Upload Date: 3/15/2014 1:39:58 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DLW 808(E8A) DLW 807(E8A) |
| Views: |
556 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
DLW E units |
| Description: |
The Central NY Chapter NRHS had a pair of E units restored and repainted in DLW colors, and numbered just below the DLW E8 series, getting 807 and 808. Here we see them on a fantrip at Chenango Bridge after running around their train |
| Photo Date: |
7/11/1998 Upload Date: 2/5/2012 2:01:41 AM |
| Location: |
Chenango Bridge, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DLW 808(E8A) DLW 807(E8A) |
| Views: |
1011 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Central NY Chapter unit |
| Description: |
Central NY Chapter of the NRHS had a pair of E 8s repainted in the DLW scheme, and they would occasionally run on the NYSW. Here, 808 is at Binghamton for a trip. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/1993 Upload Date: 1/8/2015 5:04:57 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
DLW 808(E8A) |
| Views: |
568 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
DLW 808 |
| Description: |
DLW 808 is an E8 that has been cosmetically restored to the appearance of a Lackawanna unit by the Central NY Chapter NRHS. It is seen here on the NYSW. The number is one below the lowest numbered E 8 on the DLW. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 12/3/2011 1:18:09 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
DLW 808(E8A) |
| Views: |
512 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Race train |
| Description: |
One of the groups in New Jersey sponsored a trip to Monmouth Racetrack with the Erie painted (they were ex NYC units, as I recall. Erie's last E was 833, which eventually became CR 4022)E 8s 834 and 835. We see it crossing the Raritan River at South Amboy. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:55:45 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ERIE 834(E8A) ERIE 835(E8A) |
| Views: |
495 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Tugging along |
| Description: |
The Erie E 8 led excursion train approaches the Raritan River bridge as some maritime traffic chugs past. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:58:03 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ERIE 834(E8A) ERIE 835(E8A) |
| Views: |
283 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Moving things around |
| Description: |
BLW 26 is coupled to Erie 835, which will be featured in the night photo session that evening. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/1992 Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:32:18 AM |
| Location: |
Scranton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BLW 26(0-6-0) ERIE 835(E8A) |
| Views: |
596 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Steamtown?? |
| Description: |
Two diesels and an EL caboose, not a steamer in the photo. Or it could be Scranton in 1963... |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/1992 Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:54:59 AM |
| Location: |
Scranton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7309(GP38-2) ERIE 835(E8A) |
| Views: |
434 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Right at home |
| Description: |
Erie and Lackawanna units sit at the Steamtown shops. Both units are restored from other railroads, but they look right at home in Scranton. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/1992 Upload Date: 2/5/2012 2:47:12 AM |
| Location: |
Scranton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
ERIE 835(E8A) DLW 637(FP7A) |
| Views: |
825 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Monett mural |
| Description: |
The folks in Monett, MO, a junction town on the Frisco Cherokee Sub-where it met the Sixth Sub, todays Arkansas & Missouri, the main line now BNSF, painted this mural on a downtown building. I think it was done in 2019-hence the engine number. There was an SLSF 2019, an E 8 named in Friscos series of thoroughbreds, in this case, Cavalcade. Nice to see it memorialized so prominently. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 6:23:47 AM |
| Location: |
Monett, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SLSF 2019(E8A) |
| Views: |
29 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Got the board |
| Description: |
The Southern Tier picnic train has the board at East Glass and is about to take to the Tier and take off. Once clear of the plant, Jack Kithcart, Southern Tier GM was running. He notched it out and he was gone. I did not catch the train all the way back to Binghamton. Jack must have thought he was running the Erie Limited. Im told he ran 70 MPH to Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:09:15 AM |
| Location: |
Corning, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
1232 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es pushing east |
| Description: |
The train has come off the Corning Secondary and is now headed through town to take the wye at the Glass complex, rolling onto the Corning Secondary north, cutting off the GP 40, then heading east. This view is from the Lumber Rd overpass at the east end of Gang Mills yard. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:18:39 AM |
| Location: |
Gang Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
960 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Say goodbye |
| Description: |
A couple of riders on the rear platform watch the trains progress through East Glass. Hell be waving goodbye as the train gets up to speed for a quick ride east. Jack Kithcart was running, and he must have thought he had the Lake Cities. We never caught up to him. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:15:45 AM |
| Location: |
Corning, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
1073 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es on the lake |
| Description: |
The rear of the picnic train, with the Es trailing, rolls north on the Corning Secondary at Hammond Lake |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:31:21 AM |
| Location: |
Wellsboro, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
1170 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
From the road |
| Description: |
The picnic train rolls away from the camera on its way along Hammond Lake headed back to Corning. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:39:35 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
927 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Back in New York |
| Description: |
The picnic train passes the state line marker on the Corning Secondary as it heads home. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:13:15 AM |
| Location: |
Lindley, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
952 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On the Corning Secondary |
| Description: |
A going away shot of the picknic train on the Corning Secondary shows the back in the woods nature of the line. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:23:41 AM |
| Location: |
Presho, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
1116 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
High view |
| Description: |
A look at the head end from the hillside. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/20/2015 3:05:39 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
848 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Good crowd |
| Description: |
The picnic goers are getting off the train at Hammond Dam State Park. Despite what had to be a really early start at Port Jervis, there is a good sized crowd. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/20/2015 3:10:07 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
968 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Roadside |
| Description: |
There was a road close to the tracks for most of the distance south from Corning, so following the train was easy. It has almost reached the park in this shot from PA 267. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/20/2015 3:16:59 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
946 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Along the lake |
| Description: |
Hammond Lake is man made, so the railroad needed to be relocated when it was created. We see the picnic train along the lake on the relocated line. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/20/2015 3:19:29 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
932 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling south |
| Description: |
A full length view taken near Hammond Dam |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/20/2015 3:21:49 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
878 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Picnic train |
| Description: |
Looking like it wants to the the Erie Limited, the Southern Tier picnic train passes BD on the Erie side as it arrives from Port Jervis. It will pick up here for the picnic, at Hammond Dam State Park near Wellsboro PA. Naturally, the faithful are out to record the event. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/17/2015 2:35:50 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4020(E8A) CR 4021(E8A) |
| Views: |
847 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classic scene |
| Description: |
A pair of E units leading the Southern Tier picnic train rolls from track 2 to single track at SR just east of Susquehanna. Its not Erie power, and the tower is closed, but it still looks pretty good. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 2:47:41 AM |
| Location: |
Susquehanna, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
833 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classic Erie |
| Description: |
The only thing better would have been Erie(or EL, Id take that any day) E 8s on this train, the Southern Tier picnic special, which ran from Port Jervis to Hammond Dam State Park near Wellsboro PA. Here it is on the famous Starrucca Viaduct, a pair of classics if ever there was one. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 2:53:30 AM |
| Location: |
Lanesboro, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
19611 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
On familiar turf |
| Description: |
CR 4022, former Erie 833, which has run on this line since 1951, leads an OCS through Kirkwood. The high officials picked the perfect time and the perfect line to ride in early October. The color will be spectacular. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1989 Upload Date: 12/4/2015 4:04:17 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4022(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
782 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es |
| Description: |
As usual, the train was pulled by a pair of E 8s. CR 4021 was the trailing unit. Im going to hazard a guess that 4020 was the leader, though I cant find where dad got a photo of the lead unit. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1991 Upload Date: 3/26/2016 4:03:07 AM |
| Location: |
Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) CR 4020(E8A) |
| Views: |
783 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
View from the ground |
| Description: |
A view of the head end, looking up at the classic EMD bulldog nose. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1989 Upload Date: 11/20/2015 3:04:09 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4021(E8A) |
| Views: |
798 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Foreign visitors and a hometown surprise |
| Description: |
A set of CSX power, a mix of Chessie and Seaboard units, sits at Enola in a partly blocked view. The surprise?? Amid the sea of Conrail units at Enola shop, is their executive E 8, 4022m the former Erie 833, seen at mid left of the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/1986 Upload Date: 12/12/2014 2:36:04 AM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Yard |
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SBD 6779(GP40) CO 4412(GP40-2) CR 4022(E8A) SBD 6697(GP40) |
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Bay Head train |
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A Bay Head train makes its stop at Red Bank. Note the CNJ style signals, and the dwarf on track 2. It protects the no longer extant switch to the northbound main on the CNJ Southern Division. |
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11/15/1981 Upload Date: 3/3/2013 4:53:14 AM |
| Location: |
Red Bank, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
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611 Comments: 1 |
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Last run |
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A trip was run over the CNJ just prior to a section of it being pulled up near Phillipsburg to accomodate construction of I 78. The Phillipsburg station area had some issues with clear areas at the station site, so the trip was run to Easton PA, where riders were able to get off for a photo stop. We see the lead unit head on at Easton. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/7/2014 2:21:53 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
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617 Comments: 0 |
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Good looking train |
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The train was posed on the ex LV bridge for photos. The handrails on the ex CNJ bridge are just barely visible to the left of the lead unit, seen through the trees. The LV bridge was ultimately determined to be deficient, while the CNJ bridge was in much better shape, and it was decided that the Lehigh Line would be swung over to the CNJ alignment and over that bridge, and the right of way realigned on the Jersey side. This is the route NS uses today. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:33:22 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
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813 Comments: 2 |
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LV station |
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Almost. The station here was demolished not long after the end of passenger service in 1961, but the platforms remained. The site was used by Tri State to drop riders for the photo op when they backed the train out onto the brodge, just around the curve out of sight. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:35:43 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
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570 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Runby |
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The train stopped for a runby on the old CNJ main, I believe this was near Hampton |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:37:42 AM |
| Location: |
Hampton, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
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697 Comments: 1 |
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Es waiting for the rush |
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One of the things I would do in that era was take either the PATH train to Newark, which yielded a good view of the storage tracks for the commuter trains, or ride the ex DLW out of Hoboken to Newark, which had a view of the engine tracks at Kearny. This day, it was a PATH trip. Going through Harrison, there was this pair of Es on a train that would go to Bay Head during the evening rush |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:42:57 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4285(E8A) NJT 4251(E8A) |
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403 Comments: 1 |
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