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ex Reading GP35 with an SD35 and Frisco U25B |
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It was 96 degrees out with extreme humidity. The sun was lost in the haze. But for this lashup the shutter click was worth it, despite the backlit, dirty dishwater look, and the sweat pouring off me from the bike ride. An ex Reading GP35 lead an even more unique Conrail SD35, followed by the rarest of rare (and honestly maybe the only time one of these ever ran through here) Frisco high nose U25B #806. As I recall, the Frisco U25Bs that were leased to Conrail never went home again. I think that they were scrapped by Naparano shortly after this. |
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7/23/1978 Upload Date: 10/28/2010 10:08:24 AM |
| Location: |
Bergenfield, NJ |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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CR 3620(GP35) CR 6051(SD35) SLSF 806(U25B) |
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2867 Comments: 6 |
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CR 6480 |
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An SD40-2 leads two U25Bs on an unidentified eastbound. Most trains chattered on the scanner through here and you knew exactly who they were. This one just silently appeared. The platform that is disappearing under the foliage to the right had been the outbound egress point for New York Central commuter trains, but hadn't seen passenger service in 22 years. CR 6480 was part of their third order for SD40-2s and arrived 11/78. Both U25Bs are ex New York Central, dating from 9/65 and 3/64. |
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5/6/1979 Upload Date: 8/16/2007 8:31:47 AM |
| Location: |
Haworth, NJ |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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CR 6480(SD40-2) CR 2567(U25B) CR 2505(U25B) |
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1231 Comments: 2 |
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CR 2649 on the Southern Tier |
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CR IHCR0's power, near the end of its journey from Hammond, IN (Indiana Harbor Belt Gibson Yard) to Seacacus (Croxton Yard), runs light from its cars past WJ Tower. This train would spend time in Meadeville PA on its way east, and was eventually replaced by a Meadeville to Croxton train. CR 2649 began life on the Pennsyvlania RR in 1965 where she was a class "GF25." She would be off the roster by 1984. |
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10/12/1978 Upload Date: 7/24/2007 1:27:39 AM |
| Location: |
Ridgewood, NJ |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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CR 2649(U25B) |
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1027 Comments: 0 |
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An Alco Escher |
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This is the view on August 6, 1978 from the extremely rickety and ancient steel footbridge over the Southern Pacific's small Bull Ring Yard in downtown Los Angeles, a second-generation diesel lover's dream. In this shot there are a U50, eight U25Bs, a C628, two C630s, two S6s, an RSD12 and a C415. Although the majority of these engines were sent to the torch, two of these units still survive today, RSD12 #2954 is at the Orange Empire Railroad Museum after a stint with Metropolitan Stevedore and S6 #1272 runs in Quebec for the Asbestos & Danville as their #57. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1978 Upload Date: 4/16/2009 10:56:43 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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SP 3145(C630) SP 2954(RSD12) SP 1272(S6) SP 3144(C630) SP 9951(U50) SP 6762(U25B) SP 6763(U25B) |
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2903 Comments: 2 |
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