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By:Paul Koprowski
Dates:1/1/2015 - 12/31/2015
Album Info:Photos from railroad trips taken during 2015.
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NS 5637
Title:  NS 5637
Description:  Heading back to the mainline.
Photo Date:  2/26/2015  Upload Date: 2/28/2015 2:25:07 AM
Location:  South Plainfield, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NS 5637(GP38-2)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
SCL 0859
Title:  SCL 0859
Description:  This former Seaboard Coast Line caboose is now a static display at a small railroad themed retail and office complex located alongside the old PRR tracks, now operated by Conrail Shared Assets, a few blocks away from downtown Freehold.
Photo Date:  2/28/2015  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 2:49:11 AM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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RCRY 7545
Title:  RCRY 7545
Description:  Snowflakes swirl around this former Conrail GP10 at the Raritan Central's yard in the middle of Raritan Center. Originally built by EMD in 1957 as New York Central 6065. Renumbered as 7465, it would also run for Penn Central and Conrail before being rebuilt to a GP10 and renumbered again, this time as Conrail 7545. Retired and sold into private ownership in the 1980s, it would serve on both the freight trains of the C&S Railroad and excursions of Rail Tours Inc. at Jim Thorpe, PA before heading to New Jersey and its current owner.
Photo Date:  3/1/2015  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 2:35:58 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  RCRY 7545(GP10)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
LTEX 1100
Title:  LTEX 1100
Description:  One of the switchers that the Raritan Central Railway is currently leasing from Larry's Truck & Electric of Ohio. Starting off life at the EMD plant in 1968, this unit was originally Southern Pacific 2507 before heading to the Union Pacific fleet as UP 1100.
Photo Date:  3/1/2015  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 2:43:31 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LTEX 1100(SW1500)
Views:  98   Comments: 1
LTEX 2244
Title:  LTEX 2244
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Photo Date:  3/1/2015  Upload Date: 9/2/2015 1:01:47 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LTEX 2244(GP38-2)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Gathering of Engines
Title:  Gathering of Engines
Description:  The Raritan Central Railway roster of locomotives, some owned and others leased, gather together in the yard as a blinding winter storm begins to take shape.
Photo Date:  3/1/2015  Upload Date: 9/2/2015 1:03:43 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LTEX 2244(GP38-2) LTEX 1074(SW1500) RCRY 7545(GP10)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
CSX 451
Title:  CSX 451
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Photo Date:  3/3/2015  Upload Date: 3/12/2015 11:27:42 AM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CSX 451(AC44CW) CSX 969(ES44AC-H)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
NS 5637
Title:  NS 5637
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Photo Date:  3/3/2015  Upload Date: 3/12/2015 11:30:42 AM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NS 5637(GP38-2)
Views:  66   Comments: 1
AMTK 575
Title:  AMTK 575
Description:  A rare treat of a Sunday equipment move to Philadelphia passes the 12pm Strasburg Railroad train at Leaman Place Junction during the runaround move.
Photo Date:  3/8/2015  Upload Date: 3/12/2015 11:41:04 AM
Location:  Paradise, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AMTK 575(GP15) AMTK 724(GP38-3)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
SRC 89
Title:  SRC 89
Description:  Last run of the day complete, SRC 89 prepares to head back to the enginehouse and a week of sleep.
Photo Date:  3/8/2015  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 2:10:31 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SRC 89(2-6-0)
Views:  139   Comments: 1
PRR 476087
Title:  PRR 476087
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Photo Date:  3/8/2015  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 2:06:58 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  174   Comments: 0
Pennsy Power
Title:  Pennsy Power
Description:  Steam and electric stand on display outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in a scene that probably took place many times at Manhattan Transfer in the Jersey Meadowlands many decades ago before the mainline into New York was fully electrified.
Photo Date:  3/8/2015  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 1:40:25 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 3750(4-6-2) PRR 3936(BP4)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
AMTK 617
Title:  AMTK 617
Description:  New ACS motor powers a westbound Keystone Service train past the Loose Caboose Campground on its way to Harrisburg. With more of these new locomotives coming online, sightings of the older AEM-7s are getting rarer.
Photo Date:  3/8/2015  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 2:27:43 AM
Location:  Gap, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AMTK 617(ACS-64)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
NS 3033
Title:  NS 3033
Description:  Its work on the former LV Perth Amboy Branch at South Plainfield complete, a CSAO local speeds back to Manville yard behind a former Conrail Geep. Unit is ex Conrail 3334 built in 1978, part of one of the first orders of new locomotives from EMD.
Photo Date:  3/12/2015  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 2:20:14 AM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NS 3033(GP40-2)
Views:  103   Comments: 2
NH 0673
Title:  NH 0673
Description:  Constructed by Alco in 1948 for the Illinois Terminal Railroad, this locomotive arrived at the museum from Vermont's Green Mountain Railroad in the 1990s. Restored to represent a New Haven RS-1 and used as part of the operating fleet on the Museum's yard excursions. Only one former NH RS-1 still exists today, 0670, privately owned and stored on the Central New England Railroad northeast of Danbury near Hartford.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 2:29:09 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NH 673(RS1)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
BM 1455
Title:  BM 1455
Description:  The first standard gauge steam locomotive acquired by F. Nelson Bount for the collection that would eventually become Steamtown, this 1907 Alco built Mogul sat on display at the Edaville Railroad for many decades. Acquired by the Cape Cod Railroad before arriving in Danbury, the 1455 is one of five Boston & Maine steamers to survive today, one of two from the Blount collection.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 2:22:43 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  BM 1455(2-6-0)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
MNCW 1171
Title:  MNCW 1171
Description:  The only two former NYC ACMUs in preservation, these cars were the earliest to provide Hudson & Harlem line commuters out of Grand Central with air conditioned comfort.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 12:54:52 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  MNCW 1171(ACMU) MNCW 1128(ACMU)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
MNCW 605
Title:  MNCW 605
Description:  Originally built in 1952 for the Lackawanna Railroad, this old road switcher was rebuilt by Conrail as an RS-3m before sale to Metro North for use as a shop switcher at Croton Harmon.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 2:36:25 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  MNCW 605(RS3M)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
EL 33941
Title:  EL 33941
Description:  Built in 1974 and once used to serve the steel mills along the Erie Lackawanna's route during their final years. This is the second former EL hopper I found this year, the other on an NS local in Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 2:47:26 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
MEC 661
Title:  MEC 661
Description:  Constructed in 1940 for the Western Maryland Railway, this Northeastern style caboose came north to the Pine Tree State in the 1960s.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 2:41:15 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
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Views:  181   Comments: 0
PRR 477099
Title:  PRR 477099
Description:  Still a little Penn Central green showing on this ex PRR cabin car awaiting restoration. Constructed by the Pennsy's own shops in 1916.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:01:45 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  139   Comments: 0
Whose Cabin is This Anyway?
Title:  Whose Cabin is This Anyway?
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:05:54 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  135   Comments: 0
SRS 135
Title:  SRS 135
Description:  St. Louis Car Company constructed this vehicle in 1928 as a doodlebug for the Seaboard Air Line as their number 2023. Acquired and converted to its current configuration by Sperry in 1945, it served detecting flaws in rails over the US rail network until 2003 when it was retired from active service.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:09:25 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SRS 135(Doodlebug)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
MEC 664
Title:  MEC 664
Description:  Originally Western Maryland Railway 1837
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:16:45 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  277   Comments: 1
New Haven Lives
Title:  New Haven Lives
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 2:18:16 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CNDX 2006(FL9) NH 47(RDC1)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
CR 359020
Title:  CR 359020
Description:  Built in 1966 for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 1:37:13 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  339   Comments: 0
NH 33732
Title:  NH 33732
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Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 2:53:34 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  637   Comments: 0
NH 34537
Title:  NH 34537
Description:  Can still see the New Haven script showing through the rust on this one.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 1:41:58 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  675   Comments: 0
RDG 18828
Title:  RDG 18828
Description:  Constructed for the Reading Company in 1971. Also saw service on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad after Conrail.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 1:45:24 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  340   Comments: 0
Northern Central
Title:  Northern Central
Description:  The Danbury Railway Museum's own reporting marks on the cab of RSC-2 1513 barely hide those of Northern Central Railway, a railroad that operated the Liberty Limited Dinner Train out of New Freedom, PA where the current Steam into History operation is today. The 1513 was one of the many Alco/MLW locomotives the NCRY operated between 1996 and 2001 when operations ceased.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 3:02:36 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  DRMX 1513(RSC2)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
DRMX 1513
Title:  DRMX 1513
Description:  A local New Hope & Ivyland Railroad freight in snow covered Ivyland, PA? Not for a number of years. This rare Alco RSC-2, owned by Vintage Locomotives Inc., now calls the Danbury Railway Museum home. The unit, former Seaboard Air Line 1513, also served Florida Power & Light before migrating north to Pennsylvania. This was the first locomotive to wear the current New Hope & Ivyland paint scheme.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 2:56:16 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  DRMX 1513(RSC2)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
Remembering the Past
Title:  Remembering the Past
Description:  A former Metro North ACMU looks on as more modern commuter equipment lays over for the weekend in the Danbury storage yard awaiting the Monday morning rush.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:22:04 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  MNCW 1128(ACMU) MNCW 213(P32AC-DM)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
VIA 756
Title:  VIA 756
Description:  Built for the Canadian National in 1954 as a coach, rebuilt in 1963 as part cafe-lounge car.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:26:38 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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CN 6786
Title:  CN 6786
Description:  This A-B set of MLW units sat on display in NYC paint for many years before their most recent restoration.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 1:47:42 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CN 6786(FPA4) CN 6867(FPB4)
Views:  526   Comments: 1
LI 617
Title:  LI 617
Description:  Constructed by Alco in 1947 for the New Haven Railroad as an FA-1, this locomotive was mainly used to handle freight trains between Maybrook, NY and New Haven. Purchased by the LIRR in 1974, it was converted into a cab control car for use with Long Island commuter equipment, serving with numerous C-420s, GP38-2s and MP15s before retirement.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:33:27 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LI 617(Power Car)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
NYC 4096
Title:  NYC 4096
Description:  The first restoration project of the Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum, aka today's Railroad Museum of New England. This former Union Pacific E-unit also served Amtrak before being repainted and renumbered after the last NYC E8A.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 1:52:30 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NYC 4096(E9A)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
NYC 19322
Title:  NYC 19322
Description:  One of the Danbury Railway Museum's ongoing restoration projects is this former NYC wooden caboose, one of only a handful to survive today. Constructed in 1909 for the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 1:30:33 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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PRR 6563
Title:  PRR 6563
Description:  Complete with appropriate signage and other accessories, this former PRR RPO car demonstrates how mail moved along the national rail network many years ago.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 1:33:51 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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RDG 2014
Title:  RDG 2014
Description:  One of the last locomotive hauled coaches to survive in Reading Company commuter service, this car was part of a set that ran with the RDG's last three EMD FP7 locomotives after most remaining passenger service had been taken over by Electric MUs and Budd RDCs.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:39:04 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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DRMX 2015
Title:  DRMX 2015
Description:  Another of the museum's former Reading Company coaches, now used for the yard shuttles and special event trains during the warmer months.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:52:17 AM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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NYGL 935
Title:  NYGL 935
Description:  New York & Greenwood Lake's lone Alco diesel on display on one of the tracks off the turntable. This unit has a long history starting with the D&H in 1952 before moving on to several Northeastern shortlines, including GVT's Depew Lancaster & Western Railroad during its early years.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:56:44 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NYGL 935(RS3)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
ERIE 833
Title:  ERIE 833
Description:  Back from its journey down to Streamliners at Spencer last spring, the last Erie E8A stands proud atop the restored turntable once again.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 3:09:31 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  ERIE 833(E8A)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
NYGL 3
Title:  NYGL 3
Description:  New York & Greenwood Lake business car "Pride of the Delaware" stands near the edge of the Historic Erie Turntable. Former Canadian National business car "Atlantic."
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 3:14:30 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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NYGL 5
Title:  NYGL 5
Description:  Originally built as a sleeping car for the New York Central. Also servied on the CN and VIA before coming to the New York & Greenwood Lake.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 1:58:49 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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NYGL 536
Title:  NYGL 536
Description:  Originally from the Southern Railway, this car also saw service in the excursion programs of both Norfolk Southern and the NYS&W before coming to the New York & Greenwood Lake.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:55:51 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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NYGL 950
Title:  NYGL 950
Description:  A dining car acquired in 2007 from the old Owego & Harford/Tioga Scenic passenger operations out of Owego, NY. Originally from the Chicago & Northwestern Railway.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 3:05:07 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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NYGL 2995
Title:  NYGL 2995
Description:  Acquired with dining car 950 from the former passenger operations on the Owego & Harford Railway, this car originally ran on the Illinois Central.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 3:08:51 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
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MNCW 4906
Title:  MNCW 4906
Description:  A late afternoon train from Hoboken has finally reached its destination, powered by Metro North's lone GP40PH-2, originally built as an EMD demonstrator unit in 1969.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 2:01:53 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  MNCW 4906(GP40PH-2)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
ERIE C-143
Title:  ERIE C-143
Description:  Although dressed for the old railroad that used to run through town, this 1941 built cabin car has Pennsy roots.
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 3:12:26 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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RDG "Harriman"
Title:  RDG "Harriman"
Description:  Now part of the Bay Pony Inn along Route 113, this old wooden coach was originally from the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg, a predecessor of the B&O. Before coming to its current location this car once sat along the former RDG W&N line, a likely explanation for the Reading Company markings.
Photo Date:  3/20/2015  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 2:27:07 AM
Location:  Lederach, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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