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| Title: |
GG1 4929 at Rye, New York |
| Description: |
One great thing the Penn Central did was to bring GG-1 electrics to the former New Haven shore line, where they could run as far north as New Haven. Here, one pauses at Rye, New York on a chilly February morning in 1971, waiting for a clear signal. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1971 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 11:20:54 AM |
| Location: |
Rye, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4929(GG1) |
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612 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MU and Geep: Hoboken 1971 |
| Description: |
An MU electric from the 1920s moves into Hoboken past an EMD Geep. Its been a hot afternoon and the coach windows are open. The year is 1971. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1971 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 7:53:31 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 1233(GP7) |
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681 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Super Chief/El Capitan, Chicago, 1971 |
| Description: |
It is March, 1971. Santa Fe Fairbanks Morse H-1244T number 542, one of three sisters built by the Beloit-based locomotive manufacturer in 1956 to move passenger equipment in Santa Fes Chicago yards, backs the combined Super Chief/El Capitan streamliner into Chicago Union Station. 542 wears Santa Fes "Billboard" yellow and blue paint scheme used for freight locomotives. The F7 A-B-B-A units behind wear Santa Fes classic "Warbonnet" paint scheme used on passenger locomotives. 542 was scrapped in 1974 but sister 543 survives at the Illinois Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1971 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 8:12:16 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago Union Station, IL |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 542(H-12-44TS) ATSF 311(F7A) |
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1352 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
EP-5 at Grand Central Terminal |
| Description: |
4977, one of Penn-Centrals elegant former New Haven EP-5 electrics, prepares to leave Grand Central with a New-Haven bound commuter train. The year is 1971. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1971 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 4:16:52 AM |
| Location: |
New York, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4977(E40) |
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1197 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CB&Q (Burlington Route) E-8A Running Fast Out of Chicago, 1971 |
| Description: |
In March of 1971, EMD E-8 9936, still lettered for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and paired with a sister A-unit, speeds out of Chicagos Union Station with an afternoon passenger train. The EMD E-8 was a 2,250 horsepower A1A-A1A locomotive produced between 1949 and 1954 by GM's Electro-Motive division. 450 of these locomotives were produced. with 38 going to the CB&Q. 58 E-8s have been preserved, making the E-8 one of the best-preserved classes of first-generation diesel power in the U.S. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1971 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 11:32:02 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago Union Station, IL |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9936(E8A) |
| Views: |
2444 Comments: 11 |
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| Title: |
PC EMD SW-1 Switcher 8429 at Albany |
| Description: |
Zebra-striped EMD SW-1 8429 poses at Albany in 1971. Behind her is an E-8 and a train kept warm by steam heat. |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1971 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 8:23:48 PM |
| Location: |
Albany, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PC 8429(SW1) |
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490 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alco Style in Basic Black |
| Description: |
Alco S2 switcher 9855 looks surprisingly stylish in Penn-Centrals utilitarian black paint on this day Spring day in 1971 at the Cedar Hill locomotive yard. In the background is the old steam locomotive roundhouse. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1971 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 4:29:42 AM |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PC 5501(RS3) PC 2663(U25B) PC 2945(U33B) PC 9855(S2) |
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1171 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Angular EMD Beauty |
| Description: |
GP-9. 7554, in the service of the Penn Central Railroad, soaks up some sunshine in the New Haven engine yard, 1971 |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1971 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 3:55:07 AM |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station |
| Locomotives: |
PC 7554(GP9) |
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404 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Double-Headed GG-1s at Trenton |
| Description: |
Two PC GG-1s pause at Trenton, NJ on their way south to Washington with a "clocker." The year is 1971. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1971 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 4:49:18 AM |
| Location: |
Trenton, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4896(GG1) PC 4881(GG1) |
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438 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Erie-Lackawanna U34CH at Hoboken |
| Description: |
Brand-spanking new 3365 -- a GE U34CH -- gets a westbound train underway over the complex interlocking at Hoboken Terminal in 1971 |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1971 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 9:17:21 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 3365(U34CH) |
| Views: |
416 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Alco-powered Work Train at Rye, N.Y., 1971 |
| Description: |
Alco's S2 -- a 1,000 horsepower B-B switcher built between 1940 and 1950 -- was a successful follow-up to Alco's 600 hp S1. Penn Central owned a lot of them because each of its constituent railroads, the New York Central, Pennsylvania, and New Haven, were good S2 customers. In 1971, S2 #9606 -- a former NYC unit -- pulls a heavy-duty crane towards New Haven on the 4-track mainline at Rye, New York. Ektachrome by Stephen C. Baldwin. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 7:08:09 PM |
| Location: |
Rye, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 9606(S2) |
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604 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
E-8 823 at Hoboken |
| Description: |
In 1971, Erie Lackawanna E-8 823 waits for the signal to depart from Hoboken terminal with a Boonton branch commuter train. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/1971 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 8:33:44 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Transit,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
EL 823(E8A) |
| Views: |
368 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
2102 at Hagerstown, February 5th, 1972 |
| Description: |
Reading 4-8-4 2102 pauses on a chilly February 5, 1972 at Hagerstown, Maryland before returning a High Iron excursion to Baltimore. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1972 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 8:43:09 AM |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 2102(4-8-4) |
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758 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reading 2102 at Hagerstown, 1972 |
| Description: |
Reading 4-8-4 class T1 is serviced at Hagerston, MD, on a High Iron excursion from Baltimore. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1972 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 8:28:45 PM |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 2102(4-8-4) |
| Views: |
964 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
D&H Alco PA #16 at Hagerstown |
| Description: |
D&H Alco PA-1 #16 in Hagerstown, Maryland in February of 1972 (PA-1 18 is just behind her). This engine would be re-engined in the mid-1970s and sold to Mexico; unfortunately it was severely damaged there but the plan is to cosmetically restore her in her original Santa Fe "warbonnet" colors. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1972 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 7:32:37 PM |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
DH 16(PA1) |
| Views: |
1621 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alco RS-3 5505 in the Bronx, 1972 |
| Description: |
Penn Central Alco RS3 #5505 works the Bronx in 1972. Beyond 5505 is the IRT Westchester Avenue Bridge; to the right is an active concrete plant -- today this area is a park. #5505 was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1951 for the New York Central; her original NYC number was 8259. Ektachrome by Stephen C. Baldwin. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 7:15:06 PM |
| Location: |
New York, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Baldwin |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 5505(RS3) |
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548 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Engine Change at Croton-Harmon, 1972 |
| Description: |
Penn Central E-8 4058 takes over from P-class electric at Croton-Harmon, New York. Photo taken March, 1972. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1972 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 11:09:47 AM |
| Location: |
Croton Harmon, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4058(E8A) |
| Views: |
576 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the Hell Gate Bridge, 1972 |
| Description: |
Boston-bound Penn Central express led by a GG-1 locomotive on Hell Gate Bridge, 1972. The GG-1 will hand over its train to a pair of E-8 diesels at New Haven to finish the run to B-town. In the 1940s all four tracks on Hell Gate Bridge were electrified -- by 1972 only the two express tracks are stiil underr wire. Today there are only two tracks on the bridge. Ektachrome by Stephen C. Baldwin |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 6:56:52 PM |
| Location: |
New York, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
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335 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
4-8-4 Driving Wheels, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Description: |
The BoxPok driving wheels of Reading 4-8-4 2102, in Bethlehem, PA, 1972. Ektachrome by Stephen C. Baldwin. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 8:15:31 PM |
| Location: |
Bethlehem, PA |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 2102(4-8-4) |
| Views: |
577 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Train of the Future |
| Description: |
UAs famous Turbotrain in Amtrak livery zooms toward Penn Station under New Haven catenary in 1972. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 3:48:19 AM |
| Location: |
New York, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 53(Turbotrain) |
| Views: |
1431 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Iconic GG-1 |
| Description: |
Close-up of the sculpted nose of GG-1 4872, Newark, 1982 |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1982 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 8:36:31 PM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4872(GG1) |
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475 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GG1 Out to Pasture: 4877 at Perth Amboy, 1983 |
| Description: |
After GG1s were retired from their main NY-Washington stomping grounds, the best place to find them was on their daily commuter runs between NY and South Amboy. On this summer day in 1983, just a few months before all GG1s would be retired, 4877 GG1 4877, repainted in PRRs classic tuscan red color scheme, drifts light through the station at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in a cut overflowing with lush growth. Check out all that classic jointed Pennsy rail. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1983 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 7:22:05 AM |
| Location: |
Perth Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4877(GG1) NJT 4877(GG1) |
| Views: |
878 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
4882 at Perth Amboy, 1983 |
| Description: |
4882 -- of the last GG-1s to operate in regular service in the 1980s-- moves light through Perth Amboy, New Jersey in the summer of 1983. Her servicing base at South Amboy is just a few miles down the track. 4882 is a 1939 Altoona product; she was perserved and now resides at a museum in Elkhart, Indiana. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1983 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 8:57:21 AM |
| Location: |
Perth Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4882(GG1) |
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383 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Disaster Survivor |
| Description: |
GG-1 4876 -- a 1939 product of the Pennsylvania Railroads Altoona Shops -- heads south after leaving Elizabeth, New Jersey. Elizabeths famous speed-restricted S-curve lies just ahead. 4876 is one of the most famous GG-1s because in 1953 it crashed through the floor of Washingtons Union Station. The incident, which became known as the "Wreck of the Federal Express," was caused by malfunctioning braking equipment in the train. Miraculously, there were no fatalities. After the wreck, 4876 was simply cut up into pieces by PRR engineers, rebuilt, and returned to service. She served the Pennsylvania, Penn Central, Amtrak, and New Jersey Transit for many years afterward and was among a handful of GG-1s that ended the GG-1s reign in 1983, faithfully delivering passengers to and from Penn Station and South Amboy. This photo was taken in the Spring of 1983 -- a few months before the end. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1983 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 4:56:10 AM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4876(GG1) |
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415 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Unbroken, Unbowed (GG1 #4872 at South Amboy, 1983) |
| Description: |
GG1 #4872 was a 1939 product of Pennsylvanias Altoona shops. She was one of three GG1s chosen for PRRs famous "silver" livery color scheme, and later served the public under Penn Central, Amtrak, and NJT ownership. Here, in October of 1983, during the last few weeks of her active life, 4872 contemplates mortality. She would go to the torch in 1985, the second to last GG1 to be scrapped. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1983 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 4:09:03 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4872(GG1) |
| Views: |
449 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FL9s on the Hudson Line |
| Description: |
The Metro-North commuter railroad inherited a large fleet of EMD FL-9s, which were dual-mode diesel-electric/electric locomotives originally operated by the New Haven Railroad. They lasted until September of 2001, shortly after this picture was taken at Greystone, New York, of a pair headed by FL-9 number 2026. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2001 Upload Date: 2/19/2013 12:12:50 AM |
| Location: |
Yonkers, NY |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NH 2026(FL9) |
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585 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reading 4-8-4 at Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Description: |
Reading T-1 4-8-4 2102 at Bethlehem, PA during the winter of 1972. This illustrious 4-8-4 was one of four T-1 class 4-8-4s preserved by the Reading Railroad for excursion service in the famed "Rambles" of the early 1960s. She survives today, although is not currently operational. Photo by Stephen C. Baldwin. Fondness and enduring thanks to my Dad, Carl R. Baldwin (1931-2003), who did so much to encourage my railroad photography through numerous "train chases" in the 1970s through 1990s. Dad was with me on this trip of February 5th, 1972, one of the coldest days on record but one of the best for steam locomotive photography. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/2013 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 7:31:28 AM |
| Location: |
Bethlehem, PA |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 2102(4-8-4) |
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565 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reading 4-8-4 2102 at Hagerstown |
| Description: |
Reading 2102 at the servicing yard at Hagerstown, Maryland. The date is February 5th, 1972. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/2013 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 9:08:35 AM |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 2102(4-8-4) |
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584 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GG-1 4877 at Rahway With Parlor Car No. 1734 |
| Description: |
In the early 1980s, GG-1 4877 was repainted in the classic PRR tuscan red gold pinstripe color scheme to commemorate the Gs many years of service. She continued to operate regular trains through 1983 and I caught up with her at Rahway early one Spring morning of that year. I only got two photos of 4877 moving; this one - the train is moving onto the main line to New York at Rahway -- and a shot in pastoral surroundings at South Amboy. In retrospect, I wish I had spent more time hunting her down in her last years of revenue service but Im lucky to have gotten the shots I got of her. 4877 was saved from the scrap heap by dedicated railroad historians but like many wonderful locomotives, she languished for years outdoors and her paint faded. Happily, she is well on the way toward a thorough cosmetic restoration thanks to the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. Doesnt tuscan red Pennsy parlor car 1734 look great behind this classic electric? |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/2013 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 7:43:13 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4877(GG1) NJT 4877(GG1) |
| Views: |
830 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ghosts of the PRR: GG-1 4883 at Harrison |
| Description: |
4883 -- the last operating NJT GG-1 to wear single-stripe PRR livery --- slips through the industrial scene at Harrison, New Jersey, on a rainy morning in 1983. Although shes battered and will be scrapped in 1986, this moment finds 4883 undaunted. Her consist is a solid train of PRR coaches Squint your eyes and it could be 1963, not 1983.. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/2013 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 8:15:17 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4883(GG1) NJT 4883(GG1) |
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741 Comments: 0 |
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