Nostalgia & History > Good By AFT, Heading Home in 1977 (3 of 8)

Continued...

A few grab shots from aboard the WB Broadway Limited approaching Chicago.
Photo 1.  An EB freight, typical of early Conrail-  former PC and Lehigh Valley power.
Photo 2.  Who doesn't love the Pennsy N5C Cabin Car?
Photo 3.  Cantenary?  At the time I had guessed this was the South Shore.  Here's my chance to maybe find out for sure...   is it?
SR

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Wouldn't the top freight be westbound? NYC is on north side of PRR, right?

Yes, South Shore in 3.
Photo 1 looks like an EB leaving Elkhart yard. 2 probably at Elkhart too.

halfmoonharold Wrote:
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> Wouldn't the top freight be westbound? NYC is on
> north side of PRR, right?

Well, I'm not familiar with the area at all, and I'm not even sure if I was on the NYC or the PRR RoW. The Broadway was, of course, a PRR train, but as I said in Part 2, we had passed through Toledo and were off-route.
I took 2 photos of this freight and the second one was closer. I was moving West, sooo.... I figured the freight to be EB.
SR

NYC303 Wrote:
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> Yes, South Shore in 3.
> Photo 1 looks like an EB leaving Elkhart yard. 2
> probably at Elkhart too.


Ah, good- I remember frantically hoping to catch a glimpse of a 'Joe. I didn't spot one, but nice to know I wasn't COMPLETELY wasting my time!
SR

3) New Carlisle, IN.  Wintergreen Road.

halfmoonharold Wrote:
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> Wouldn't the top freight be westbound? NYC is on
> north side of PRR, right?

Eastbound on the North Freight departing Elkhart Yard.  Photographer's platform is Amtrak train sitting in Elkhart station. All NYC.