Eastern Railroad Discussion > E-L.........The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

First, the good. A beautiful GP-35 (2567) at Croxton Yard, Secaucus, N.J. 6/1973

Andy

Second, the bad. Conrailized E-L U-boat, also at Croxton. 2/1979

The ugly, and I mean ugly. Wrecked U-33-C 3305, again at Croxton. 3/73

As usual, enjoy

Andy

Thanks for the pics! Especially the GP35. When was the 3305 wrecked & where? Do you have any roster shot slides for sale?

Grateful for the "EL break" eXtra315

The 3305 was wrecked at NJ (Newburgh Jct) in a head on with an empty deadheading commutor train. The passenger trains four cars were wrecked and scrapped. The 3305 was rebuilt and ran again. It lasted until being retired by Conrail.

Thanks for the scans-I'm an avid early CR fan,patchwork paint notwithstanding.What other railroad could boast 80 locomotive types of electric and diesel?And some of those renumbered units were done in taste-the ex EL C-424's over in Youngstown come to mind.Briar Hill shops used masking tape and matching colors.My vote for the worst patch job goes to an ex Lehigh Valley "snowbird" C-628 that I photographed at Motor Yard that was hard to distinguish from an all black PC unit!Of course that all came to an end in a few years as retirements and blue paint put an end to the early CR "look"- just like NS and CSX will cover the last of the CR blue some day.Moral: keep shooting!RAD