Nostalgia & History > Penn Central's big three electrics and a Metroliner thrown in.

top... North bound GG1s and Southbound Metroliner outside of Baltimore. These ar true Penn Central trains, also known as red ink! 1971

middle...E44s were intimidating creatures when you got close, but they were awesome machines... location unknown, marked as taken in 1974.

bottom...E33s out of Enola, on the Port Road west of Columbia Pa...1974



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/18 15:14 by Roadjob.

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You're spoiling us with these treasures.
Bob

They just keep getting better.
Photo 1 is totally awesome!
ALLEN

Thanks for all of these excellent photos. They're beautiful.

Photo 1 was taken at Edgewood, MD, looking south toward Baltimore. The doubled-headed GG-1 train looks like a Florida train, with a bag/dorm on the head-end, coming north on Track 2, while the Metroliner is southbound on Track 3. The siding to the right is called Edgewood Siding, a controlled siding with catenary that extends for a mile or two to a location called Magnolia at the north end of the Gunpowder River bridge. Out of sight behind the GG-1s (but you can see the catenary) is the Magnolia Siding, which is on the east side of the main line. It, too, has catenary. Here's an aerial view of the location. https://goo.gl/maps/m5EcPfPY46u The GG-1 is going left to right on the map/photo while the Metroliner is going right to left.

The E33s were less than twenty years old and already working for their fourth owner. (VGN, N&W, NH previously). Did any of them make it onto Conrail’s roster?

Dave

All the PC units made it into Conrail. They lasted until 1981 when the electric freight ops ceased. -- Ken