Nostalgia & History > New York Central E8A 4068 at Albany

New York Central E8A 4046 built Nov, 1951 with Empire Service Train 82 at Albany in August 1969. This may not be Roger's slide so let's call it from the Roger Puta collection.

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Nice shot!  Old Penn Central RR Albany, NY based engine crews worked to and from Croxton-Harman, NY.  Old New York City based passenger train crews worked to and from Albany.

Very nice.
Rick Morgan

IIRC, most Empire Service trains were two cars, but usually with one engine. I don't remember if they still had a train to Chicago over the ex-NYC at the time.

Surprisingly enough, there were three trains west of Buffalo, to Chicago.  The remnents of the 20th Century, combined with the remnents of the New England States, an overnighter NYC to 
Buffalo, including Montreal Limited cars, and a day train,  coaches only (with diner-lounge) on to Chicago.  Finally there was a coaches only continuation of nameless #71 (NYC to Buffalo), on to Chicago with an 0430 arrival time.

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Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

Nice photo.

However, the photo must have been taken in Rensselaer, across the Hudson River from Albany.  Penn Central ceased using Albany Union Station in December 1968.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/22 06:55 by RuleG.

Yup, the station at Rensselaer was brand new at the time.