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Date: 01/18/23 21:10
EL/NJDOT U34CH at Ridgewood NJ 1977
Author: erielackawanna

An absolutely bizarre squall hit just as my Main Line train from Hoboken reached Ridgewood on April 6, 1977. I have almost no photos on film where I caught the precipitation, but I sure did on this one. I remember getting soaked running to the front of the train to photograph it. My mom was waiting down the stairs below on the street to take me home.

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Date: 01/18/23 21:46
Re: EL/NJDOT U34CH at Ridgewood NJ 1977
Author: RayH

Excellent. That's how I remember Ridgewood. FOUR tracks, stick rail, low level platforms! A U34CH still wearing its EL number and logo.

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Date: 01/18/23 21:57
Re: EL/NJDOT U34CH at Ridgewood NJ 1977
Author: jgilmore

Great shot, you caught the flakes well and the blustery winter feel!

JG

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Date: 01/18/23 22:02
Re: EL/NJDOT U34CH at Ridgewood NJ 1977
Author: boejoe

I also like the Jersey City mile marker at left.
jb

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Date: 01/19/23 06:35
Re: EL/NJDOT U34CH at Ridgewood NJ 1977
Author: Lackawanna484

Like all of it, thank you.

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Date: 01/19/23 08:23
Re: EL/NJDOT U34CH at Ridgewood NJ 1977
Author: NYC_L4a

And piling on...

So much to like about this photo, as others have noted. I like the classic "railroady" suburban station on a heavy mainline look, when it was a railroad as opposed to the generic look of todays "transit" stations. The brutish U34, along with the weather, is the icing on the cake. I only wish we could hear the sound of that thing's barking as it accelerates the train up the hill to Ramsey.

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