Nostalgia & History > Trains and Towers, 1978

1. Amtrak GG1s-4930 & 915 are not wasting any time as they roar past Nassau Tower with S/B long distance train 83, the Silver Meteor. Next stop is Trenton, nine miles ahead. 4:05PM on 7/2/78 in Princeton Junction, NJ.

2. In this view looking south from the Northern Central line bridge over Market Street, Conrail GP38-7805 has come out of Harrisburg on the Cumberland Valley Branch and is passing Lemo ( or "J" ) Tower. An excellent article about "J" Tower, by Ken Murray, appeared in the Autumn 1997 issue of the PRR TH&S publication The Keystone, Volume 30, number 3. Lemo has been restored as "J" and now resides in Strasburg, PA on the Strasburg Railroad. 7:05PM on 9-17-78 in Lemoyne, PA..

3. Two freshly outshopped Winchester & Western ALCO MRS1s (2098 & 2112) are being shoved into Chessie System's Bay View yard at Monument Street. BA Tower was still fully in use at the time. 1:00PM on 12/29/78 in East Baltimore, MD.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/24 15:31 by Guitartrain.

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All nice photos Bill, Thanks for sharing them with all of us.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

Very nice, Bill!  Love the first image.

texchief1

That shot at Lemo tower is awesome Bill.  And the first shot is great memories of the LD Amtrak trains on the corridor when I was dumb teenager not appreciating that this stuff would not last for ever.  What a huge contrast to the paltry Florida trains Amtrak runs today. 

stevelv Wrote:
> That shot at Lemo tower is awesome Bill.  

Agreed. Compositionally, that Lemo Tower shot is killer.
/Ted