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Nostalgia & History > Tribute to Northeastern Roads Last Day 50 Years Ago, Part 7Date: 04/03/26 14:19 Tribute to Northeastern Roads Last Day 50 Years Ago, Part 7 Author: thebluecomet The final posting in this set is the Penn Central. Below is a very much mixed bag of my images from back in the mid-70's.
1. GG-1's at the Meadowlands Yard in the swamps of North Jersey. Today this area is the NJT MMC complex. 2. 4811 on a short freight at Princeton Jct. August 1974. 3. The highest numbered GG-1 4939, heads a train at Princeton Jct. July 1974.    Date: 04/03/26 14:22 Re: Tribute to Northeastern Roads Last Day 50 Years Ago, Part 7 Author: thebluecomet 4. A very fast moving eastbound at Conneaut, Ohio. September 1974.
5. As viewed from QD tower at Collinwood Yard in Cleveland. Even got a cab ride on one of those F-units. March 1976. 6. A westbound at Ann Arbor, MI. March 11, 1976.    Date: 04/03/26 14:26 Re: Tribute to Northeastern Roads Last Day 50 Years Ago, Part 7 Author: thebluecomet 7. 2973 rounding that very sharp curve coming out of the Enola yard at the west end of the Rockville Bridge. January 26, 1975.
8. A couple of GG-1's in the Enola Yard. There was an open house event for a local organization that day. May 19, 1974. 9. Westbound working up hill at the Horseshoe Curve. September 15, 1974.    Date: 04/03/26 14:30 Re: Tribute to Northeastern Roads Last Day 50 Years Ago, Part 7 Author: thebluecomet 10. Poughkeepsie, NY locals were covered by a pair of RDC's back in the day. Manitou, NY, January 11, 1976.
11. A train headed to Louisville, KY passes the tower at Seymour, Indiana crossing the B&O St. Louis line. March 1975. 12. Westbound unit train near Michigan City, IN. March 13, 1976. That's All Folks !!    Date: 04/03/26 23:24 Re: Tribute to Northeastern Roads Last Day 50 Years Ago, Part 7 Author: GN599 #3 is about the best photo of a G in Penn Central livery I have ever seen.
Date: 04/04/26 08:27 Re: Tribute to Northeastern Roads Last Day 50 Years Ago, Part 7 Author: callen77 Excellent series (every part).
Those RDCs in the snow are something; the area still looks quite similar. Date: 04/06/26 13:13 Re: Tribute to Northeastern Roads Last Day 50 Years Ago, Part 7 Author: halfmoonharold Thank you for putting this series together!
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