Passenger Trains > The Princeton Dinky

Here are a couple shots from last month--on a stormy day--of the Princeton dinky - and then my first ever shot of the dinky shot in Princeton, 34 years back, also in the rain.

(Re: The second shot - sharing the one with the train still far away on purpose. Something about the wet rails made me like this image more than the standard wedgie with it close enough).

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Very nice. The rain makes for a moody feeling about the photos. Always an interesting operation, my own first encounter with the Princeton "Dinky" was in April 1974. Thanks for posting.

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The third and fourth pix show the way the Pennsylvania Railroad intended for people to travel.

I like your shot... really reminds me of visting that location in 76/77 time frame.

Here's my dad's take on it from 1948.

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stone23 Wrote:
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> The third and fourth pix show the way the Pennsylvania Railroad intended for people to travel.

Except for those damn copulating worms and what THEY brought with them.

GenePoon Wrote:
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> stone23 Wrote:
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> > The third and fourth pix show the way the
> Pennsylvania Railroad intended for people to
> travel.
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> Except for those damn copulating worms and what
> THEY brought with them.

What the worms brought was mostly more PRR mismanagement. (Opinion based on reading "Wreck of the Penn Central"; I wasn't actually there)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/11 09:47 by toledopatch.

My dad worked for the PRR.

Great thread. Great photos.

Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

I was happy to see the MU baggage car. They only occasionally turn up in photos.

There is only 1 MPB-54 left in existance, and it is a ex-LIRR car, now 97 years young, Scroll down to 1398:
(The 1391 had to be scrapped in Riverhead a few years ago as it was falling apart):

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/featuredphoto/lirr/lirrheritagecars.htm

There are no other baggage/mail versions of the MP54 from any railroad, anywhere, anymore.