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Posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 10:03:17 2014 It was July 2005 when I moved here from Reading PA to be with my soon to be wife. We had the intention of moving back when she could take an early retirement & get out of the insurance rat race. Well, that time has arrived so I contacted my previous employer & negotiated a deal that is a win for everybody involved. Today I leave for our new digs in Blandon PA, living less than a mile from 40 to 50 freights a day on the Norfolk Southern's Reading Line. Karen will follow in about 3 months.So Sunday I made a swing thru Vogeland one last time as a resident of Marlton. I'll miss the variety: The Pavonia ready tracks were packed with power, typical for a Sunday. BTW #4294 there on the left is the last active ex-Chesapeake & Ohio GP39 (not Dash 2) on the CSX roster. Production of the model spanned only 13 months from June 1969 to July 1970. C&O bought 20 on order #7157 with a build date of July 1969. Like the more numerous Dash 2 version, a V12 645 series prime mover with a turbo delivers 2300 HP. Only 23 of the locomotives were built, with Atlanta & St Andrews Bay buying one & Kennecott Copper the other two. #2771 is an ex-Conrail GP38-2 from the 1978 order: |
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Posted by Dave on Tue Nov 25 10:36:40 2014, in response to PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 10:03:17 2014. Good luck with your move. |
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Posted by NJCL2308 on Tue Nov 25 10:37:43 2014, in response to PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 10:03:17 2014. Nice shots, and good luck to you and the missus in your new digs! |
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Posted by chud1 on Tue Nov 25 11:16:25 2014, in response to PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 10:03:17 2014. 5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for these pictures.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Tue Nov 25 11:42:53 2014, in response to PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 10:03:17 2014. I hope my NRHS presentation was a good sendoff for you. It will be nice to get a source of photos from the Reading area however. |
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Posted by milantram on Tue Nov 25 11:48:18 2014, in response to PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 10:03:17 2014. Excellent! |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Tue Nov 25 11:59:18 2014, in response to PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 10:03:17 2014. nice photos |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Tue Nov 25 12:46:11 2014, in response to PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 10:03:17 2014. Good luck. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 13:42:46 2014, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by terRAPIN station on Tue Nov 25 12:46:11 2014. Thanks gang! I left Marlton around 10 & I got here shortly after high noon. Four trains have passed so far. Another new piece of this transition is I got a laptop which will take some getting used to. Yessir, I've gone wireless! |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Tue Nov 25 16:44:42 2014, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 13:42:46 2014. Kevin, I don't blame you both for leaving NJ. They tax eerything here, including pensions. If they raise the gas tax, they will take away the last good reason to live here. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Tue Nov 25 22:09:32 2014, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Leaving Jersey, posted by Elkeeper on Tue Nov 25 16:44:42 2014. Exactly |
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