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Posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 11:54:15 2015 Before we crossed the Delaware into Jersey to hit a picnic located in Basking Ridge, I figured on stopping by the newest tourist line in PA at their Topton shop to see if their recently refurbished switcher was out & about. ALLN #602 was built as EMC #654, Class SC in 1937. Rebuilt in 1957 by Steelton & Highspire Railroad to class SCm/900. After stints on the Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England Railroad and the Maryland & Pennsylvania, George Hart purchased it for use on the Stewartstown Railroad in 1986. Allentown & Auburn bought the historic EMC earlier this year from Rail Tours Inc. of Jim Thorpe: After a stop at Morris Plains NJ:  We went to Morristown to check on the Morristown & Erie. This C424 was built for the Toledo Peoria & Western as #800 in September 1964. A year later it was heavily damaged in a wreck & rebuilt in-kind by ALCO. M&E purchased the 800 along with sister #801 from the TP&W in late 1983. #801 is now M&E #19:  Off to Union for a Dual Mode on the RVL:  And Norfolk Southern #212 with run through power:   Linden is close by so we hang out there for a few minutes & see Regional #93 pass by with a Toaster in charge. BTW all the DC AEM7s have officially been taken out of service but a number of AC versions soldier on:  I also shoot the only single level consist I'll see all day:  Hey, lets go down Route 1 to Rahway. A few minutes pass before the WB Crescent shows up with new power & a new baggage car:  And EB Regional #88 also went by with an AEM7AC up front. This months Railpace magazine has a photo of the scrapping of the first batch of these electrics. Kinda surreal, like when the GG1 fleet was going to the torch in the late 70's & early 80's:  Since we are so close we gotta stop by the Raritan Central at Edison. This SW1500 started out as Southern Pacific #2507 in 1968. Union Pacific renumbered it to 1100 after the merger & Larry's Truck Electric kept the number after aquiring a bunch of these from UP in 2011:  A quick hop to the Conrail Shared Assets yard at Metuchen:  Then the NJT Metuchen station:  Time to head back to PA. But we might as well stop at the Fogelsville Yard. Both the SD60 & GP38-2 are ex-Conrail:  A Roadrailer shot ends our weekend trip:  |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon May 25 12:17:25 2015, in response to PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 11:54:15 2015. An excellent set of photos. Thank you for posting them.Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Dave on Mon May 25 12:19:42 2015, in response to PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 11:54:15 2015. Great shots! |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon May 25 13:07:42 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by Dave on Mon May 25 12:19:42 2015. Excellent!! |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Mon May 25 13:23:40 2015, in response to PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 11:54:15 2015. excellent photos |
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Posted by chud1 on Mon May 25 15:02:22 2015, in response to PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 11:54:15 2015. 5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for these pictures.chud1. :)..... |
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Posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 21:42:42 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon May 25 12:17:25 2015. Thanks Larry :o) |
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Posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 21:44:52 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon May 25 13:07:42 2015. Thank you Chuck! How are you doin' these days? |
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Posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 21:46:41 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by Dave on Mon May 25 12:19:42 2015. Much appreciated Dave! |
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Posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 21:47:59 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Mon May 25 13:23:40 2015. TY Salaam :o) |
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Posted by The silence on Mon May 25 22:55:19 2015, in response to PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 11:54:15 2015. Didn't know that engine was still dressed up for the 2002 Olympics. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Tue May 26 06:16:02 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by The silence on Mon May 25 22:55:19 2015. Still looks good! |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue May 26 14:09:25 2015, in response to PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 11:54:15 2015. very nice |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue May 26 18:55:37 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 21:44:52 2015. Hanging in with various health issues. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Tue May 26 19:31:10 2015, in response to PHOTOS: Picnic Trip, posted by kp5308 on Mon May 25 11:54:15 2015. Nice shots!I find it funny that NJT prefers to keep the no-center-door Comet II sets on the Newark division, despite the fact that most stations are high platform. Meanwhile on the Hoboken division, you mainly find solid consists of Comet V, of which one line has only one high platform station! Of course it is because cars without center doors have greater capacity. So, mayhaps they should have ordered some Comet Vs without center doors :). |
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