Morscher's 1977-1988 Railroad Images, Sorted by Date.
 

T	L	Date	#	RR #	Type	Former #	Other Units	State	City	Comments
T	L	06-13-1977	1	CR 2781	GE U23B	LV 505	CR 2922	PA	MEADVILLE	MY FIRST PHOTO WITH MY NEWLY PURCHASED MINOLTA SRT-202 35MM CAMERA.  ODDLY ENOUGH, THIS SAME EX-LEHIGH VALLEY 505 UNIT WAS THE SUBJECT OF MY FIRST PHOTO OF 1978, AFTER BEING DAMAGED IN A MINOR WRECK. X LV 505 1978/19780311_01.jpg 1978/19780311_03.jpg
T	L	06-13-1977	2	CR 2286	EMD GP35	PRR 2286- PC 2286		NY	NIOBE JCT.	PLOW TRAIN, PAST AN OLD ERIE RR. TOWER
T	L	06-13-1977	3	CR 2286	EMD GP35	PRR 2286- PC 2286		PA	CORRY	PASSING THE RELATIVELY MODERN LOOKING ERIE RR STATION.
T	L	06-13-1977	4	CR 2569	GE U25B	NYC 2569- PC 2569	CR 3071, D&H 611	NY	HORNELL	LINE UP AT HORNELL, NY. 3071 GOT A SECOND LIFE AS A COMMUTER ENGINE FOR NJDOT, AFTER GETTING COWL HOOD COURTESY OF BN BN 6633, IN THE YEAR 1987.  CR 2569 WAS NEW YORK CENTRAL'S FINAL U25B AND BUILT IN SEPTEMBER 1965.
T	L	06-13-1977	5	CR 5992	EMD GP7	EL 1277- DL&W 958		PA	MEADVILLE	x EL 1277=DL&W 958 UNDER US ROUTE 6
T	L	06-13-1977	6	CR 6678	EMD SDP45	EL 3647		PA	MEADVILLE	x EL 3646, SITTING UNDER THE ENDURING ERIE COALING TOWER.  UNIT SURVIVED UNTIL 1985.
T	L	06-13-1977	7	CR 9013	EMD SW9	ERIE 437- EL 437		PA	MEADVILLE	x EL 437=ERIE 437 IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
T	L	06-13-1977	8	CR 9026	EMD SW9	DL&W 560- EL 455		PA	MEADVILLE	HERE WE SEE xEL 455=DL&W 560 ENJOYING THE WARM SUMMER MORNING.
T	L	06-13-1977	9	D&H 611	ALCO C628			NY	HORNELL	BIG ALCO'S WERE TREATS, EVEN IN 1977.   IN THE FALL OF '77, I WOULD OCCASIONALLY SEE THE D&H CENTURIES ROLL PAST MY COLLEGE DORM WINDOW IN CLEVELAND, ON THE NICKEL PLATE.  NOW, THAT WAS REALLY A TREAT.
T	L	06-13-1977	10	EL 1272	EMD GP7	DL&W 953		NY	JAMESTOWN	A FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE ELEVATED JAMESTOWN PASSENGER STATION AREA.
T	L	06-13-1977	11	PC 3174	EMD GP40			PA	MEADVILLE	UNIT LATER WAS REBUILT INTO A GP40PH-2 IN 1991. 1977/19770722_01.jpg
T	L	06-14-1977	1	CR 2323	EMD GP35	PRR 2323- PC 2323	PC 3010	NY	HORNELL	CLOUDY DAY NEAR HORNELL.
T	L	06-14-1977	2	CR 3131	EMD GP40	PC 3131		NY	SOUTHERN TIER	SOMEWHERE ON THE FORMER ERIE IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE.
T	L	06-14-1977	3	CR 3645	EMD GP35	RDG 3645	CR 2664, CR 6304	PA	SAYRE	E/B PASSING THE SAYRE STATION.  HERE IS A VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE THAT WAS TAKEN AT COLLINWOOD IN 1993: 1993/19930427_04.jpg
T	L	06-14-1977	4	CR 6304	EMD SD40	PRR 6051- PC 6051	CR 2664, CR 3645	NY	SOUTHERN TIER	AN EARLY CONRAIL BLUE UNIT MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN THIS CONSIST.
T	L	06-14-1977	5	CR 6506	GE U25C	PRR 6506- PC 6506	CR	PA	SAYRE	ONE OF MY VERY FEW ENCOUNTERS WITH THE GE U25C.   THESE ARE x PRR UNITS.  IT LOOKS LIKE THE MANY CREW MEMBERS ARE ENJOYING THE TRADEMARK U25 BIG CENTRAL WINDSHIELD.
T	L	06-14-1977	6	CR 8134	EMD GP38-2	PC 8134		PA	SAYRE	A CLASSIC VIEW OF THE SAYRE SHOP AREA.
T	L	06-14-1977	7	D&H 762	GE U33C			NY	BINGHAMTON	BEVIER YARD I BELIEVE.
T	L	06-14-1977	8	EL 435	EMD SW9	ERIE 435		NY	SOUTHERN TIER	THE FRESHLY PAINTED CABOOSE LOOKS WORSE FOR THE WEAR.
T	L	06-14-1977	9	LV 125	EMD SW900			PA	SAYRE	LEHIGH VALLEY SWITHER AT SAYRE.
T	L	06-14-1977	10	LV 125	EMD SW900			PA	SAYRE	BUILDERS PLATE OF A REBUILD
T	L	06-14-1977	11	LV 129	EMD SW900			PA	SAYRE	THE BIG LEHIGH VALLY FACILITY AT SAYRE WAS LOOKING MIGHTY EMPTY IN 1977.
T	L	06-14-1977	12	PC 2757	GE U23B		CR 23262	NY	ADDISON	THIS IS SOMEONE'S BACK YARD.  I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BACKYARD LIKE THIS.  THE CREW INVITED US ABOARD THE CAB FOR A QUICK TOUR BEFORE THEY HEADED WESTWARDS.
T	L	06-14-1977	13	PC 3147	EMD GP40			NY	ADDISON	OVERCAST PHOTO OF A W/B, NEAR ADDISON, ON THE OLD ERIE MAIN, NEAR MILEPOST 300.
T	L	06-15-1977	1	CR 3154	EMD GP40	PC 3154		NY	BINGHAMTON	W/B IN BINGHAMTON.  UNIT WAS REBUILT IN 1991 WITH THE WOODWARD CLC (COMPLETE LOCOMOTIVE CONTROL) ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.  HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1978: 1978/19780805_08.jpg
T	L	06-15-1977	2	D&H ?	ALCO C628			NY	COLONIE	ROOF SHOT.  FOR ONE DOLLAR, AT THE GUARD'S GATE AT THE COLONIE SHOP COMPLEX, THE D&H ISSUED US A RELEASE FORM, WHICH ALLOWED US TO ROAM AT WILL AROUND THE FACILITY, AS LONG AS WE STAYED OUT OF BUILDINGS.  THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN TODAY'S WORLD.
T	L	06-15-1977	3	D&H ?	COACH		D&H	NY	COLONIE	D&H BUSINESS CARS.
T	L	06-15-1977	4	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205		NY	WHITEHALL	HERE WE SEE MY RAILFAN PAL AND ME (SEATED IN THE CAB) ENJOYING THE EVENING.
T	L	06-15-1977	5	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205	D&H 1216	NY	WHITEHALL	VIEW FROM CAB DOOR.  IT WAS NICE OF THE D&H TO LET US TOUR THESE UNITS AT WHITEHALL.
T	L	06-15-1977	6	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205		NY	WHITEHALL	3/4 SHOT.  IN 1977, THESE TWO UNITS WERE THE LAST TWO BALDWIN SHARK UNITS IN EXISTENCE.  AS05 WAS PLACED IN SERVICE ON 12-7-1951.
T	L	06-15-1977	7	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205		NY	WHITEHALL	NOSE HEAD-ON VIEW.  THE LITTLE WHITEHALL ENGINE HOUSE IS IN THE BACKGROUND.
T	L	06-15-1977	8	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205	D&H 1216	NY	WHITEHALL	EVER WONDER WHAT THE ROOF OF A SHARK LOOKS LIKE?
T	L	06-15-1977	9	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205		NY	WHITEHALL	TRAILING SHOT, NOTICE HOW THE UNITS NOSE IS SHAPED LIKE THE BOW OF A SHIP.
T	L	06-15-1977	10	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205		NY	WHITEHALL	TRAILING SHOT OF A SHARK NOSE.  WHILE CREDIT FOR THE RF-16's DESIGN OFTEN GIVEN TO RAYMOND LOEWY, PERHAPS MORE CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE DESIGN FIRM OF HADLEY, RYDER, AND PEDERSEN.  I AM IMFROMED THAT MR. MICHOLAS PEDERSEN WAS THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM THAT ENGINEERED, STLYLED, AND ARRANGED THE EQUIPMENT ON THESE UNITS.
T	L	06-15-1977	11	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205		NY	WHITEHALL	L. S. MELIN, WITH AHM SEATED IN CAB.
T	L	06-15-1977	12	D&H 1216	BLW RF-16	NYC 3816- NYC 1216- MRY 1216		NY	WHITEHALL	I RECALL THE ENGINE ROOM BEING QUITE ROOMY, WITH A TALL BUT NARROW IN-LINE ENGINE.  THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS A BIT SCARY WITH LOTS OF HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLDS PROJECTING INTO THE PASSAGEWAY.
T	L	06-15-1977	13	D&H 1205	BLW RF-16	NYC 3805- NYC 1205- MRY 1205		NY	WHITEHALL	CAB INTERIOR.  NOTICE THE BALDWIN-LIMA-HAMILTON LETTERING.
T	L	06-15-1977	14	D&H 1216	BLW RF-16	NYC 3816- NYC 1216- MRY 1216		NY	WHITEHALL	NOSE HEAD-ON VIEW OF A BALDWIN RF-16 WHICH WAS PLACED IN SERVICE ON THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ON 1-24-1952.
T	L	06-15-1977	15	D&H 1216	BLW RF-16	NYC 3816- NYC 1216- MRY 1216		NY	WHITEHALL	BROADSIDE VIEW OF A BALDWIN SHARK.
T	L	06-15-1977	16	D&H 2313	GE U23B			NY	COLONIE	UNIT AT COLONIE SHOPS.
T	L	06-15-1977	17	D&H 4099	ALCO RS-3		D&H 5022, D&H 5009, D&H 701	NY	COLONIE	SCENE AT COLONIE, NY.  RS-3 4099 LATER SPENT TIME IN OHIO ON THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY SCENIC RAILROAD: 1991/19910513_01.jpg 1994/19940422_11.jpg 1994/19940422_12.jpg
T	L	06-15-1977	18	D&H 4110	ALCO RS-3		D&H 4124	NY	COLONIE	ALCO UNDER SOME KIND OF OUTDOOR CRANE THING.
T	L	06-15-1977	19	D&H 5000	ALCO RS-11			NY	COLONIE	IN SHOP.  OUR D&H PASS DID NOT ALLOW SHOP ACCESS, SO WE PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE OPEN SHOP DOORS.
T	L	06-15-1977	20	D&H 5011	ALCO RS-11		D&H 762	NY	BINGHAMTON	BEVIER STREET YARD.  5011 WOULD LATER MIGRATE TO MARTIN MARIETTA AGGREGATES AND THEN TO VINTAGE LOCOMOTIVES INC.
T	L	06-15-1977	21	D&H 5021	ALCO RS-36			NY	ONEONTA	UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1988.
T	L	06-15-1977	22	D&H 5021	ALCO RS-36			NY	ONEONTA	A BIT OF THE BRIDGE'S WIRE FENCING GOT INTO THIS PHOTO.
T	L	06-15-1977	23	D&H 602	ALCO C628		D&H 4075, D&H 761	NY	COLONIE	BACK IN 1977, ONE COULD PAY A DOLLAR, SIGN A RELEASE, AND WONDER AROUND THE EXTERIOR SHOP AREAS.
T	L	06-15-1977	24	LIRR 205	ALCO C420		D&H 2302, D&H 4075	NY	COLONIE	FORMER LONG ISLAND RAILROAD POWER AT COLONIE.  LIRR 205 later went to the short lived Erie Western.
T	L	06-15-1977	25	LIRR 220	ALCO C420		D&H 1205	NY	WHITEHALL	UNITS WORTH OF PRESERVATION.  AS OF THE YEAR 2000, THE BALDWIN SHARK WAS STILL IN EXISTANCE, SOMEWHERE IN MICHIGAN.  THE SURPRISE IS THAT A MUSEUM IN MEXICO, THE "MUSEO DE LOS FERROCARRILES DE CHIHAUHAU" WAS PREPARING TO PUT THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD 220 ON DISPLAY.
T	L	06-15-1977	26	D&H 1216	BLW RF-16			NY	WHITEHALL	HERE WE ARE, HAVING CAUGHT UP WITH OUR PREY, TWO BALDWIN SHARKS.  OH, WE LOOK SO YOUNG, SILLY, AND SEEMINGLY MALNOURISHED.  HERE WE ARE EATING A MEAL OUT OF THE TRUNK OF A VW BEETLE SAVORING THE BURBLE OF 608A ENGINES.
T	L	06-16-1977	1	AMTK 154	ROHR TURBO TRAIN			NY	ALBANY RENSSELEAR	UNIT UNDERGOING REPAIRS.
T	L	06-16-1977	2	AMTK 157	ROHR TURBO TRAIN			NY	PEEKSKILL	PASSENGER TRAIN ALONG HUDSON RIVER.
T	L	06-16-1977	3	AMTK 310	EMD E8	PRR 5903- PC 4303		NY	ALBANY RENSSELEAR	x PC 4303-PRR 5903.
T	L	06-16-1977	4	AMTK 415	EMD E9	UP 910		NY	ALBANY RENSSELEAR	SOUTHBOUND PASSENGER TRAIN AT STATION, x UP 910.
T	L	06-16-1977	5	AMTK 444	EMD E8	ACL 532- SCL 575- AMTK 233	AMTK 1152	NY	ALBANY RENSSELEAR	FORMER ATLANTIC COAST LINE UNIT, BUILT ORGINALLY AS AN EMD E7.
T	L	06-16-1977	6	AMTK 444	EMD E8	ACL 532- SCL 575- AMTK 233		NY	ALBANY RENSSELEAR	SOUTHBOUND TRAIN AT PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-16-1977	7	AMTK 444	EMD E8	ACL 532- SCL 575- AMTK 233		NY	ALBANY RENSSELEAR	WINDSHIELD WASHING TIME.
T	L	06-16-1977	8	CR 5042	EMD FL9	NH 2042- PC 5042		NY	CROTON HARMON	ENGINE HOUSE.  WE TRIED TO TAKE SOME GROUND LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHS HERE, BUT AN ARMED GUARD DREW HIS PISTOL ON US AND ENCOURAGED US TO LEAVE.  THIS UNIT WAS AMBITIOUSLY REBUILT IN 1991 INTO AN ALMOST CRAZY TURBOCHARGED 2800hp, A.C. DRIVE UNIT.
T	L	06-16-1977	9	EL 1519	COMMUTER COACH			NY	SPRING VALLEY	COMMUTER TRAINS LAYING OVER FOR THE NIGHT.
T	L	06-16-1977	10	MTA ?	BUDD RDC			NY	PEEKSKILL	ALONG HUDSON RIVER.
T	L	06-16-1977	11	MTA 56	BUDD RDC-1	NYC M456- PC 56		NY	PEEKSKILL	HUDSON RIVER.
T	L	06-16-1977	12	MTA 56	BUDD RDC-1	NYC M456- PC 56		NY	POUGHKEEPSIE	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-16-1977	13	PC 2897	GE U33B		MTA 56	NY	POUGHKEEPSIE	POUGHKEEPSIE STATION AND POUGHKEEPSIE VIADUCT IN THE BACKGROUND.
T	L	06-16-1977	14	PC 5007	EMD FL9	NH 2007	PC 5027	NY	PEEKSKILL	COMMUTER TRAIN ON HUDSON RIVER.
T	L	06-16-1977	15	PC 5055	EMD FL9	NH 2055		NY	PEEKSKILL	COMMUTER TRAIN
T	L	06-17-1977	1	CR 2950	GE U33B	PC 2950		NY	MILL RIFT BRIDGE	EASTBOUND ON BRIDGE OVER THE DELAWARE RIVER.
T	L	06-17-1977	2	CR 6573	GE U33C	EL 3310		NY	DEPOSIT	PUSHER ENGINE PARKED RIGHT NEXT TO THE DEPOSIT STATION, x EL 3310. NOTE ADIRONDACK TRUCKS.
T	L	06-17-1977	3	CR STARRUCCA VIADUCT	BRIDGE	ERIE- EL		NY	LANESBORO	WE WAITED WITHOUT LUCK FOR A TRAIN AT STARRUCCA VIADUCT.  BEING IMPATIENT TEENAGERS, WE THEN WALKED THE LENGTH OF THE BRIDGE ALONG THE FLAT-TOPPED STONES THAT MAKE UP THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE.  TEENAGERS DO STRANGE THINGS.
T	L	06-17-1977	4	D&H 409	ALCO C420	LV 409	D&H 614	NY	BINGHAMTON	THIS LEHIGH VALLEY UNIT WENT TO THE DELAWARE & HUDSON.
T	L	06-17-1977	5	D&H 5008	ALCO RS-11			NY	BINGHAMTON	UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1988.
T	L	06-17-1977	6	D&H 614	ALCO C628		LV 409	NY	BINGHAMTON	HERE IS WHERE THE D&H GAVE US A SHORT CAB RIDE IN THIS UNIT, UP AND DOWN THE READY TRACKS.
T	L	06-17-1977	7	D&H JEFFERSON JCT	JEFFERSON JCT			NY	LANESBORO	EL STARRUCCA VIADUCT WITH THE D&H BELOW.
T	L	06-17-1977	9	EL 1238	EMD GP7	ERIE 1238		NY	NARROWSBURG	A HAZY DAY AT NARROWSBURG.
T	L	06-17-1977	10	CR LACKAWAXEN BRIDGE	LACKAWAXEN BRIDGE	ERIE- EL		PA	LACKAWAXEN	FORMER ERIE BRIDGE WHERE THE LACKAWAXEN RIVER JOINS THE DELAWARE RIVER.
T	L	06-17-1977	12	PC 2508	GE U25B	NYC 2508	CR	NY	BINGHAMTON	W/B AT BINGHAMTON.
T	L	06-18-1977	1	CR 2072	ALCO C420	L&HRR 21	CR 2077, PNC 980	PA	SCRANTON	MY ONLY ENCOUNTER WITH LEHIGH AND HUDSON RIVER RR POWER. HERE IS FORMER LH&HR 29 AND 21.  SADLY, NUMBER 21 WAS CUT UP IN 1979, BUT 29 WAS LUCKIER.
T	L	06-18-1977	2	CR 2517	GE U25B	NYC 2517- PC 2517	CR 2072	PA	SCRANTON	EVENING AT SCRANTON.
T	L	06-18-1977	3	CR 3162	EMD GP40	PC 3162	CR 3016	NY	BINGHAMTON	MY CAPTION SAYS BINGHAMTON, BUT I AM NOT SO SURE IF THAT IS REALLY THE CASE ANYMORE.
T	L	06-18-1977	4	CR 3261	EMD GP40	EMD 12- PC 3261	CR	PA	?	PHOTO TAKEN SOMEWHERE I CAN'T REMEMBER.  UNIT WAS STILL RUNNING IN THE YEAR 2017.  HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1988: 1988/19880410_01.jpg
T	L	06-18-1977	5	CR 9214	EMD NW2	ERIE 407- EL 407		PA	SCRANTON	THE NICE FORMER EL EMPLOYEES GAVE US A NICE TOUR INSIDE THE SCRANTON SHOP.
T	L	06-18-1977	6	CR 9321	EMD SW1200	DL&W 562- EL 457	EL 370	PA	FACTORYVILLE	CR 9321 WAS BOUGHT BY THE NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC RR IN 2004, ITS FIFTH OWNER.  THIS UNIT WAS FINALLY CUT UP IN JANUARY 2020 BY GERSHAW RECYLING IN BROOKLYN, NY.
T	L	06-18-1977	7	CR 9321	EMD SW1200	DL&W 562- EL 457		PA	FACTORYVILLE	TUNNEL AND TOWER.  THIS UNIT WAS FINALLY CUT UP IN JANUARY 2020 BY GERSHAW RECYLING AFTER HAVING SERVED ITS FIFTH OWNER.
T	L	06-18-1977	8	CR 9321	EMD SW1200	DL&W 562- EL 457	EL 370	PA	FACTORYVILLE	THIS LITTLE SWITCHER WAS ALIVE AND WELL AS OF 2004, HAVING BEEN OBTAINED BY THE NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC RR FOR SERVICE IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK.  BUT WAS SCRAPPED IN EARLY 2020.
T	L	06-18-1977	9	D&H 612	ALCO C628		D&H 712	NY	BINGHAMTON	BEVIER STREET YARD.
T	L	06-18-1977	10	D&H 762	GE U33C			NY	BINGHAMTON	A BIG GE FILLS THE VIEWFINDER AT BEVIER STREET YARD.
T	L	06-18-1977	11	EL 1230	EMD GP7	ERIE 1230	PC 5788, PC 2345	PA	SCRANTON	EARLY CONRAIL DAYS IN SCRANTON.
T	L	06-18-1977	12	EL 366	EMD SW8	DL&W 506	LV 300, PC 3169	PA	SCRANTON
T	L	06-18-1977	13	EL 419	EMD NW2	ERIE 419	EL 1235	PA	SCRANTON	INSIDE THE FORMER LACKAWANNA SCRANTON SHOP.  AT TIMES, EL 419 SERVED AS THE SLUG MOTHER FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA BALDWIN SLUGS.
T	L	06-18-1977	14	CR MARTIN'S CREEK VIADUCT	BRIDGE	DL&W		PA	KINGSLEY	BRIDGE WITH MY ORANGE 74 VW UNDER IT.  THE ROADWAY WAS THE OLD DL&W MAIN.
T	L	06-18-1977	15	CR MARTIN'S CREEK VIADUCT	BRIDGE	DL&W		PA	KINGSLEY	BRIDGE
T	L	06-18-1977	16	CR MARTIN'S CREEK VIADUCT	BRIDGE	DL&W		PA	KINGSLEY	SIDE OF BRIDGE.  LACKAWANNA BUILT THIS ORGINALLY AS A TRIPLE TRACK VIADUCT.
T	L	06-18-1977	17	CR MARTIN'S CREEK VIADUCT	BRIDGE	DL&W		PA	KINGSLEY	UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE
T	L	06-18-1977	18	CR HOP BOTTOM	STATION	DL&W- EL		PA	HOP BOTTOM	PASSENGER STATION AT THE LOCATION THAT THE LACKAWANNA USED TO REFER TO AS FOSTER.  I THINK I LIKE THE "TERM HOP BOTTOM" MORE.
T	L	06-18-1977	19	CR NICHOLSON TUNNEL	TUNNEL	DL&W- EL		PA	FACTORYVILLE	NORTH PORTAL OF TUNNEL
T	L	06-18-1977	20	CR NICHOLSON TUNNEL	TUNNEL	DL&W- EL		PA	FACTORYVILLE	VIEW FROM INSIDE TUNNEL
T	L	06-18-1977	21	CR NICHOLSON TUNNEL	TUNNEL	DL&W- EL		PA	FACTORYVILLE	SOUTH PORTAL OF TUNNEL
T	L	06-18-1977	22	CR TUNKHANNOCK VIADUCT	BRIDGE	DL&W- EL		PA	NICHOLSON	THE BRIDGE DOMINATES THE TOWN. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE NICHOLSON VIADUCT AS WELL AS THE TUNKHANNOCK VIADUCT.
T	L	06-18-1977	23	CR TUNKHANNOCK VIADUCT	BRIDGE	DL&W- EL		PA	NICHOLSON	BRIDGE
T	L	06-19-1977	1	CR 2922	GE U33B	PC 2922	PC 6505	PA	SCRANTON	BIG GE POWER AT SCRANTON.
T	L	06-19-1977	2	CR 8419	EMD SW1	LV 115		PA	ALLENTOWN	A LEHIGH VALLEY THAT WAS RENUMBERED FOR CONRAIL.  HERE NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO MATCH THE COLORS.
T	L	06-19-1977	3	CR 8665	EMD SW8	LV 251	PC 7908	PA	ALLENTOWN	NOTE STRANGE RADIATOR FANS.
T	L	06-19-1977	4	CR 9244	EMD NW2	LV 182		PA	ALLENTOWN	A LEHIGH VALLEY THAT WAS RENUMBERED FOR CONRAIL.  SOMEONE TOOK THE EFFORT TO ALMOST MATCH THE COLORS.
T	L	06-19-1977	5	CR STATION	STATION	DL&W- EL		PA	CRESCO	STATION
T	L	06-19-1977	6	EL 1233	EMD GP7	ERIE 1233		PA	SCRANTON	EL GEEP PHOTOGRAPHED AT A TIGHT ANGLE.
T	L	06-19-1977	7	EL 1400	EMD GP7	ERIE 1400	PC 2387	PA	SCRANTON	ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOTS 1977/19770620_06.jpg 1977/19770620_05.jpg
T	L	06-19-1977	8	EL 366	EMD SW8	DL&W 508		PA	SCRANTON	IN FRONT OF SHOPS.
T	L	06-19-1977	9	LV 128	EMD SW900		PC 3169	PA	SCRANTON	IN FRONT OF SHOPS.
T	L	06-19-1977	10	LV 211	ALCO RS-3	PRR 8445- PRR 5569- PC 5569		PA	ALLENTOWN	HAMMERHEAD RS-3 HALFWAY OFF THE TURNTABLE.  UNIT IS NOW AT THE ROCHESTER & GENESEE VALLEY RR MUSEUM, IN RUSH, NY.  THIS ALCO WAS BUILT IN DECEMBER, 1953 AND IT WAS GIVEN AN EMD PRIME MOVER IN AUGUST OF 1979. ROCHESTER & GENESEE VALLEY RR MUSEUM
T	L	06-19-1977	11	LV 224	EMD SW7		LV 254	PA	ALLENTOWN	LEHIGH VALLEY's HIGHEST NUMBERED SW7 (THEY ONLY HAD 5), BUILT IN CLEVELAND IN 1950.
T	L	06-19-1977	12	LV 261	EMD SW8			PA	ALLENTOWN	SW8 WITH DYNAMIC BRAKES.
T	L	06-19-1977	13	LV 270	EMD SW8		LV 255	PA	ALLENTOWN	A DYNAMIC BRAKE EQUIPPED SWITCHER AT SCRANTON.
T	L	06-19-1977	14	LV 300	EMD GP9			PA	SCRANTON	LV UNIT IN SCRANTON.
T	L	06-19-1977	15	CR NAY AUG TUNNEL	TUNNEL	DL&W- EL		PA	SCRANTON	TUNNEL, LOOKING WEST TOWARDS SCRANTON.
T	L	06-19-1977	16	CR NAY AUG TUNNEL	TUNNEL	DL&W- EL		PA	SCRANTON	VIEW WEST FROM TUNNEL.
T	L	06-19-1977	17	CR NAY AUG TUNNEL	TUNNEL	DL&W- EL		PA	SCRANTON	EAST PORTAL OF TUNNEL.  HURRICAINE DIANE FLOODED BOTH TUNNELS IN THE 1950'S
T	L	06-19-1977	18	PC 3133	EMD GP40			PA	GOLDSBORO	E/B CLIMBING THE POCONO GRADE PAST THE STATION.  WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT THIS UNIT BE ALIVE AND WELL ON THE UNION PACIFIC IN THE YEAR 2000 AND LATER ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINEER RAILTOURS.
T	L	06-20-1977	1	CR 1891	EMD F7	ERIE 712A- EL 7121	CR	PA	SLATEFORD JCT	A FAVORITE PHOTO AT THE DELAWARE RIVER's WATER GAP.  THIS WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW AN EL F UNIT IN OPERATION.
T	L	06-20-1977	2	CR 6239	EMD SD45	PC 6239		NJ	BLAIRSTOWN	E/B ON PAULIN'S KILL VIADUCT.  THE LEADER UNIT WOULD WORK UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERS TILL RETIREMENT IN 2007.
T	L	06-20-1977	3	CR BRIDGE	BRIDGE	DL&W- EL		PA	DELAWARE WATER GAP	DELAWARE WATER GAP, PA.
T	L	06-20-1977	4	EL 1229	EMD GP7	ERIE 1229		PA	BANGOR	BANGOR AND PORTLAND BRANCH. WE STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION WITH A LITTLE OLD LADY WHO CORRECTLY PROPHESIZED THAT HORNS WOULD BLOW, BELLS WOULD RING, THE CROSSING LIGHTS WOULD FLASH AND THEN A TRAIN WOULD COME.
T	L	06-20-1977	5	EL 1400	EMD GP7	ERIE 1400		PA	SLATEFORD JCT	EVENING AT THE DELAWARE WATER GAP.  TRAIN IS ON THE OLD MAIN. 1977/19770619_07.jpg 1977/19770620_06.jpg
T	L	06-20-1977	6	EL 1400	EMD GP7	ERIE 1400		PA	EAST STROUDSBURG	FORMER ERIE PASSENGER GEEP. 1977/19770619_07.jpg 1977/19770620_05.jpg
T	L	06-20-1977	7	CR PAULIN'S KILL VIADUCT	BRIDGE	DL&W- EL		NJ	BLAIRSTOWN	BRIDGE
T	L	06-21-1977	1	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	HIGHLAND AVENUE	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	2	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	SOUTH ORANGE	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	3	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MAPLEWOOD	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	4	EL ?	ELECRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MORRIS PLANES	I AM NOT QUITE SURE IF THIS IS MORRIS PLANES.
T	L	06-21-1977	5	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MILLBURN	PASSENGER STATION.  THE LACKAWANNA NEVER WAS CHEAP WHEN IT CAME TO PASSENGER STATION CONSTRUCTION.
T	L	06-21-1977	6	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	SHORT HILLS	PASSENGER STATION
T	L	06-21-1977	7	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	CHATHAM	PASSENGER STATION.  BEFORE THE BIG LACKAWANNA LINE UPGRADE AROUND 1915, THE TRACKS AT CHATHAM WERE 15 FEET BELOW WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
T	L	06-21-1977	8	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MADISON	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	9	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MADISON	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	10	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MORRISTOWN	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	11	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MORRISTOWN	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	12	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MORRISTOWN	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	13	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	MOUNTAIN STATION	PASSENGER STATION.  I DON’T THINK TODAY'S DOUBLE STACK TRAINS WOULD FIT UNDER THE WIRE AND ARCHED BRIDGE.
T	L	06-21-1977	14	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	CHATHAM	CHATHAM PASSENGER STATION ON THE OLD LACKAWANNA's MORRIS & ESSEX LINE.  AROUND 1912, THE ORIGINAL LINE HERE WAS ABOUT 20 FEET BELOW THE PRESENT GRADE.
T	L	06-21-1977	15	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	DENVILLE	PASSENGER STATION.  I AM TOLD THAT THE STATION HERE IS NOW GONE.
T	L	06-21-1977	16	EL ?	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	DOVER	PASSENGER STATION AND TOWER.  DOVER WAS THE WEST END OF LACKAWANNA ELECTRIFICATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	17	EL 1523	CONTROL CAR			NJ	?	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	18	EL 3243	COMMUTER COACH	DL&W		NJ	DOVER	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	19	EL 3358	GE U34CH			NJ	DENVILLE	PASSENGER STATION AND TOWER.
T	L	06-21-1977	20	EL 3359	GE U34CH			NJ	?	PASSENGER STATION.  UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1996.
T	L	06-21-1977	21	EL 3361	GE U34CH			NJ	?	PASSENGER STATION.  UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1996.
T	L	06-21-1977	22	EL 3361	GE U34CH			NJ	DOVER	EVENING PHOTO AT DOVER.  UNIT SCRAPPED IN 1996.
T	L	06-21-1977	23	EL 3363	GE U34CH			NJ	UPPER MONTCLAIR	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-21-1977	24	EL 3364	GE U34CH			NJ	GLEN RIDGE	COMMUTER TRAIN PASSING THE PASSENGER STATION ON THE FORMER ERIE RR's GREENWOOD LAKE LINE.
T	L	06-21-1977	25	EL 3555	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W		NJ	CHATHAM	PASSENGER STATION.   HERE IS THE SAME MU CAR IN PITTSBURGH IN 1987: 1987/19870503_08.jpg
T	L	06-22-1977	1	EL STATION	STATION	DL&W- EL		NJ	HOBOKEN	FRONT OF COPPER CLADDED STATION
T	L	06-22-1977	2	EL STATION	STATION TRACKS	DL&W- EL		NJ	HOBOKEN	STATION TRACKS AND TOWER, LOOKING WEST
T	L	06-22-1977	3	EL STATION	STATION TRACKS	DL&W- EL		NJ	HOBOKEN	STATION TRACKS LOOKING WEST
T	L	06-22-1977	4	EL 1511	CONTROL CAR			NJ	NETCONG	EARLY MORNING.
T	L	06-22-1977	5	EL 1741	COMMUTER COACH			NJ	LAKE HOPATCONG	LACKAWANNA'S STRANGEST PASSENGER STATION, COMPLETE WITH PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS.
T	L	06-22-1977	6	EL 3361	GE U34CH			NJ	LAKE HOPATCONG	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-22-1977	7	EL 3365	GE U34CH			NJ	PATTERSON	PASSENGER STATION.  UNIT SCAPPEDIN 1996.
T	L	06-22-1977	8	EL 3368	GE U34CH			NJ	FAIRLAWN	PASSENGER STATION.  ON 3-9-1973, EL 3368 WAS ON THE TRAILING END OF A DEADHEAD COMMUTER TRAIN X=51 EQUIPMENT MOVE AND ITS TRAIN WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH TRAIN CX99 AT NEWBURGH JCT.  WESTBOUND TRAIN CX99 RUNNING IN FOG COLLIDED IWTH X-51'S REAR CONTROL CAR WITH MUCH DAMAGE TO EL 3305, EL 3309 AND THE NEW COMET COMMUTER CARS WHICH WERE FORTUNATELY UNOCCUPIED
T	L	06-22-1977	9	EL 3368	GE U34CH			NJ	HOBOKEN	UNDER BUSH TRAINSHED AT THE STATION.  ON 3-9-1973, EL 3368 WAS ON THE TRAILING END OF A DEADHEAD COMMUTER TRAIN X=51 EQUIPMENT MOVE AND ITS TRAIN WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH TRAIN CX99 AT NEWBURGH JCT.  WESTBOUND TRAIN CX99 RUNNING IN FOG COLLIDED IWTH X-51'S REAR CONTROL CAR WITH MUCH DAMAGE TO EL 3305, EL 3309 AND THE NEW COMET COMMUTER CARS WHICH WERE FORTUNATELY UNOCCUPIED.
T	L	06-22-1977	10	EL 3370	GE U34CH		EL 3378	NJ	HOBOKEN	HOBOKEN STATION ACTION.  3370 WAS SCRAPPED IN 1996.
T	L	06-22-1977	11	EL 3375	GE U34CH			NJ	RAMSEY ?	PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	06-22-1977	12	EL 3375	GE U34CH			NY	RIDGEWOOD ?	I AM NOT QUITE SURE OF THE LOCATION OF THIS PHOTO.
T	L	06-22-1977	14	EL 3376	GE U34CH			NJ	RIDGEWOOD	ERIE PASSENGER STATIONS, WHILE NOT USUALLY AS FANCY AS THE LACKAWANNA STATIONS, COULD OCCASIONALLY BOAST OF DETAILS SUCH AS TILE ROOFS.  HERE WE SEE A U34CH ON THE WESTBOUND LOCAL TRACK AT RIDGEWOOD.
T	L	06-22-1977	15	EL 3378	GE U34CH		EL 3370	NY	WALDWICK	CAB PROFILES.  3378 WAS THE LUCKIER OF THE TWO, IT WAS BOUGHT BY - GEC-ALSTHOM, WHILE 3370 WAS CUT UP IN 1996.
T	L	06-22-1977	16	EL 3378	GE U34CH		EL 3370	NY	WALDWICK	A FAVORITE PHOTO, SIDE BY SIDE U34CH's IN THE EVENING SUN.
T	L	06-22-1977	17	EL 3380	GE U34CH			NY	?	EVENING SHADOWS MADE PHOTOGRAPHY DIFFICULT IN THIS CUT.  IT SEEMS THAT THE UNIT WENT TO AMERICA LATINA LOGISTICA IN ARGENTINA IN 2007.
T	L	06-22-1977	18	EL 416	EMD NW2	ERIE 416	EL 3375	NY	SUFFERN	ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE PHOTO'S.  THAT TEXACO SIGN WAS INTEGRAL TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE IMAGE.
T	L	06-23-1977	1	CNJ 1549	ALCO RS-3		CNJ	NJ	ELIZABETHPORT	AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE, YET DECENT, PAINT SCHEME.  THIS UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT WITH AN EMD PRIME MOVER AND SERVED ON AT LEAST THREE MORE RAILROADS AFTER ITS CONRAIL CAREER ENDED.
T	L	06-23-1977	2	CR 3015	EMD GP40	NYC 3015- PC 3015	PC 7864	NJ	CROXTON	LEAD UNIT ENDED UP ON THE UNION PACIFIC AND HAD AT LEAST FOUR ASSIGNED NUMBERS ON THAT LINE, BUT ONLY SEEMS TO HAVE WORN UP 2572.  IT ALSO WAS REBUILT TO A GP38M-2 BY BOISE IN 1998.
T	L	06-23-1977	3	CR 4878	PRR- GE GG1	PRR 4878- PC 4878		NJ	ELIZABETH	WE RODE THIS PASSENGER TRAIN TO NEWARK IN EX-PRR CARS.  GOT TO WATCH THE REAR NOSE OF THE BOUNCING GG1 THROUGH THE OPEN END DOOR OF OUR COACH.
T	L	06-23-1977	4	CR 6581	GE U30C	RDG 6302	CR 2899	NJ	ELIZABETHPORT	THIS x READING UNIT IS A GE U30C.  ON CONRAIL'S STARTUP IN 1976, THESE READING UNITS WERE THE HEAVIEST OF ALL CONRAIL DIESEL UNITS.  I THINK THESE WERE LATER SOLD TO THE C&NW FOR PARTS.
T	L	06-23-1977	5	CR 8951	EMD SW9	CNJ 1084		NJ	ELIZABETHPORT	WHAT AT FIRST LOOKED LIKE AN xPC UNIT TURNED OUT TO BE A FORMER CNJ SWITCHER
T	L	06-23-1977	6	CR 9218	EMD NW2	ERIE 411- EL 411		NJ	ELIZABETH	AT LEAST ONE xEL SWITCHER GOT TO RIDE THE HIGH SPEED NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
T	L	06-23-1977	7	EL 1504	COMMUTER CONTROL CAR			NJ	MORRISTOWN	THE U34CH DIESEL IS WORKING HARD TO PUSH THE TRAIN OUT OF THE STATION.
T	L	06-23-1977	8	EL 1505	COMMUTER CONTROL CAR			NJ	GLEN RIDGE	EL MU TRAIN AT ON THE FORMER LACKAWANNA RAILROAD's MONTCLAIR BRANCH.
T	L	06-23-1977	9	EL 453	EMD SW9	DL&W 558	PC 7864, CR 3053	NJ	CROXTON	A RAINBOW OF EARLY CONRAIL COLOR.  THE BLUE GP40 WAS REBUILT INTO A COMMUTER GP40PH-2B IN 1993.
T	L	06-23-1977	10	EL B65	BLW DRS-6-6-1500 SLUG	ERIE 1150- EL 1150		NJ	CROXTON	UNUSUAL FOR 1977, A MASSIVE COMMONWEALTH DESIGN TRUCK.
T	L	06-23-1977	11	EL B65	BLW DRS-6-6-1500 SLUG	ERIE 1150- EL 1150		NJ	CROXTON	WE WE SAW THE LAST TWO EL BALDWIN'S FROM A COMMUTER TRAIN.  WE WENT BACK TO CHECK THEM OUT AND THE FRIENDLY xEL YARD OFFICE STAFF LET US CHECK THEM OVER AT OUR OWN PACE.
T	L	06-23-1977	12	EL B66	BLW 4-4-1500 SLUG	ERIE 1150- EL 1150		NJ	CROXTON	WERE I NOT SO STINGY WITH FILM IN 1977, I WOULD HAVE TRIED SOME MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE RARE BRUTES.
T	L	06-23-1977	13	LV 185	EMD NW2			NJ	ELIZABETHPORT	LV SWITCHER AT ELIZABETHPORT.
T	L	06-23-1977	14	PC 4325	EMD E8	NYC 4080- PC 4080?		NJ	ELIZABETHPORT	PREMIER PASSENGER SERVICE DAYS ARE LONG OVER FOR THIS FORMER NEW YORK CENTRAL UNIT.  IN 1978 IT WAS REBUILT BY ICG AND THEN SERVED ON NEW JERSEY TRANSIT.  LATER IT WAS PAINTED BACK INTO NEW YORK CENTRAL COLORS.  "RPCX" IS THE "RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR NUMBERING BUREAU".
T	L	06-23-1977	15	PC 7638	ALCO RS-11	PRR 8638		NJ	ELIZABETHPORT	IF I ONLY COULD HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED THE UNIT IN THE BACKGROUND AS WELL….  THE RS-11 WAS REBUILT INTO A MT-4 SLUG IN 1979.
T	L	06-23-1977	16	PC 9783	ALCO S2	PRR 9283	PC 9781	NJ	CROXTON	UNIT PARITALLY SCRAPPED
T	L	06-23-1977	17	PC 9851	ALCO S2	NH 0601		NJ	CROXTON	ELDERLY ALCO SWITCHER.
T	L	06-24-1977	1	AMTK STATION	STATION	PRR		PA	PHILADELPHIA	INTERIOR OF 30TH ST. STATION.
T	L	06-24-1977	2	AMTK 916	PRR GG1	PRR 4918- PC 4918- PC 916?	AMTK 4939, AMTK 916	PA	HARRISBURG	DUSK SHOT OF A UNIT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED INTO SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM, BUT 4916 ENDED UP IN KIRKWOOD, MO AT THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM.
T	L	06-24-1977	3	AMTK 916	PRR GG1	PRR 4918- PC 4918- PC 916?	AMTK 4939	PA	HARRISBURG	DUSK SHOT OF A UNIT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED INTO SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM, BUT 4916 ENDED UP IN KIRKWOOD, MO AT THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM.
T	L	06-24-1977	4	CR 8705	EMD SW900M	RDG 62- RDG 1505		NJ	PAVONIA	THOSE YELLOW JOURNAL BOX COVERS ADD A BIT OF SPORTYNESS TO THIS LITTLE UNIT.  THIS UNIT IS A RESULT OF A REBUILD PROGRAM.  THE UNIT's TRUCKS AND BATTERIES CAME FROM A BALDWIN BLW VO-660 THAT READING HAD EMD 'REBUILD' INTO AN SW900M IN 1961.  IT STILL WAS ALIVE AS OF LATE 2014.
T	L	06-24-1977	5	CR 9097	EMD SW7	PRR 8871- PC 9097	CR 6046	NJ	PAVONIA	FORMER PRR SW7, VINTAGE 1950.
T	L	06-24-1977	6	PC 4606	GE E33	VGN 137- NW 237- NH 306	PC	NJ	CAMDEN	ORANGE NEW HAVEN PAINT SEEMS TO BE SHOWING
T	L	06-24-1977	7	PC 4609	GE E33	VGN 140- NW 240- NH 309	PC	PA	HARRISBURG	E33's LEAD A FREIGHT EAST.
T	L	06-24-1977	8	PC 4806	GE GG1	PRR 4806	PC 4856	NJ	CAMDEN	GG1's BASKING IN THE SUN.
T	L	06-24-1977	9	PC 9999	GE GS4 44 TON	PRR 9353		NJ	PAVONIA	CONRAIL'S SMALLEST LOCOMOTIVE ALSO HAD THE BIGGEST LOCOMOTIVE ROSTER NUMBER.  UNIT WAS BUILT BY GE IN 1949, AND SPENT TIME ON LEASE IN THE 1970's TO UNION TRANSPORTATION CO.
T	L	06-24-1977	10	RDG 900	EMD FP7			PA	READING	PASSENGER TRAIN AT FRANKLIN STREET STATION.  THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS LATER SAVED BY THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER OF THE NRSH AND THEN SOLD TO THE READING COMPANY TECHICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND REPAINTED INTO ITS READING SCHEME.
T	L	06-25-1977	1	CR 2494	ALCO C424	RDG 5205		PA	ALTOONA	WE ASKED AT THE SHOP GATE FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE PHOTOS OF LOCOMOTIVES.  THE GUARD SAID WE COULD NOT, BUT SAID WE COULD TAKE PHOTOS OF OLD ENGINES IN THE DEAD LINE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
T	L	06-25-1977	2	CR 4011	EMD E8	ERIE 821- EL 821		PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE.
T	L	06-25-1977	3	EL 1008	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1008	LV 210	PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE SHOTS OF RS-3'S FROM DIFFERENT RAILROADS WITH DIFFERENT SPOTTING FEATURES.
T	L	06-25-1977	4	EL 1021	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1021	PC 4064	PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE.
T	L	06-25-1977	5	EL 1022	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1022	PC 2026	PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE.
T	L	06-25-1977	6	EL 1023	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1023	CR 4073	PA	ALTOONA	VERY TIRED LOOKING RS-3 AND E8 IN THE DEAD LINE.
T	L	06-25-1977	7	EL 1026	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1026	EL 1048	PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE.  BOTH OF THESE EL RS-3's WERE LUCKY IN THAT THEY WERE LATER REBUILT BY CONRAIL WITH AN EMD ENGINE.
T	L	06-25-1977	8	EL 1036	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1036		PA	ALTOONA	A SURPRISINGLY CLEAN AND FRESH LOOKING DEAD LINE UNIT.
T	L	06-25-1977	9	EL 1207	EMD GP7	ERIE 1207		PA	ALTOONA	THIS UNIT ESCAPED HAVING CONRAIL NUMBERS APPLIED, AND ALSO ESCAPED THE DEAD LINE AT ALTOONA.  IT ENDED UP AS CENTRAL MICHIGAN RY 9210, AND IS REPORTEDLY WAS SOLD TO AN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GRAIN ELEVATOR IN 2003.
T	L	06-25-1977	10	EL 818	EMD E8	DL&W 818		PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE EMD EL 818 SHED ITS GE MANUFACTURED STAINLESS STEEL GRILLWORK.
T	L	06-25-1977	11	EL 922	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 922		PA	ALTOONA	BADLY FADED RS-3 IN THE DEAD LINE.
T	L	06-25-1977	12	EL 925	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 925		PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE RS-3 THAT ONCE HAD A STEAM GENERATOR IN THE SHORT HOOD.
T	L	06-25-1977	13	EL 932	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 932		PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE RS-3 WITH A HORN THAT BLOWS SIDEWAYS.
T	L	06-25-1977	14	PC 1796	EMD F7	NYC 1796	PC 5349	PA	ALTOONA	A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF DEAD LINE PC UNITS.
T	L	06-25-1977	15	PC 3221	EMD GP40		CR 3625	PA	CRESSON	THIS TRAIN WAS NEAR 'CP PARK' ON THE SECONDARY JUST WEST OF CRESSON.
T	L	06-25-1977	16	PC 4073	EMD E8	NYC 4073- PC 4073		PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE, UNIT WITH NYC GREY PAINT SHOWING.
T	L	06-25-1977	17	PC 8279	BLW DS-4-4-1000	PRR 9064- PC 8014		PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE'S WERE ABOUT THE ONLY PLACE YOU COULD FIND CR BALDWINS IN 1977.
T	L	06-25-1977	18	PC 8305	BLW RS-12	NYC 5835- NYC 6235- PC 8082	PC 4247	PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE UNIT WITH TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THE SIDE OF THE CAB.  THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1951 AND WAS EQUIPPED WITH A STEAM GENERATOR.
T	L	06-25-1977	19	PC 8309	BLW S-12	NYC 9312- PC 8096	EL 927, EL 925	PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE.
T	L	06-25-1977	20	PC 8503	EMD SW1	PRR 9203	PC 5483	PA	ALTOONA	LITTLE V6 POWERED DEAD LINE SW1.
T	L	06-25-1977	21	RDG 23	EMD SW1		CR 4011	PA	ALTOONA	DEAD LINE READING UNIT SPORTING THOSE YELLOW JOURNAL BOX COVERS.  THIS 1941 VINTAGE SWITCHER SURVIVED UNTIL AT LEAST 1981, WHEN IT WAS SOLD TO MIDWEST STEEL.
T	L	06-26-1977	1	AMTK ?	EMD E8			PA	ALTOONA	A VIEW OF UPGRADE AND DOWNGRADE TRAFFIC ON HORSESHOE CURVE, AS SEEN FROM TRACKSIDE, ABOUT A HALF A MILE UPHILL OF THE CURVE.
T	L	06-26-1977	2	CR 3308	EMD GP40-2		CR 8105, PC 3151	PA	ALTOONA	CR FREIGHT GRINDS UP HORSESHOE CURVE. 1997/19970913_08.jpg
T	L	06-26-1977	3	CR 6072	EMD SD45	EL 3607	CR 6241	PA	ALTOONA	PUSHER ENGINES ON HORSESHOE CURVE.  THAT CR SD45 ENDED UP IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT IN ST. LOUIS. 1995/19950301_11.jpg
T	L	06-26-1977	4	CR 6148	EMD SD45	PC 6148		PA	GALLITZIN	PUSHER ENGINES W/B
T	L	06-26-1977	5	CR 6186	EMD SD45	PRR 6186- PC 6186		PA	CRESSON	SD45 GETTING SERVICED.
T	L	06-26-1977	6	CR 6249	EMD SD40	PC 6249	CR 6327	PA	CRESSON	PUSHER ENGINES ON WYE TRACK.  6249 CHANGED HANDS MANY TIMES, PASSING FROM PC, CR, EMDX, PRC, MOTIVE POWER RESOURCES, MIDWEST MAINTENANCE SERVICE, AND IN 2016, TO CARGILL.
T	L	06-26-1977	7	CR 6315	EMD SD40	PRR 6062- PC 6062	CR	PA	ALTOONA	HORSESHOE CURVE.  HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN CLEVELAND IN 1993: 1993/19930430_02.jpg
T	L	06-26-1977	8	CR 6667	EMD SDP45	EL 3635	CR 6186	PA	CRESSON	PUSHER ENGINES ON WYE TRACK.  CR 6667 WAS THE LOWEST NUMBERED SDP45.  OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1978/19780703_03.jpg 1978/19780703_02.jpg
T	L	06-26-1977	9	CR 7791	EMD GP38	PC 7791		PA	GALLITZIN	WESTERN TUNNEL PORTAL.  THE TUNNEL FROM WHICH THE TRAIN IS EXITING HAS SINCE BEEN ENLARGED FOR DOUBLE TRACKS WITH DOUBLE STACK CLEARANCES.
T	L	06-26-1977	10	PC 9814	ALCO S2	PRR 5654	CR 6667	PA	CRESSON	NOTICE THE PRR LETTERING SHOWING UNDER THE PC PAINT.
T	L	07-08-1977	1	CB&Q 9952 A	EMD E5	FW&D 9982A- CB&Q 9911A- CB&Q 9952A		IL	UNION	ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM.  THIS SOLE SURVIVING EMD E5 WAS PARKED OUTSIDE BACK IN 1977.  FOR A LOOK AT THIS UNIT 15 YEARS LATER, SEE THIS 1992 PHOTO: 1992/19920719_12.jpg
T	L	07-08-1977	2	CB&Q 9952 A	EMD E5	FW&D 9982A- CB&Q 9911A- CB&Q 9952A		IL	UNION	THIS UNIT WAS BUILT BY EMD IN FEBRURY OF 1940.  ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	07-08-1977	3	CB&Q 9952 A	EMD E5	FW&D 9982A- CB&Q 9911A- CB&Q 9952A		IL	UNION	CAB PROFILE, ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	07-08-1977	4	CB&Q NEBRASKA ZEPYYR	BUDD OBS CAR			IL	UNION	ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM, ARTICULATED PASSENGER TRAIN
T	L	07-22-1977	1	PC 3174	EMD GP40			PA	MEADVILLE	FORMER ERIE MAINLINE, MP 507.2, EAST OF MEADVILLE.  NOTICE THE PRONOUNCED SUPERELEVATIOIN FROM ERIE'S FAST FREIGHT DAYS. 1977/19770613_11.jpg
T	L	07-22-1977	2	CR 6196	EMD SD45	PC 6196	CR, CR	PA	MEADVILLE	W/B ON THE EX ERIE MAINLINE NEAR MEADVILLE.  THE LEAD UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT BY MK RAIL INTO A SOUTHERN PACIFIC UNIT.
T	L	07-22-1977	3	PC 2197	EMD GP30	NYC 6124		PA	CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS	FORMER ERIE MAINLINE GRADE SEPARATION, WESTBOUND TRACK ABOUT TO GO UNDER THE EASTBOUND TRACK.
T	L	07-22-1977	4	PC 2197	EMD GP30	NYC 6124		PA	MEADVILLE	FORMER ERIE MAINLINE, MP 507.2, EAST OF MEADVILLE
T	L	07-23-1977	1	CR 2169	EMD GP30	RDG 5501- RDG 3601	CR 2564	PA	MEADVILLE	x RDG GP30 SWITCHING NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT CARS.
T	L	07-23-1977	2	CR 2501	GE U25B	NYC 2501- PC 2501		PA	MEADVILLE	x ERIE YARD THROAT AT MEADVILLE.
T	L	07-23-1977	3	CR 6225	EMD SD45	PRR 6225- PC 6225	CR 2357	PA	MEADVILLE	NICE VIEW OF THE x EL ENGINE FACILITY AT MEADVILLE.
T	L	07-23-1977	4	CR 6225	EMD SD45	PRR 6225- PC 6225	CR 2357	PA	MEADVILLE	x PRR UNITS ON THE OLD ERIE MAIN.  THE MEADVILLE STATION SITE IS NOW A HIGHWAY.  THE SECOND UNIT WAS STILL GOING STRONG IN 2015, WITH ITS EIGHTH OWNER/ LEASEE.
T	L	07-23-1977	5	CR 8039	EMD GP38-2	PC 8039	CR 6243, CR	PA	MEADVILLE	THE LEAD UNIT IS STILL ACTIVE AS OF THE YEAR 2004.
T	L	07-23-1977	6	CR 9220	EMD NW2	ERIE 413- EL 413	CR 9221, CR 7024	PA	MEADVILLE	POWER AT THE SHOP AREA.  THE LEAD UNIT, 9220, WAS FINALLY SCRAPPED IN LATE 2011 OR EARLY 2012.
T	L	07-23-1977	7	CR CAR SHOPS	CAR SHOPS	ERIE- EL		PA	MEADVILLE	THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAD THEIR YEARLY MEETING IN MEADVILLE IN 1977.  THE MEETING INCLUDED A TOUR OF THE CAR SHOP INTERIORS.
T	L	07-23-1977	8	CR CAR SHOPS	CAR SHOPS	ERIE- EL		PA	MEADVILLE	INTERIOR OF CAR SHOPS
T	L	10-29-1977	1	CR 2264	EMD GP35	PRR 2264- PC 2264	CR 2678	OH	BEREA	E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN AS IT CURVES OVER THE EAST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER.
T	L	10-29-1977	2	CR 2264	EMD GP35	PRR 2264- PC 2264	CR 2678	OH	BEREA	SUPERELEVATION AND BUSY TRAFFIC AT BEREA.  I MISS THOSE S.P.& S. CARS.
T	L	10-29-1977	3	CR 2898	GE U33B	PC 2898	CR, CR	OH	BEREA	MORE HEAVY BEREA TRAFFIC AS A W/B TRAIN IS LED BY AN x EL UNIT ON THE CHICAGO LINE.
T	L	10-29-1977	4	CR 7084	EMD GP9	PRR 7084- PC 7084	CR 5698	OH	CLEVELAND	ROCKPORT YARD LEAD.  NOTICE THE TYPICALLY HEAVILY BEATEN TRACKS OF THE 1070'S.
T	L	10-29-1977	5	CR 9096	EMD SW9	PRR 8870- PC 9096		OH	CLEVELAND	BUILT IN EMD's CLEVELAND PLANT IN 1950, SEEN HERE IN CLEVELAND's ROCKPORT YARD.
T	L	12-21-1977	1	CN 1242	EMD SW1200RS			ONT	TORONTO	A CANADIAN EMD (GMD) PRODUCT, BUILT IN 1956.
T	L	12-21-1977	2	CN 129	UNITED AIRCRAFT TURBO			ONT	TORONTO	TURBO PASSENGER TRAIN UNDER THE EXHAUST HOOD THAT WAS SPECIALLY MADE FOR THE TURBO TRAIN.  THE CN HOSTLERS GAVE US A FREE RIDE ON THIS TRAIN, FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 6 INCHES.
T	L	12-21-1977	3	CN 129	UNITED AIRCRAFT TURBO			ONT	TORONTO	INTERIOR OF CAB AND BAR LOUNGE OF THE TURBO TRAIN.  NOTICE THE ENGINEER'S CONTROL COMPARTMENT BEHIND THE GLASS DOOR AND THE ROUND YELLOWISH TABLES FOR THE LOUNGE PATRONS.  A NICE CREW MEMBER LET ME TAKE THIS 45 SECOND TIMED EXPOSURE.
T	L	12-21-1977	4	CN 3103	ALCO MLW RS-18			ONT	TORONTO	CN SEEMS TO HAVE GOOD LUCK USING THE RS18 ( CANADA'S RS-11 ) FOR PASSENGER TRAINS.
T	L	12-21-1977	5	CN 3103	ALCO MLW RS-18			ONT	TORONTO	AT PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	12-21-1977	6	CN 3154	ALCO MLW RS-18		CNR 3150	ONT	TORONTO	RS 18 IN PASSENGER STATION.  EVER NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO WALK AROUND THE END OF THE SHORT HOOD ON THESE UNITS?
T	L	12-21-1977	7	CN 3154	ALCO MLW RS-18		CNR 3150	ONT	TORONTO	WESTBOUND RAPIDO PASSENGER TRAIN.
T	L	12-21-1977	8	CN 4108	EMD GP9			ONT	TORONTO	PASSENGER SHED.
T	L	12-21-1977	9	CN 6118	BUDD RDC-1	B&M 6106- CN D118	CNR	ONT	TORONTO	OUTSIDE PASSENGER STATION ON A BITTERLY COLD WINTER DAY.
T	L	12-21-1977	10	CN 6158	EMD FP7			ONT	TORONTO	EASTBOUND PASSENGER TRAIN.
T	L	12-21-1977	11	CN 6781	ALCO MLW FPA-4			ONT	TORONTO	7/8 VIEW OF MY VERY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH AN ALCO OR MLW FA TYPE UNIT.
T	L	12-21-1977	12	CN 6781	ALCO FPA-4			ONT	TORONTO	CAB PROFILE.
T	L	12-21-1977	13	CN 6781	ALCO MLW FPA-4			ONT	TORONTO	CAB NOSE WITH THAT NICE ALCO/MLW PROFILE.
T	L	12-21-1977	14	CN 6786	ALCO MLW FPA-4			ONT	TORONTO	SNOW BLASTED MLW FPA-4 AT THE TORONTO PASSENGER STATION.  IN 1998, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS UNIT WAS BOUGHT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, AND IT IS TO BE PLACED IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY RAILROAD MUSEUM, IN DANBURY, CT.
T	L	12-21-1977	15	CN 8157	ALCO MLW S-13			ONT	TORONTO	PASSENGER SWITCHER.
T	L	12-21-1977	16	CP 4066	EMD FP7			ONT	TORONTO	INSIDE PASSENGER SHED.
T	L	12-21-1977	17	CP 4066	EMD FP7		CPR 8514	ONT	TORONTO	SPARKLING CLEAN FP7.
T	L	12-21-1977	18	CP 6615	ALCO MLW S11			ONT	TORONTO	AT THE TORONTO PASSENGER STATION, ONE OF ONLY 10 S11'S BUILT.
T	L	12-21-1977	19	CP 6706	EMD SW8			ONT	TORONTO	I RECALL THAT I WAS VERY COLD THIS DAY.
T	L	12-21-1977	20	CP 7026	ALCO S2		CPR 6616	ONT	TORONTO	VINTAGE UNIT BUILT IN 1945 AT THE TORONTO PASSENGER STATION, IN FRONT OF THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL.
T	L	12-21-1977	21	CP 7060	ALCO S2			ONT	TORONTO	THIS OLD SWITCHER (BUILT IN 1947) WAS EAGERLY SWITCHING CARS ON THIS VERY COLD DAY.
T	L	12-21-1977	22	GO TRANSIT 906	EMD F7 POWER CAR			ONT	TORONTO	PASSENGER SHED.
T	L	12-21-1977	23	GO TRANSIT 507	GMD GP40TC	GO TRANSIT 9807- GO TRANSIT 607		ONT	TORONTO	COMMUTER PASSENGER POWER.  SOME OF THESE UNITS ENDED UP PULLING AMTRAK EMPIRE STATE TRAINS IN THE 1990'S.
T	L	12-21-1977	24	GO TRANSIT 500	GMD GP40TC	GO TRANSIT 9800- GO TRANSIT 600		ONT	TORONTO	INSIDE PASSENGER SHED.
T	L	12-21-1977	25	ONR 1983	WERKSPOOR	TRANS EUROPEAN EXPRESS		ONT	TORONTO	ONTARIO NORTHLAND FORMER TEE, OF DUTCH MANUFACTURE, AT PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	12-21-1977	26	ONR 1983	WERKSPOOR	TRANS EUROPEAN EXPRESS		ONT	TORONTO	DUTCH BUILT (WERKSPOOR)ONTARIO NORTHLANDER OR POLAR BEAR EXPRESS.  THIS POWER CAR WAS BUILT IN 1959.  THE COACHES WERE BUILT BY SIG, OF SWITZERLAND, I BELIEVE.  ONTARIO NORTHLAND TRAIN.
T	L	12-22-1977	1	AMTK 406	EMD E9	MILW 200C- MILW 30C		NY	BUFFALO	NIAGARA RAINBOW AT THE OLD NEW YORK CENTRAL PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	12-22-1977	2	AMTK 415	EMD E9	UP 910		NY	BUFFALO	NIAGARA RAINBOW AT PASSENGER STATION WITH TYPICAL BUFFALO SNOW.
T	L	12-22-1977	3	CP 9112	BUDD RDC-2			NY	BUFFALO	TORONTO HAMILTON AND BUFFALO RDC AT BUFFALO PASSENGER STATION WITH THE MOST ENTERTAINING PAINT SCHEME EVER APPLIED TO A BUDD R.D.C.  UNIT WAS LATER BLOWN UP FOR AN "X-FILES" TV SHOW SCENE IN 1995.
T	L	12-22-1977	4	CR 3101	EMD GP40	NYC 3101- PC 3101-		NY	BUFFALO	THE YARD CREW GAVE US A CAB RIDE UP AND DOWN THE YARD LEAD TRACK.  THIS UNIT WAS LATER ON THE UNION PACIFIC AND REBUILT INTO A GP38M-2 IN 1998.  IN 2020 IT WAS ON THE RED RIVER VALLEY & WESTERN.
T	L	12-22-1977	5	CR 5945	EMD GP7	ERIE 1215- EL 1215	CR 9232	NY	BUFFALO	THAT NW2 WAS x ERIE 425.
T	L	12-22-1977	6	PC 9582	EMD SW1500			NY	BUFFALO	FRONTIER YARD.
T	L	12-22-1977	7	PC 9705	ALCO S2	NYC 869		NY	BUFFALO	THIS WAS THE LAST I SAW AN ACITVE ALCO SWITCHER ON CONRAIL.  HERE WE SEE AN S2 SWITCHING PASSENGER CARS AT THE N.Y.C. STATION IN BUFFALO.
T	L	12-22-1977	8	PC 9965	ALCO RS-3 REBUILT	NYC 8241- PC 5241		NY	BUFFALO	DEWITT, NY REBUILD WITH AN EMD E-UNIT ENGINE.
T	L	03-11-1978	1	CR 2781	GE U23B	LV 505		OH	BEREA	INVOLVED IN A MINOR WRECK.  SEE THIS UNIT 9 MONTHS EARLIER IN BETTER CONDITION. 1977/19770613_01.jpg
T	L	03-11-1978	2	CR ?	WRECK CRANE			OH	BEREA	CONRAIL MANAGED TO DROP SEVERAL AUTORACKS ON THE NYC TO BIG FOUR CONNECTION AT BEREA.
T	L	03-11-1978	3	CR 2781	GE U23B	LV 505	CR 8708	OH	BEREA	A FORMER LEHIGH VALLEY WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR WRECK AT BEREA.  NOTE THE A BLUE FORMER READING SWITCHER AT THE LEFT.  SEE THE DAMAGED UNIT 9 MONTHS EARLIER IN BETTER CONDITION. 1977/19770613_01.jpg
T	L	03-11-1978	4	CR 6085	EMD SD45	EL 3620	CR 6114	OH	BEREA	THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN ONLY A FEW FEET FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED WRECK.  WHILE I WAS PUTTNG MY LENS CAP BACK ON THE CAMERA, I WAS NEARLY ARRESTED BY THE STRONG SECURTIY FORCES PRESENT.
T	L	03-18-1978	1	CR 6323	EMD SD40	PRR 6070- PC 6070	CR 6094	OH	MANSFIELD	THIS TRAIN IS STOPPED ON THE PRR, FACING WEST, UNDER THE I-71 OVERPASS.  THE CREW GAVE US AN EXTENDED TOUR OF THE CAB OF THE SD40.
T	L	03-18-1978	2	CR 6323	EMD SD40	PRR 6070- PC 6070	CR 6094	OH	MANSFIELD	W/B ON THE PRR, APPROACHING THE MANSFIELD STATION AND THE EL CROSSING.
T	L	03-18-1978	3	CR 7797	EMD GP38	PC 7797		OH	ONTARIO	x EL YARD AT ONTARIO.
T	L	03-18-1978	4	CR 7798	EMD GP38	PC 7798		OH	MANSFIELD	W/B ON THE x EL, CROSSING THE PRR MAIN.
T	L	03-18-1978	5	CR 8098	EMD GP38-2	PC 8098	PC	OH	MANSFIELD	E/B ON x PRR MAIN CROSSING x ERIE MAIN.
T	L	03-19-1978	1	EL ?	M OF W COACH	EL		OH	STERLING	A QUICK GRAB-SHOT OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FORMER EL MAINTENANCE OF WAY COACH ON A CHESSIE SYSTEM TRAIN HEADED E/B ON THE OLD B&O MAIN AT STERLING.
T	L	03-19-1978	2	CR 2416	ALCO C425	PRR 2416- PC 2416		OH	CRESTLINE	AN ENTERTAINING ALCO CENTURY THAT MADE A SOUND SIMILAR TO A WOODEN DOOR SLAMMING EVERY MINUTE OR SO.
T	L	03-19-1978	3	CR 2652	GE U25B	PRR 2652- PC 2652		OH	CRESTLINE	A FAVORITE SHOT OF A U25B SMOKING UP THE CRESTLINE STATION.
T	L	03-19-1978	4	CR 3635	EMD GP35	RDG 3635		OH	CRESTLINE	E/B ON x PRR MAIN.
T	L	03-19-1978	5	CR 3654	EMD GP35	RDG 3654		OH	CRESTLINE	N/B ON x C.C.C.&ST.LOUIS, CROSSING THE PRR DIAMONDS.  THE CRESTLINE TOWER IS TO THE LEFT.
T	L	03-19-1978	6	CR 6429	EMD SD40-2		AMTK	OH	CRESTLINE	A VERY LATE W/B BROADWAY LTD AT PASSENGER STATION WITH A CR SD40-2 SUBSTITUTING FOR A MISSING 'E' UNIT.
T	L	03-19-1978	7	CR 6429	EMD SD40-2		AMTK	OH	CRESTLINE	W/B BROADWAY LTD AT PASSENGER STATION WITH A CR SD40-2 SUBSTITUTING FOR A MISSING 'E' UNIT.  AMTRAK TRAINS WERE FUELED AND WATERED AT CRESTLINE.
T	L	03-19-1978	8	CR 6602	GE C30-7			OH	CRESTLINE	E/B AT CRESTLINE.
T	L	03-19-1978	9	CR 6608	GE C30-7			OH	CRESTLINE	E/B AT CRESTLINE.
T	L	05-25-1978	1	CR 3072	EMD GP40	NYC 3072- PC 3072		OH	ELYRIA	W/B ON THE x NYC MAIN WITH EVENING LIGHTING.
T	L	05-25-1978	2	CR 3322	EMD GP40-2			OH	OLMSTED FALLS	BRIGHT NEW W/B UNITS AT C.P. 197 ON THE x NYC MAIN.  LEAD UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS.
T	L	05-25-1978	3	CR 8143	EMD GP38-2	PC 8143		OH	OLMSTED FALLS	W/B AT C.P. 197 ON THE x NYC MAIN.
T	L	06-03-1978	1	EL 3362	GE U34CH			NJ	HOBOKEN	SOON THE U34CH'S WOULD TRADE THIS NICE PAINT SCHEME FOR NJDOT'S UNSETTLING AND GAUDY SCHEME.
T	L	06-03-1978	2	EL 3373	GE U34CH			NJ	HOBOKEN	UNDER THE HOBOKEN 'BUSH' TRAINSHED.
T	L	06-25-1978	1	CR 2369	EMD GP35	NYC 6125- NYC 2369- PC 2369	CR 6660, CR 6068	OH	KENT	W/B FREIGHT WITH x NYC AND EL POWER ON THE ERIE MAIN.
T	L	06-25-1978	2	CR 2369	EMD GP35	NYC 6125- NYC 2369- PC 2369	CR 6660, CR 6068	OH	KENT	W/B AT ERIE'S PASSENGER STATION.  THE B&O IS DOWN LOW ON THE LEFT.
T	L	07-03-1978	2	CR 6667	EMD SDP45	EL 3635	CR 6763	OH	CLEVELAND	SEEN HERE AT THE WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS.  UNIT TRADED IN FOR SD60 ORDER IN 1985.  OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1978/19780703_03.jpg 1977/19770626_08.jpg
T	L	07-03-1978	3	CR 6667	EMD SDP45	EL 3635	CR 6763	OH	CLEVELAND	x EL BIG SDP45 AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS.  OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1977/19770626_08.jpg 1978/19780703_02.jpg
T	L	07-03-1978	4	CR 6759	ALCO C630	RDG 5306	CR 6763	OH	CLEVELAND	x READING ALCO AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS.
T	L	07-03-1978	5	CR 6759	ALCO C630	RDG 5306	CR 6763, CR 6667	OH	CLEVELAND	x READING ALCO AT IRON ORE DOCKS.  THE OLD LAKEFRONT POST OFFICE CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE TO THE RIGHT OF THE UNITS.
T	L	07-06-1978	1	CR 2332	EMD GP35	PRR 2332- PC 2332		OH	CRESTLINE	S/B x PRR GEEP KNIFES THE SUMMER AIR ALONG ON EX CCC&STL.
T	L	07-06-1978	2	CR 3070	EMD GP40	NYC 3070- PC 3070		OH	CRESTLINE	S/B ON x C.C.C.& ST.LOUIS, ABOUT TO CROSS THE PRR.  THIS UNIT WAS REBUILT INTO A GP40FH-2 IN 1990 BY MORRISON KNUDSEN, USING A CARBODY FROM BN 6628.
T	L	07-07-1978	1	CR 3266	EMD GP40	EMD 17- PC 3266	CR 6540	OH	MARION	W/B ON THE x ERIE, CROSSING THE N&W DIAMONDS.
T	L	07-07-1978	2	CR 5406	EMD GP8	DL&W 968- EL 1407- CR 5927- CR 5726	CR 7790	OH	ONTARIO	GP7 REBUILD PARKED IN THE USUAL PLACE ON THE OVERPASS OVER A HIGHWAY.  THE GP38 SPENT TIME LATER ON THE GULF & MISSISSIPPI AND THEN THE ATLANTA & ST. ANDREWS BAY RAILROADS.
T	L	07-07-1978	4	CR 6351	EMD SD40	PRR 6098- PC 6098	CR 2928	OH	MARION	W/B ON x ERIE AND BIG FOUR TRACKAGE.
T	L	07-07-1978	5	CR 7140	EMD GP9	PRR 7140- PC 7140		OH	MARION	PATRIOTIC PHOTO WITH TRACES OF A PRR KEYSTONE SHOWING.
T	L	07-07-1978	6	CR 7266	EMD GP9	PRR 7266- PC 7266	CR 7148	OH	MARION	GEEPS RESTING AT MARION.
T	L	07-07-1978	7	CR 7479	EMD GP9	ERIE 1261- EL 1261		OH	MARION	UNIT REBUILT BY MORRISON KNUDSON INTO A MK1500D IN 2003 FOR THE PORT TERMINAL RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF HOUSTON.
T	L	07-07-1978	8	CR 7479	EMD GP9	ERIE 1261- EL 1261		OH	MARION	UNIT REBUILT BY MORRISON KNUDSON INTO A MK1500D IN 2003 FOR THE PORT TERMINAL RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF HOUSTON.
T	L	07-07-1978	9	NW 1311	EMD GP35			OH	MARION	S/B ABOUT TO CROSS x ERIE AT AC TOWER.
T	L	07-07-1978	10	NW 1311	EMD GP35			OH	MARION	UNIT WAS SCRAPED IN 1992.
T	L	07-07-1978	11	NW 1617	EMD SD40			OH	MARION	S/B NW TRAIN WITH MANY UNITS, ABOUT TO CROSS x ERIE AT AC TOWER.
T	L	07-24-1978	1	CR 5999	EMD GP7	DL&W 965- EL 1284		OH	BEREA	W/B FORMER LACKAWANNA UNIT AT BEREA.  THE BEREA STATION IS BEHIND THE FIRST BOX CAR.
T	L	07-24-1978	2	CR 5999	EMD GP7	DL&W 965- EL 1284		OH	BEREA	IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU MAY SEE THE EL PAINT SHOWING UNDER THE CR BLUE.
T	L	07-24-1978	4	CR 6790	ALCO C636	PC 6340		OH	CLEVELAND	WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS, YOURS TRULY ( AHM ) IN CAB.
T	L	07-24-1978	5	CR 6790	ALCO C636	PC 6340	CR 6788, CR 6769	OH	CLEVELAND	WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS, CUYAHOGA RIVER BRIDGES IN BACKGROUND.
T	L	07-24-1978	6	CR 6790	ALCO C636	PC 6340	CR 6788, CR 6769	OH	CLEVELAND	WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS, CLEVELAND'S 'TERMINAL TOWER' IN BACKGROUND.
T	L	07-24-1978	7	CR 6790	ALCO C636	PC 6340	CR 6788, CR 6769, CR 5849	OH	CLEVELAND	BIG ALCO'S SMOKING IT UP AT THE WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS WITH THE "TERMINAL TOWER" IN THE DISTANCE.
T	L	08-02-1978	1	CR 1773	EMD F7	NYC 1773- PC 1773	CR 1648	OH	CLEVELAND	MY ONLY ENCOUNTER WITH THE ONLY CONRAIL 'F' UNIT THAT WAS PAINTED BLUE.  THE B&O CONNECTION TRACK DIAMOND IS UNDER THE LEAD UNIT.  WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS.
T	L	08-02-1978	2	CR 1773	EMD F7	NYC 1773- PC 1773	CR 1648	OH	CLEVELAND	MY ONLY ENCOUNTER WITH THE ONLY CONRAIL 'F' UNIT THAT WAS PAINTED BLUE AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS.  I WISH I HAD TAKEN SOME MORE PHOTO'S OF THE BLUE UNIT WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1952.
T	L	08-02-1978	3	CR 3676	EMD GP35	EL 2570	BAR 84, CR	OH	CLEVELAND	TWO FORMER EL UNITS AND A B.A.R. UNIT E/B APPROACHING THE DRAWBRIDGE.
T	L	08-02-1978	4	CR 6082	EMD SD45	EL 3617	CR	OH	CLEVELAND	FORMER EL UNIT AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS.
T	L	08-02-1978	5	CR 6680	EMD SDP45	EL 3649	CR 6306	OH	CLEVELAND	FORMER EL UNIT AT WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS.
T	L	08-02-1978	6	CR 6748	ALCO C630	PRR 6310- PC 6310		OH	CLEVELAND	WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS.
T	L	08-02-1978	7	CR 6748	ALCO C628	PRR 6310- PC 6310	CR 6776	OH	CLEVELAND	NOT MANY BIG ALCO'S MADE IT INTO CR BLUE.  PHOTO AT THE WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS.
T	L	08-02-1978	8	CR 6748	ALCO C628	PRR 6310- PC 6310	CR 6776	OH	CLEVELAND	WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS.  CR WAS BARELY TWO YEARS OLD, AND THIS PAINT JOB CERTAINLY NOT MUCH MORE THAN A YEAR OLD AT MOST, YET IT SEEMS BADLY FADED ALREADY.
T	L	08-02-1978	9	CR 6765	ALCO C630	PRR 6315- PC 6315	CR 6545	OH	CLEVELAND	WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS WITH PARTS OF CUYHOGA RIVER DRAWBRIDGE VISIBLE.
T	L	08-05-1978	1	CR 5888	EMD GP7	PRR 8564- PC 5864- PC 5888	CR	PA	MEADVILLE	IN 1987, MEADVILLE STILL HAD AN ACTIVE SMALL ENGINE HOUSE AND THE MASSIVE ERIE RR COALING TOWER SEEMED UNTOUCHED BY TIME.
T	L	08-05-1978	2	CR 6254	EMD SD40	PC 6254	CR 6286	PA	MEADVILLE	SD40'S AT COALING TOWER.
T	L	08-05-1978	3	CR 8700	EMD SW8	DL&W 511- EL 371	CR 5888	PA	MEADVILLE	SOMETIMES THE LIGHTING IS JUST PERFECT FOR RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY.  I HAVE A PROPENSITY TO RUN INTO ENGINES WITH DOUBLE ZEROS IN THEIR UNIT NUMBERS.
T	L	08-05-1978	4	CR 8700	EMD SW8	DL&W 511- EL 371		PA	MEADVILLE	COALING TOWER IN BACKGROUND.
T	L	08-05-1978	5	CR 6330	EMD SD40	PRR 6077- PC 6077	CR 6286, CR 6254	PA	MEADVILLE	IN ERIE LACKAWANNA DAYS, THERE WAS AN 'EL' DIAMOND MOUNTED ABOVE THE SHOP WHERE THE CONRAIL SYMBOL APPEARS IN THIS PHOTO.
T	L	08-05-1978	6	CR 6254	EMD SD40	PC 6254	CR 6286, CR 6330	PA	MEADVILLE	ON FORMER ERIE MAIN, SOMEWHERE EAST OF MEADVILE.
T	L	08-05-1978	7	CR 7344	EMD GP9	NYC 5944- PC 7516- PC 7344		NY	JAMESTOWN	THE JAMESTOWN PASSENGER STATION PLATFORM WAS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THIS UNIT.
T	L	08-05-1978	8	CR 3154	EMD GP40	PC 3154		NY	JAMESTOWN	FORMER ERIE MAIN, EAST OF JAMESTOWN.  THE SECOND TRACK IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED.  BEFORE LONG, THIS PORTION OF MAINLINE WOULD BE PRACTICALLY UNUSED BY CR.   HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1977: 1977/19770615_01.jpg
T	L	08-05-1978	9	CR TRACK	TRACK			NY	JAMESTOWN	FORMER ERIE MAIN, AGAIN, SOMEWHERE EAST OF JAMESTOWN.  THE SECOND TRACK IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED WITH FISHPLATES ALREADY BEING UNBOLTED.
T	L	08-05-1978	10	CR 7337	EMD GP97	NYC 5937- PC 7509- PC 7337	CR 7793	NY	SALAMANCA	SALAMANCA IS WHERE THE ERIE'S ORIGINAL MAINLINE TO DUNKIRK AND LAKE ERIE DIVERGED FROM THE CHICAGO MAIN.
T	L	08-05-1978	11	CR 7793	EMD GP38	PC 7793		NY	SALAMANCA	THE BUFFALO ROCHESTER & PITTSBURGH STATION IN SALAMANCA IS NOW A RR MUSEUM.
T	L	08-06-1978	3	CR 9998	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1027- EL 1027- EL 1060		NY	SILVER SPRINGS	ALCO REBUILT WITH EMD E8 ENGINE, ON ERIE'S BUFFALO LINE.  WE THINK EL E8 823 DONATED A PRIME MOVER FOR THIS REBUILD.
T	L	08-06-1978	4	CR 9998	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1027- EL 1027- EL 1060		NY	SILVER SPRINGS	ALCO REBUILT WITH EMD ENGINE, ON ERIE'S BUFFALO LINE.  THIS UNIT WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY SUCH REBUILD THAT THE EL MANAGED TO FINISH BEFORE THE START OF CONRAIL.  IT IS SIMILAR TO PENN CENTRAL'S DEWITT RS-3 REBUILD PRODUCTS.
T	L	08-06-1978	5	CR 9998	ALCO RS-3	ERIE 1027- EL 1027- EL 1060		NY	SILVER SPRINGS	END SHOT OF EMD RE-ENGINED RS-3.  IT SEEMS THAT SOMEONE HAD PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO REMOVE THE RED CONRAIL PAINT FROM THE EL DIAMOND.
T	L	08-07-1978	1	CR 6002	EMD SD35	PRR 6002- PC 6002	CR 6529, CR 6004	NY	WELLSVILLE	A PLEASANT SCENE SO TYPICAL OF THE ERIE. 1978/19780807_08.jpg 1978/19780807_03.jpg 1978/19780807_04.jpg
T	L	08-07-1978	2	GE 806	GE U25B	GE 755- SLSF 806	CR 6201	PA	SAYRE	AN ANCIENT LOOKING U25B.  THIS WAS A FORMER GE 1961 DEMONSTRATOR UNIT.  IT HAS PRIMITIVE VERITICAL END STEPS FOUND ONLY ON THE EARLIEST U25B'S.  A TINY 'GE' SYMBOL WAS PAINTED SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LONG HOOD, TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN IN THIS PHOTO.
T	L	08-07-1978	3	CR 6002	EMD SD35	PRR 6002- PC 6002	CR 6529, CR 6004	PA	SAYRE	HERE ARE THREE BIG AND RARE BIRDS, EVEN FOR 1978.  TWO SD35'S, AND ONE U28C.  ALL THREE ARE x PRR UNITS. 1978/19780807_01.jpg 1978/19780807_08.jpg 1978/19780807_04.jpg
T	L	08-07-1978	4	CR 6002	EMD SD35	PRR 6002- PC 6002	CR 6529, CR 6004	PA	SAYRE	SAYRE, PAST ITS GLORY AS AN LV TOWN. 1978/19780807_01.jpg 1978/19780807_03.jpg 1978/19780807_08.jpg
T	L	08-07-1978	5	CR 6004	EMD SD35	PRR 6004- PC 600	CR 6529, CR 6002	PA	SAYRE	THE LARGE LEHIGH VALLEY PASSENGER STATION AT SAYRE.
T	L	08-07-1978	6	GE 806	GE U25B	GE 755- SLSF 806	CR 6201	PA	SAYRE	ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT ANCIENT LOOKING U25B.  LOOK AT THAT BIZARRE HAND RAIL ARRANGEMENT AND THE VERITICAL END STEPS FOUND ONLY ON THE EARLIEST U25B'S SUCH AS THIS FORMER DEMONSTRATOR THAT WAS BUILT IN 1961.
T	L	08-07-1978	7	CR 2980	GE U33B	PC 2890	CR 7860, GE 806, CR 6201	PA	SAYRE	THE ENGINE FACILITY AT SAYRE WAS SURPRISINGLY BUSY DURING OUR 1978 VISIT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT SO BUSY IN BY LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD STANDARDS.  THE GE U33B WAS NEVER A POPULAR MODEL.
T	L	08-07-1978	8	CR 6002	EMD SD35	PRR 6002- PC 6002	CR 6529, CR 6004	PA	SAYRE	THREE x PRR UNITS AT THE SANDING TOWER. 1978/19780807_01.jpg 1978/19780807_03.jpg 1978/19780807_04.jpg
T	L	08-07-1978	9	CR 6201	EMD SD45	PRR 6201- PC 6201	GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890	PA	SAYRE	A HODGE-PODGE OF POWER HEADS NORTH THROUGH SAYRE'S YARDS.
T	L	08-07-1978	10	CR 6201	EMD SD45	PRR 6201- PC 6201	GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890	PA	SAYRE	OLD AND NEW GE'S AND EMD'S ROLL NORTH PAST THE SAYRE STATION.
T	L	08-07-1978	11	CR 6201	EMD SD45	PRR 6201- PC 6201	GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890	PA	SAYRE	OLD AND NEW GE'S AND EMD'S ROLL NORTH PAST THE SAYRE STATION.
T	L	08-07-1978	12	CR 6201	EMD SD45	PRR 6201- PC 6201	GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890	NY	WAVERLY	A TRAIN ON THE TRACK THAT CONNECTED THE LV WITH THE EL.
T	L	08-07-1978	13	CR 6201	EMD SD45	PRR 6201- PC 6201	GE 806, CR 7860, CR 2890	NY	WAVERLY	WAVERLY WAS JUST NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE, ABOVE SAYRE.
T	L	08-07-1978	14	GE 806	GE U25B	GE 755- SLSF 806	CR 6201, CR 7860	NY	WAVERLY	A FINAL SHOT OF THAT PRIMITIVE, FORMER DEMONSTRATOR, U25B.
T	L	08-07-1978	15	CR STATION	STATION			NY	HORSEHEADS	FORMER ERIE STATION WITH AN INTERESTING NAME.
T	L	08-07-1978	16	CR WHISTLE POST	WHISTLE POST	DL&W- EL		NY	BATH	EX DL&W WHISTLE POST.
T	L	08-08-1978	1	GENESEE & WYOMING 1976	ALCO RS1	GENESEE & WYOMING 30	GENESEE & WYOMING 42	NY	RETSOF	G & W'S BICENTENNIAL UNIT, 2 YEARS PAST THE 76 BASH.  TRAILING UNIT STARTED ON THE NEW HAVEN, BOTH UNITS LATER SERVED O THE CAPE COD RR AND THE CONNECTICUT CENTRAL.
T	L	08-08-1978	2	GENESEE & WYOMING 1976	ALCO RS1	GENESEE & WYOMING 30	GENESEE & WYOMING 42	NY	RETSOF	G & W'S BICENTENNIAL UNIT, 2 YEARS PAST THE 76 BASH.  TRAILING UNIT STARTED ON THE NEW HAVEN, BOTH UNITS LATER SERVED O THE CAPE COD RR AND THE CONNECTICUT CENTRAL.
T	L	08-09-1978	1	CN 4103	EMD GP9		CN 4100,CN	ONT	WINDSOR	WE RODE THIS PASSENGER TRAIN FROM LONDON, ONTARIO TO WINDSOR.  I REMEMBER THAT THOSE GP'S REALLY GOT THIS TRAIN MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS.
T	L	08-09-1978	2	CN 4103	EMD GP9		CN 4100, CN	ONT	WINDSOR	EVENING VIEW OF WINDSOR PASSENGER STATION WITH THE FAST TRAIN THAT WE RODE.
T	L	08-09-1978	3	CN 4103	EMD GP9		CN 4100, CN	ONT	WINDSOR	PASSENGER TRAIN FROM TORONTO AND LONDON, ONT. UNLOADING PASSENGERS.
T	L	08-10-1978	1	CSS&SB 106	COMMUTER			IN	HAMMOND	C.S.S.&S.B ELECTRIC COMMUTER ACTION.
T	L	08-10-1978	2	CR 6321	EMD SD40	PRR 6068- PC 6068	CR	IN	HAMMOND	THE INCREDIBLY BUSY AND COMPLICATED INTERLOCKING AT HOHMAN AVENUE.  THE LEAD UNIT WAS STILL IN SERVICE IN 2003.
T	L	08-10-1978	3	EJ&E 651	EMD SD38			IN	HAMMOND	MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH AN EMD SD38.  THIS ONE BEING PRODUCED BY EMD IN 1970.
T	L	08-10-1978	4	GTW 4707	EMD GP18		GT&W 5810	IN	GRIFFITH	THE ERIE AND THE GRAND TRUNK CROSSED AT GRIFFITH.  THIS TOWN ALSO WAS WHERE THE METROPOLITAN CHICAGO AREA ENDED AND WHERE THE CORNFIELDS BEGAN.
T	L	08-10-1978	5	CR SEMAPHORE 927-2	SEMAPHORE	EL, ERIE		IN	CLANRICARDE	SEMAPHORE ON THE ERIE WESTERN RR AT CLANRICARDE ROAD.  CLANRICARDE IS BETWEEN KOUTS AND WILDERS.  BY 1978, CONRAIL HAD SEVERED THE EL LINE IN INDIANA AND ENDED ITS THROUGH ROUTE MAINLINE STATUS.  THANKS TO CHRIS SCHICK FOR THE CAPTION UPDATE.
T	L	08-11-1978	1	CR 8071	EMD GP38-2	PC 8071	CR 6551	IN	FORT WAYNE	ON FORMER PRR MAIN.  MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS.
T	L	08-11-1978	2	CR 8071	EMD GP38-2	PC 8071	CR 6551	IN	FORT WAYNE	ON FORMER PRR MAIN.  MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS.
T	L	08-11-1978	3	CR 8071	EMD GP38-2	PC 8071	CR 6551	IN	FORT WAYNE	ON FORMER PRR MAIN.  MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS.
T	L	08-11-1978	4	CR 8071	EMD GP38-2	PC 8071	CR 6551,CR 6158, NW 3488, NW 8477	IN	FORT WAYNE	FORT WAYNE WAS A BUSY RAILROAD TOWN, WITH THE x PRR AND FORMER WABASH RUNNING PARALLEL AND THEN CROSSING.  MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS.
T	L	08-11-1978	5	CR 8071	EMD GP38-2	PC 8071	CR 6158, NW 3488, NW 675	IN	FORT WAYNE	HERE WE SEE ACTION ON THE FORMER PRR AS WELL AS ON THE FORMER WABASH.  MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS.
T	L	08-11-1978	6	NW 640	EMD GP9			IN	FORT WAYNE	NW KEPT THE GP9'S IN MAINLINE SERVICE WELL INTO THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
T	L	08-11-1978	7	CR 3275	EMD GP40-2	RDG 3671		IN	FORT WAYNE	x READING UNIT ON THE x PRR WITH THE DISTINCTIVE PRR SIGNALS ALONGSIDE.
T	L	08-11-1978	9	CR 6291	EMD SD40	B&O 7488- CNJ 3067	CR 23308	IN	FORT WAYNE	CONRAIL TRAINS, COMING AND GOING, AS THEY CROSS THE OLD WABASH.
T	L	08-11-1978	10	CR 8071	EMD GP38-2	PC 8071	CR 6551	IN	FORT WAYNE	MORE CR ACTION IN FORT WAYNE.  MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS.
T	L	08-11-1978	11	ERES 203	ALCO C420	LIRR 203	ERES 207, ERES 206	IN	HUNTINGTON	THE ERIE WESTERN RR PICKED UP SOME OLD LONG ISLAND ALCO CENTURIES FOR SHORT LINE DUTIES.
T	L	08-11-1978	12	ERES 203	ALCO C420	LIRR 203	ERES 207	IN	HUNTINGTON	ERIE WESTERN'S SMALL ENGINE FACILITY AT HUNTINGTON.  UNIT 207 WAS SENT TO THE GREEN BAY AND WESTERN FOR REPAIRS IN 1979.  THE ERIE WESTERN COULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, SO GB&W ENDED UP OWNING THE UNIT.  IT WAS TO BE RENUMBERED TO GB&W 324, BUT ENDED UPAS LITTLE ROCK & WESTERN 207 INSTEAD, AFTER HAVING ITS SHORT HOOD CHOPPED.
T	L	08-11-1978	13	ERES 203	ALCO C420	LIRR 203	ERES 207	IN	HUNTINGTON	HUNTINGTON WAS THE ERIE'S ONLY SIGNIFICANT FACILITY IN INDIANA OUTSIDE OF THE CHICAGO AREA.
T	L	08-11-1978	14	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	HUNTINGTON	ERIE WESTERN'S THREE ALCO RS-3'S WERE PAINTED IN A WHITE SCHEME THAT PROVED TO BE DIFFICULT TO PROPERLY EXPOSE TO CAMERA FILM.  AT LEAST THEY WERE NOT THAT LIGHT EATING N&W BLACK.
T	L	08-11-1978	15	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166	ERES 205	IN	HUNTINGTON	ALL 3 ERIE WESTERN RS-3'S WERE FROM THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR.  THIS UNIT STARTED OUT AS THE CHICAGO, St PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA 166.
T	L	08-11-1978	16	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166	ERES 205	IN	HUNTINGTON	WE WERE LUCKY TO SEE THE ERIE WESTERN RR WHEN IT WAS ACTIVE.  IT DID NOT LAST MORE THAN JUST A FEW YEARS.
T	L	08-11-1978	17	ERES 205	ALCO C420	LIRR 205	ERES 1602	IN	HUNTINGTON	THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAD ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN HUNTINGTON INDIANA IN 1978.  AT THIS CONVENTION, KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND EX-EL EXECUTIVE GREGORY MAXWELL SAID THAT 'THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE AN 'ERIE' '.
T	L	08-11-1978	18	ERES 1602	ALCO RS-3	L&M 302- C&NW 302- C&NW 1553		IN	HUNTINGTON	BUILT 1953 FOR LITCHFIELD & MADISON, C&NW IN 1958, LOUISIANNA MIDLAND IN 7/79, SOLD FOR PARTS IN 1987.
T	L	08-12-1978	1	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	MONTEREY	THE ERIE WESTERN RR PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.  HERE IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF AN ARTSY-FARTSY SHOT OF MINE.
T	L	08-12-1978	2	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	MONTEREY	THE ERIE WESTERN RR RAN A PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.  IT RAN FROM HUNTINGTON TO NORTH JUDSON, AND BACK, USING ROCK ISLAND COMMUTER COACHES.
T	L	08-12-1978	3	ERES 1600	ALCO RS-3	C&NW 1552	ERES 207	IN	HUNTINGTON	THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600.  LOAM BEING THE LOUISIANNA MIDLAND RR.
T	L	08-12-1978	4	NW 1616	EMD SD40			IN	HUNTINGTON	LOTS OF UNITS ON THE x WABASH ABOUT TO HIT THE DIAMONDS OF THE x ERIE MAIN.
T	L	08-12-1978	5	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	MONTEREY	THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T	L	08-12-1978	6	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	MONTEREY	THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT MONTEREY.  EL HAS BEEN GONE ONLY 2 YEARS AND THE WEEDS ARE IN CONTROL.
T	L	08-12-1978	7	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	MONTEREY	THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.  NOTE THE CONCRETE ERIE TELEPHONE BOOTH.
T	L	08-12-1978	8	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	MONTEREY	THE ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T	L	08-12-1978	9	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	MONTEREY	MORE SHOTS OF ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T	L	08-12-1978	10	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	NORTH JUDSON	ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST PASSENGER TRAIN ON THE x EL IN THE MIDDLE OF INDIANA.
T	L	08-12-1978	11	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	NORTH JUDSON	EVEN MORE SHOTS OF ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T	L	08-12-1978	12	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166	RI 2585	IN	NORTH JUDSON	ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T	L	08-12-1978	13	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	NORTH JUDSON	ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T	L	08-12-1978	14	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	MONTEREY	A FAVORITE PHOTO OF ERIE WESTERN RR'S PASSENGER TRAIN FOR THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T	L	08-12-1978	15	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	?	ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSENGER TRAIN, ON EX-ERIE GRADE SEPARATION
T	L	08-12-1978	16	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	?	ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSENGER TRAIN ON EX-ERIE GRADE SEPARATION.  HARD AS IT IS TO BELIEVE, INDIANA HAS ENOUGH HILLS TO DRIVE THE ERIE TO INVEST ITS FEW DOLLARS IN A GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT.
T	L	08-12-1978	17	ERES 1603	ALCO RS-3	CStPM&O 166- C&NW 166		IN	HUNTINGTON	ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSENGER TRAIN AT HUNTINGTON STATION
T	L	08-12-1978	18	ERES 1600	ALCO RS-3	C&NW 1552		IN	HUNTINGTON	THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600.  LOAM=LOUISIANNA MIDLAND.
T	L	08-12-1978	19	ERES 1600	ALCO RS-3	C&NW 1552	ERES 207	IN	HUNTINGTON	THIS UNIT LATER BECAME LOAM 1600.  LOAM=LOUISIANNA MIDLAND.
T	L	08-13-1978	1	SPEG SIGNAL	CROSSING SIGNAL			OH	OHIO CITY	WIG-WAG ON FORMER ERIE MAINLINE.
T	L	08-13-1978	2	SPEG TOWER	TOWER			IN	KINGSLAND	FORMER ERIE TOWER.
T	L	08-13-1978	3	SPEG STATION	STATION			IN	KINGSLAND	EX-ERIE.
T	L	08-13-1978	4	SPEG TOWER AND STATION	TOWER AND STATION			IN	KINGSLAND	EX-ERIE TOWER AND STATION AT KINGSLAND.
T	L	08-13-1978	5	NW 2517	EMD GP9			IN	DECATUR	E/B ON THE FORMER WABASH.
T	L	08-13-1978	6	NW 2517	EMD GP9			IN	DECATUR	EX-ERIE DA TOWER.
T	L	08-13-1978	7	SPEG STATION	STATION			OH	OHIO CITY	EX ERIE STATION WITH THE DOUBLE TRACK ERIE ON THE RIGHT, THE x NKP 'CLOVERLEAF' LINE ON THE LEFT, AND THE 'BIG FOUR' RUNNING STRAIGHT ACROSS THE PHOTO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.  THE STATION ONCE HAD A TOWER WHERE THE ROOF IS A DIFFERENT SHADE OF COLOR.
T	L	08-13-1978	8	SPEG 653	ALCO S4	P&LE 8646		OH	SPENCERVILLE	SPENCERVILLE AND ELGIN UNIT ON EX-ERIE MAINLINE.
T	L	08-13-1978	9	SPEG 653	ALCO S4	P&LE 8646		OH	SPENCERVILLE	SPENCERVILLE AND ELGIN UNIT ON EX-ERIE MAINLINE.
T	L	08-13-1978	10	LIMA PLAQUE	BUILDER'S PLATE			OH	LIMA	BALDWIN LIMA HAMILTON BUILDING PLAQUE AT FORMER LIMA LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.
T	L	08-13-1978	11	NW 1347	EMD GP40			OH	LIMA	LIMA'S NW ENGINE FACILITY.
T	L	08-13-1978	12	NW 4158	EMD GP38			OH	LIMA	NW'S BLACK AS BLACK CAN BE PAINT SCHEME.  ALMOST FOUR DECADES LATER, THIS UNIT WAS REBUILT INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG.
T	L	08-13-1978	13	NW 4158	EMD GP38		NW 1347	OH	LIMA	MORE LIMA ENGINE FACILITY VIEWS.
T	L	08-13-1978	14	B&O 4246	EMD GP40-2			OH	LIMA	CHESSIE SYSTEM'S COLORFUL SCHEME WAS ALL TOO BRIEF IN DURATION.
T	L	08-13-1978	15	B&O 4155	EMD GP40-2		C&O 4073	OH	LIMA	A FAVORITE PHOTO WITH CHESSIE SYSTEM POWER, C&O POWER, AND A B&O BOX CAR, SIDE BY SIDE.
T	L	08-13-1978	16	CR STATION	STATION			OH	KENTON	KENTON STATION ON THE x ERIE MAINLINE.  KENTON WAS THE SITE OF A CABOOSE MANUFACTURER.
T	L	08-13-1978	17	CR 7207	EMD GP9	PRR 7207- PC 7207		OH	MARION	A WARM SUMMER DAY IN MARION.
T	L	08-13-1978	18	CR 7198	EMD GP9	PRR 7198- PC 7198	CR 7146	OH	MARION	CONRAIL EVENTUALLY PULLED ALL OF ITS YARD SERVICES OUT OF MARION.
T	L	10-19-1978	1	CR 6722	ALCO C628	LV 626	CR 6736	OH	CLEVELAND	BIG ALCOS AT CLEVELANDS BRIDGE NUMBER ONE OVER THE CUYAHOGA RIVER.  THE NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN AND THE PRR'S ORE DOCK LINE (C&P) SHARED THE DRAWBRIDGE.  UNIT 6721 WORE THE WHITE LEHIGH VALLEY 'SNOW BIRD' PAINT SCHEME ALL UNTIL CONRAIL PAINTED IT BLUE.
T	L	10-27-1978	1	C&NW 166	BILEVEL CONTROL COACH			IL	EVANSTON	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  TAKEN AT THE MAIN STREET STATION.  THE BIG WHITE BUILDING IN THE DISTANCE IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE "ROTARY INTERNATIONAL", WITH A "HOLIDAY INN" NEXT TO IT.
T	L	10-28-1978	1	BN 552	EMD TR2A	CBQ 9403A	BN 9911, BN 9921	IL	AURORA	YEARS WOULD GO BY UNTIL I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A VERY RARE MODEL, EMD TR2A, OR SLUG MOTHER VERSION OF THE EMD NW2.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. SWITCHER AT AURORA, ILLINOIS..
T	L	10-28-1978	2	BN 9902	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9939A- BN 9939	BN 9911	IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS, CAB UNITS SIDE BY SIDE.
T	L	10-28-1978	3	BN 9901	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9938A- BN 9938	BN 9911	IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS, WHERE THE BN'S COMMUTER OPERATIONS TERMINATED AND EQUIPMENT WOULD RESIDE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
T	L	10-28-1978	4	BN 9902	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9939A- BN 9939		IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.  IN 1978, BN PROBABLY HAD MORE OF 'E' UNITS THAN ANY OTHER LINE.  BN 9902 WAS SOLD TO MARC IN THE EARLY 1990's FOR $100,000.
T	L	10-28-1978	5	BN 9902	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9939A- BN 9939		IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.
T	L	10-28-1978	6	BN 9904	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9977- BN 9977	BN 9902	IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. EVENING AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.  THE STATION PLATFORM IS AT THE LEFT.  IN 1996, THIS UNIT WAS OPERATED BY THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD.
T	L	10-28-1978	7	BN 9911	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9986B- BN 9981		IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.  'E' UNITS LOOK GOOD FROM ALMOST ANY ANGLE.
T	L	10-28-1978	8	BN 9921	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9921- BN 9991		IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.
T	L	10-28-1978	9	BN 9915	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9985A- BN 9985		IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.  THIS UNIT WOULD LATER SERVE ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RR.
T	L	10-28-1978	10	BN 9901	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9938A- BN 9938	BN 9919	IL	AURORA	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. AT AURORA, ILLINOIS.  THE CHALLENGE THAT A VIEWER FACES, WHEN VIEWING A PAIRED 'E' UNIT IMAGE LIKE THIS, IS THAT ONE DOES NOT KNOW WHICH 'E' UNIT TO LOOK AT.  BN 9919 WAS PAINTED AS AN EXECUTIVE E UNIT AND RENUMBERED TO BN 3 IN THE 1990'S AND ENDED UP IN UNION, IL IN THE 2000'S AT THE ILLINOIS RAILROAD MUSEUM.
T	L	11-01-1978	1	CR ?	EMD F7			OH	CLEVELAND	THE VIEW FROM MY COLLEGE DORM WINDOW AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY.  THE TRACKS FROM NEAR TO FAR WERE: 2-'RAPID TRANSIT' TRACKS, 2-NW MAIN TRACKS (x NKP), 2-CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL TRACKS (x NYC AND GONE), AND 2-CLEVELAND SHORT LINE TRACKS (x NYC).
T	L	11-01-1978	2	CR ?	EMD F7			OH	CLEVELAND	ANOTHER VIEW FROM MY DORM AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY.  DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND IS IN THE FAR DISTANCE.  EVERY DAY, CR WOULD SEND A QUARTET OR AN OCTECT OF 'F' UNITS BY MY DORM ON A TRANSFER RUN.  UNFORTUNATELY, I NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED THEM AT TRACKSIDE.
T	L	11-04-1978	1	C&NW 409	EMD F7	C&NW 4068A		IL	CHICAGO	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 'F' UNIT INSIDE C&NW STATION.  THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1949 AND HAD A LONG CAREER AFTER ITS C&NW SERVICE.
T	L	11-23-1978	1	C&NW 521	EMD E8	C&NW 5023A		IL	CHICAGO	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. BALDING 'E' UNIT BY C&NW'S STATION. EVERY C&NW CAB UNIT SEEMED DIFFERENT.  THIS ONE LACKS AN UPPER HEADLIGHT AND IS DEVOID OF NUMBER BORADS.
T	L	11-23-1978	2	GM&O 647	EMD GP35		AMTK 263	IL	CHICAGO	A FAVORITE L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  A GM&O UNIT ASSISTING AN AMTRAK TRAIN AT UNION STATION.  THE AMTRAK F40PH WAS SCRAPPED IN 2004.
T	L	11-24-1978	1	RTA 107	EMD F40PH			IL	CHICAGO	PHOTOGRAPHY AT LASALLE STREET PASSENGER STATION WAS MADE EASIER AFTER THE ROCK ISLAND REMOVED ALL BUT THE SKELETON OF THE ROOF.
T	L	11-24-1978	2	RTA 105	EMD F40PH			IL	CHICAGO	CHIGAGO RTA COMMUTER NEXT TO VACANT LOT THAT WAS DEARBORN PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	11-24-1978	3	RI 4804	EMD SW1			IL	CHICAGO	ROCK ISLAND SWITCHER PERFORMS ITS YARD WORK WITH COMMUTER COACHES.
T	L	11-24-1978	4	RI 652	EMD E8			IL	CHICAGO	QUAD CITIES ROCKET PASSENGER TRAIN WITH BICENTENIAL UNIT.  A CONTEST WAS HELD TO DESIGN A BI-CENTENNIAL PAINT SCHEME FOR A ROCK ISLAND UNIT.  THIS IS WHAT WON.  GO FIGURE.  ALSO, NOTE THE ERIE WESTERN PIGGY BACKER IN THE BACKGROUND.
T	L	11-24-1978	5	RI 654	EMD E8			IL	CHICAGO	PEORIA ROCKET PASSENGER TRAIN.  BY 1978, ALL LONG DISTANCE PASSENGER SERVICE WAS AMTRAK'S DOMAIN, EXCEPT FOR ON THE ROCK ISLAND, SOUTHERN, AND D&RGW.
T	L	11-25-1978	1	BN 801	BILEVEL CONTROL COACH			IL	LA GRANGE	EARLY MORNING LIGHT AND FROSTY TIES GREETED US HERE ON CHICAGO'S WESTERN SUBURBS.
T	L	11-25-1978	2	BN 8007	EMD SD40-2			IL	LA GRANGE	NOTICE THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUT ONLY 2 DAYS AFTER THANKGIVING.
T	L	11-25-1978	3	BN 815	BILEVEL CONTROL COACH			IL	LA GRANGE	A CHICAGO SUBURAN STATION.  THIS ONE REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE ERIE STATIONS IN NEW JERSEY.
T	L	11-25-1978	4	BN 6200	EMD SD9	CB&Q 433		IL	LA GRANGE	A DREARY COLD DAY IN ANOTHER CHICAGO SUBURB THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER.  I HAVE A KNACK FOR SEEING LOCOMOTIVES WITH DOUBLE ZERO NUMBERS.  THIS UNIT SUCCUMBED TO THE SCRAPPER IN 1991.
T	L	11-25-1978	5	AMTK 282	EMD F40PH			IL	LA GRANGE	EASTBOUND ILLINI PASSENGER TRAIN WITH BILEVEL SUBURBAN COMMUTER COACHES PAINTED IN AMTRACK COLORS.  THIS UNIT WAS MADE FROM PARTS FROM AN EMD SDP40F, AND SCRAPPED BY 2003.
T	L	11-25-1978	6	BN 6485	EMD SD45	NP 3643	BN 6421	IL	LA GRANGE	'BEST WAY LAUNDERERS CLEANERS' SERVES AS A BACKDROP FOR THIS SHOT IN ANOTHER WESTERN CHICAGO SUBURB.
T	L	11-25-1978	7	BN 5411	GE U25B	GN 2511		IL	LA GRANGE	ANOTHER BN TRAIN ON CHICAGO'S 'TRIPLE TRACK SPEEDWAY' RACES PAST THE 'BEST WAY LAUNDERERS CLEANERS'.  THE PHOTOS FROM THIS DAY ARE SO DREARY THAT I WAS HESITANT TO LOAD THEM ON THE NET, BUT I THOUGHT SOMEONE SOMEWHERE MIGHT LIKE THEM.
T	L	11-25-1978	8	BN 9924	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9994- BN 9994		IL	AURORA	AURORA ILLINOIS WAS THE STAGING AREA FOR EASTBOUND CHICAGO COMMUTER TRAINS ON THE BN.
T	L	11-25-1978	11	BN ?	EMD E9R	CB&Q		IL	AURORA	SEVEN, COUNT 'EM, SEVEN 'E' UNITS TO BRIGHTEN UP AN OTHERWISE DREARY DARK DAY.
T	L	11-25-1978	12	BN 9913	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9988B- BN 9983	BN 9903	IL	AURORA	MORE PAIRINGS OF 'E' UNITS IN THE AURORA COACH YARD.  THE UNIT ON THE LEFT WOULD BE PAINTED IN A FINE CANADIAN NATIONAL SCHEME IN THE YEAR 2000, FOR EXECUTIVE TRAINS.  AND THE UNIT ON THE RIGHT WOULD GO TO THE TENNESSEE BICENTENNIA COMMISSION AS ITS 1796 AND THEN GET A FAKE "CB&Q 9913" PAINT SCHEME AT THE GULF COAST RAILRAOD MUSEUM IN FLORIDA.
T	L	11-25-1978	13	BN 9913	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9988B- BN 9983	BN 9914	IL	AURORA	MORE PAIRINGS OF 'E' UNITS IN THE AURORA COACH YARD.
T	L	11-25-1978	14	BN 9902	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9939A- BN 9939	BN 9921, BN 9919	IL	AURORA	A GLIMMER OF LATE AFTERNOON WINTER SUN SHINES ON THREE 'E' UNITS.
T	L	11-25-1978	15	BN 9913	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9988B- BN 9983	BN 9914	IL	AURORA	A PAIRING OF CAB PROFILES.  THE UNIT 9913 WOULD GO TO THE TENNESSEE BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION, AS ITS 1796 AND THEN GET A FACK "CB&Q 9913" PAINT SCHEME AT THE GULF COAST RAILRAOD MUSEUM IN FLORIDA.
T	L	11-25-1978	16	BN 3039	EMD GP40	CB&Q 639		IL	AURORA	W/B FRIEGHT PASSES THE AURORA PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	11-25-1978	17	BN ?	BILEVEL COMMUTER COACH			IL	AURORA	INTERIOR OF A BN BI-LEVEL COMMUTER CAR.  THESE PARTICULAR CARS ALLOWED TRAIN CREWS, WHO WERE STANDING ON THE LOWER LEVEL, TO COLLECT TICKETS FROM THE UPPER LEVEL PASSENGERS BY WAY OF THE OPEN CENTER SECTION.
T	L	11-25-1978	18	BN 9923	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9993- BN 9993		IL	?	A DOUBLE HEADER COMMUTER AT A BN CHICAGO SUBURBAN PASSENGER STOP.  BY THE YEAR 2022 THE UNIT FACED A DTIM FUTURE AT LARRY'S TRUCK & ELECTRIC.
T	L	11-25-1978	19	BN 9924	EMD E9R	CB&Q 9994- BN 9994		IL	AURORA	A FINAL SHOT OF AN AURORA 'E' UNIT.  IT WAS HARD TO PULL MYSELF AWAY FROM THERE.
T	L	11-26-1978	1	AMTK ?	RTG TURBO TRAIN			IL	CHICAGO	A FRENCH BUILT TURBINE POWERED PASSENGER TRAIN INSIDE UNION STATION.
T	L	01-01-1979	1	CR 6681	EMD SDP45	EL 3650	CR 6665	OH	CLEVELAND	AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS.
T	L	01-01-1979	2	CR 6687	EMD SDP45	EL 3656	CR 6676	OH	CLEVELAND	AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS.  THIS UNIT WAS ONE OF NINE EL SDP45's TO SURVIVE AS LATE AS 2003 AS AN INDIANA HARBOR BELT UNIT.
T	L	01-01-1979	3	RTA 50	TRANSIT			IL	EVANSTON	L. S. MELIN PHOTO. CHICAGO RTA TRANSIT.
T	L	03-07-1979	1	C&NW 1779	EMD GP18			IL	DES PLAINES	L. S. MELIN PHOTO
T	L	03-07-1979	2	C&NW 1779	EMD GP18			IL	DES PLAINES	L. S. MELIN PHOTO
T	L	03-14-1979	1	C&NW 422	EMD F7	C&NW 4079C		IL	CHICAGO	REAR OF UNIT, L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR's CHICAGO STATION.
T	L	03-14-1979	2	C&NW 422	EMD F7	C&NW 4079C		IL	CHICAGO	L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR's CHICAGO STATION.
T	L	03-14-1979	3	C&NW 422	EMD F7	C&NW 4079C		IL	CHICAGO	L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RR's CHICAGO STATION.
T	L	03-16-1979	1	CR 6324	EMD SD40	PRR 6071- PC 6071	CR 6320	OH	CLEVELAND	AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS.  THE COAST GUARD'S WHITE LIGHT HOUSE STATION CAN BE SEEN IN BACKGROUND.
T	L	03-16-1979	2	CR 1774	EMD F7	NYC 1774- PC 1774	CR 1799	OH	CLEVELAND	ON WHISKEY ISLAND, THE PRR OWNED THE IRON ORE DOCKS, WHILE THE NYC's LAKEFRONT MAIN CROSSED THE ISLAND, AND THE B&O HAD A SPUR ONTO THE ISLAND.  THE B&O IS SEEN HERE IN THE NEAR FOREGROUND RUNNING FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF THE PHOTO.
T	L	03-16-1979	3	CR 6324	EMD SD40	PRR 6071- PC 6071	CR 6320	OH	CLEVELAND	AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS.
T	L	03-16-1979	4	CR 7967	EMD GP38	PC 7967	CR 7847	OH	CLEVELAND	W/B CROSSING THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AT BRIDGE ONE.  THIS IS THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAINLINE WITH THE x PRR'S 'C&P' WHISKEY ISLAND IRON ORE DOCKS TRACK SPLITTING OFF TO THE RIGHT.  THE SECOND ENGINE HAD A LONG LIFE AND ENDED UP ON THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AFTER ITS CONRAIL DAYS WERE OVER.
T	L	03-16-1979	5	N&SS 1018	EMD SW1001		N&SS, N&SS 1016	OH	CLEVELAND	THE NEWBURGH AND SOUTH SHORE BOUGHT THE VERY LAST ALCO EVER MADE IN THE US.  IT WAS A MODEL T-6.  THE LAST UNIT IN THIS LASHUP MAY BE THAT VERY UNIT, BUT SINCE I CANNOT SEE THE UNIT NUMBER, I CANNOT NOW BE SURE.
T	L	03-16-1979	6	CR 5899	EMD GP7	PRR 8799- PC 5899		OH	CLEVELAND	ROCKPORT YARD.
T	L	03-16-1979	7	SPERRY 136	RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR			OH	BEREA	SPERRY RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR CAR.
T	L	03-16-1979	8	CR 1117	ALCO MT-6 SLUG	PRR 8659- PRR 6859- PC 6859- CR 6859	CR 6934	OH	BEREA	1117 SLUG WAS REBUILT FROM AN ALCO RSD12.  UNIT ON BIG FOUR, NEAR BAGLEY OR 'BAG LADY' ROAD.
T	L	03-31-1979	1	C&NW 415	EMD F7	C&NW 4084C	C&NW 422, C&NW 416	IL	WAUKEGAN	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  C&NW 'F' UNITS ARE LIKE PEOPLE.  NO TWO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.
T	L	03-31-1979	2	C&NW 4311	EMD GP7	C&NW 1518	C&NW 4331	IL	WAUKEGAN	L. S. MELIN PHOTO ON A DARK DAY OF REBUILT AND CHOPPED NOSED GEEPS.  UNIT 4311 WAS THE VERY FIRST GP7 EVER BUILT.  BOTH OF THESE UNITS WERE REBUILT AT THE OELWEIN IOWA SHOPS IN THE 1972-1973 PERIOD.  UNIT 4311 WAS LATER DONATED TO THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM AND RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL HIGH SHORT HOOD APPEARANCE. 1991/19910824_03.jpg
T	L	03-31-1979	3	C&NW 5019 B	EMD E8			IL	WAUKEGAN	L. S. MELIN PHOTO, 'E' UNIT SEEN BROADSIDE.
T	L	03-31-1979	4	C&NW 5019 B	EMD E8		C&NW 422, C&NW 416, C&NW 415	IL	WAUKEGAN	L. S. MELIN PHOTO, UNITS IN COMMUTER COACH YARD.
T	L	03-31-1979	6	C&NW 5019 B	EMD E8			IL	WAUKEGAN	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  THIS 'E' UNIT LACKS NUMBER BOARDS AND AS A RESULT APPEARS BLINDED OR BALDING.
T	L	04-12-1979	1	PCB 889622	COVERED HOPPPER			OH	CLEVELAND	OVERTURNED HOPPER ON WYE WHERE CCC&ST.L (BIG FOUR) JOINED THE NYC LAKEFRONT MAINLINE (WHERE THE ORE CARS IN THE BACKGROUND ARE).  THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AND 'BRIDGE ONE' ARE ABOUT 500 FEET WEST (LEFT) OF THIS SCENE.
T	L	04-12-1979	2	CR ME 1032	M OF W			OH	CLEVELAND	TAMPER USED TO FIX TRACKWORK AFTER THE ABOVE ACCIDENT.  THIS LOCATION ON THE FORMER 'BIG FOUR' IS NOW PART OF A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT LINE IN CLEVELAND'S ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CALLED THE 'FLATS'.
T	L	04-12-1979	3	CR 6682	EMD SDP45	EL 3651		OH	CLEVELAND	AT WHISKEY ISLAND.  THE NOW GONE CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM IS IN THE BACKGROUND TO THE RIGHT.
T	L	04-12-1979	4	MILW 352	EMD GP38-2		MILW 5001, MILW 358	IL	NORTHBROOK	L. S. MELIN PHOTO
T	L	04-19-1979	2	CR 6089	EMD SD45	EL 3624		OH	CLEVELAND	AT WHISKEY ISLAND ORE DOCKS.
T	L	04-28-1979	1	MILW SHANTY	SHANTY			IL	ELK GROVE	SHANTY, 'BRYN MAWR' FROM AN UNKNOWN CHICAGO AREA LOCATION.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	04-28-1979	2	C&NW 969	EMD SD45			IL	BENSENVILLE	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  AN INTERESTING CONTRAST OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY AND EXTREME CLUTTER ON THE GROUND.
T	L	04-28-1979	3	MILW 153	EMD SD40-2	MILW 3023	MILW 20	IL	BENSENVILLE	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THIS PARTICULAR PAINT SCHEME.
T	L	04-28-1979	4	MILW 153	EMD SD40-2	MILW 3023	MILW 20	IL	BENSENVILLE	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  THE MILWAUKEE ROAD HAD SOME BIG UNITS WITH VERY LOW NUMBERS.
T	L	04-28-1979	5	MILW 160	EMD SD40-2	MILW 3030	MILW 16, MILW 1012	IL	BENSENVILLE	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  BENSENVILLE SHOPS I BELIEVE.
T	L	04-28-1979	6	MILW 42	EMD F40C	METRA 602		IL	NORTHBROOK	L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF COMMUTER #2111.  UNIT HAD NAME OF "VILLAGE OF BENSENVILLE"
T	L	04-28-1979	7	SR 6333	EMD SD24	SR 2514	SR 6341, C&NW 906	IL	BENSENVILLE	L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF FORMER SOUTHERN RAILWAY UNITS ON C&NW.
T	L	04-28-1979	8	SR 6333	EMD SD24	SR 2514	SR 6341, C&NW 906	IL	BENSENVILLE	L. S. MELIN PHOTO FORMER SOUTHERN SD24'S ON C&NW.  I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN SD24 IN MY HOME STATE OF OHIO.  IT IS AN INTERESTING UNIT WITH EXCENTRIC PIPING ON THE ROOF.
T	L	04-28-1979	9	C&NW 906	EMD SD45			IL	BENSENVILLE	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.   BEING WITHOUT DYNAMIC BRAKES, THE C&NW SD45 SEEMED STRANGLY DANGEROUS.
T	L	05-04-1979	1	C&NW 300996 MWX	COACH			IL	EVANSTON	L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY COACH.
T	L	05-16-1979	1	C&NW 504	EMD E8B	UP 935B		IL	EVANSTON	CRANDAL CAB REBUILD OF A FORMER UNION PACIFIC EMD E8 'B' UNIT INTO AN 'A' UNIT.  THIS WAS DONE IN 1973.  MR CRANDAL WAS A C&NW EMPLOYEE WHO DIED ON THE JOB WHILE STARTING AN ENGINE IN THE BITTER COLD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	07-01-1980	1	CR 9308	EMD SW1200M	RDG 56- RDG 2708	CR 2420, CR 2434	OH	COLLINWOOD	CR 9308 WAS REBUILT FROM A READING BLW VO-1000.
T	L	07-01-1980	2	CR 2420	ALCO C425	PRR 2420- PC 2420	CR 9308, CR 2434	OH	COLLINWOOD	ALCO CENTURY AND A BALDWIN REBUILD AT COLLINWOOD.
T	L	07-01-1980	3	CR 9308	EMD SW1200M	RDG 56- RDG 2708	CR 2420, CR 2434	OH	COLLINWOOD	CR 9308 WAS REBUILT FROM A READING BLW VO-1000 IN 1959.  IT WAS RETIRED IN 1979.
T	L	07-01-1980	4	CR 3250	EMD GP40-2	PC 3250		OH	CRESTLINE	NIGHT SHOT AT CRESTLINE'S FUEL RACKS.  WE SPENT MANY NIGHTS AT CRESTLINE BACK IN THE LATE 70'S.  TRAFFIC ON THE x PRR WAS VERY HEAVY IN THOSE YEARS.  LEAD UNIT WENT TO THE ALASKA RAILROAD AND WAS REBUILT INTO A GP38U IN 1984.
T	L	07-01-1980	5	CR SIGNAL	STATION AND SIGNALS			OH	CRESTLINE	NIGHT SHOT AT CRESLINE STATION WITH L. S. MELIN SEATED.  HERE WE SEE THE CROSSING GATES SWINGING DOWN, AND THE LEFT MOST SIGNAL DISPLAYING 'STOP', THE RIGHT TRACK'S NEAR SIGNAL DISPLAYING 'SLOW APPROACH' AND THE DISTANT SIGNAL DISPLAYING 'RESTRICTING'.
T	L	07-01-1980	6	CR 3122	EMD GP40	PC 3122		OH	LOUDONVILLE	W/B ON THE x PRR MAIN LINE.   THE PRR THROUGH THIS PART OF OHIO IS VERY SCENIC AND DRIPS WITH A DISTINCTIVE PRR FLAVOR.
T	L	07-01-1980	8	NW 3671	EMD F7	WABASH 1162- WABASH 671- NW 3671		OH	BELLEVUE	THIS EX-WABASH UNIT, BUILT IN 2-1951, WAS LATER PLACED IN THE 'MAD RIVER & NKP' MUSEUM IN BELLEVUE AND RE-PAINTED IN A NICE WABASH SCHEME.
T	L	07-08-1982	1	DB 181 210 6	ELECTRIC TYPE 181			GERMANY	RÜDESHEIM	MY FATHER, MY BROTHER AND I TOOK A TRIP TO GERMANY BACK IN 1981.  WE HAD LUNCH IN A THE LITTLE TOWN OF RÜDESHEIM ON THE RHINE RIVER.  THIS EASILY WAS THE BUSIEST RAILROAD THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN.  THERE WAS NONSTOP ACTION.  A TRAIN EVERY 4 TO 5 MINUTES, MOSTLY PASSENGER, BUT SOME FREIGHTS TOO.  WHEN WE GOT DONE WITH LUNCH, I SNAPPED PHOTOS OF 3 TRAINS AS WE WALKED TO OUR PARKED CAR.  AMAZING.
T	L	07-08-1982	2	DB 140 004 3	ELECTRIC TYPE 140			GERMANY	RÜDESHEIM	MORE SOUTHBOUND ACTION ALONG THE RHINE RIVER IN RÜDESHEIM.  WE SAW ABOUT 20 IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
T	L	07-08-1982	3	DB 140 156 1	ELECTRIC TYPE 140			GERMANY	RÜDESHEIM	AND MORE SOUTHBOUND ACTION AT RÜDESHEIM.
T	L	07-08-1982	4	DB	BRIDGE FORTIFICATION			GERMANY	REMAGEN	DURING THE CLOSING DAYS OF WORLD WAR TWO, THE ALLIES MANAGED TO CAPTURE THE DAMAGED BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE AT REMAGEN.  THE BRIDGE PASSED BETWEEN THESE TWO DARK FORTIFICATION TOWERS, SEEN HERE ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RHINE.  A BUSY NORTH- SOUTH MAINLINE STILL PASSES BEHIND THIS STRUCTURE.
T	L	07-08-1982	5	DB 140 258 5	ELECTRIC TYPE 140			GERMANY	REMAGEN	AN ELECTRIC UNIT HAULS A FREIGHT TRAIN JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE REMAGEN FORTIFICATION, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RHINE.
T	L	06-02-1984	1	TP&W 400	ALCO RS-11		MILW 760	IL	UNION	ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM ALCO SPECIMEN WITH THE DISTINCTIVE ALCO 'CHIPPED TEETH' SAND BOX FILLERS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	06-02-1984	2	YS&T 607	BLW VO-660			IL	UNION	OLD YOUNGSTOWN SHEET AND TUBE BALDWING AT THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	06-02-1984	3	DL&W 567	COMMUTER COACH	DL&W- EL- NJDOT		IL	UNION	LACKAWANNA 'WYAT EARP' STYLE CAR WITH THE OPEN VESTIBULES, AT THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	06-02-1984	4	CSS&SB 803	GE LITTLE JOE ELECTRIC			IL	UNION	ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM, LITTLE JOE' ELECTRIC'.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  OTHER PHOTOS OF SAME ENGINE: 1989/19890710_05.jpg 1989/19890710_02.jpg 1989/19890710_03.jpg 1989/19890710_04.jpg
T	L	06-02-1984	5	MN&S 21	BLW DT-6-6-2000			IL	UNION	ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM HAS THE LAST SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF A BALDWIN CENTER CAB DIESEL.  IN THIS CASE, A 2000 HP MODEL.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  OTHER VIEWS OF SAME UNIT: 1992/19920719_26.jpg 1984/19840602_06.jpg 1989/19890710_11.jpg 1992/19920719_25.jpg
T	L	06-02-1984	6	MN&S 21	BLW DT-6-6-2000			IL	UNION	ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM BIG CENTER CAB BALDWIN, BUILT IN 1948.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 1984/19840602_05.jpg 1992/19920719_26.jpg 1989/19890710_11.jpg 1992/19920719_25.jpg
T	L	08-05-1985	1	NJI&I 2	EMD NW2			OH	BELLEVUE	A 'NEW JERSEY, INDIANA & ILLINOIS RR' NW2 AT THE 'NKP AND MAD RIVER' MUSEUM.   L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 1988/19880522_07.jpg
T	L	09-07-1985	1	EMD 1	EMD SD60			OH	CLEVELAND	EMD SD60 DEMONSTRATOR ON CLEVELAND'S WEST SIDE, AROUND LORAIN STREET, ON A DREADFULLY HOT AND HAZY DAY.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 1999/19990530_01.jpg 1999/19990406_02.jpg
T	L	09-28-1985	1	EL 3313	GE U33C	EL 3313- CR 6576- CR 6881		PA	ERIE	EVENING PHOTO AT GE PLANT, PAINTED FROM CONRAIL NUMBERS BACK IN EL NUMBERS FOR AN ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING.  THIS UNIT THEN WAS SENT TO TIA BAO MINES IN CHINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	09-28-1985	2	EL 3313	GE U33C	EL 3313- CR 6576- CR 6881		PA	ERIE	AT GE PLANT, PAINTED FROM CONRAIL NUMBERS BACK IN EL NUMBERS FOR AN ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING.  THIS UNIT THEN WAS SENT TO TIA BAO MINES IN CHINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	09-28-1985	3	EL 3313	GE U33C	EL 3313- CR 6576- CR 6881		PA	ERIE	AT GE PLANT, PAINTED FROM CONRAIL NUMBERS BACK IN EL NUMBERS FOR AN ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING.  THIS UNIT THEN WAS SENT TO TIA BAO MINES IN CHINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	09-28-1985	4	EL 3313	GE U33C	EL 3313- CR 6576- CR 6881		PA	ERIE	AT GE PLANT, PAINTED FROM CONRAIL NUMBERS BACK IN EL NUMBERS FOR AN ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING.  THIS UNIT THEN WAS SENT TO TIA BAO MINES IN CHINA AS A CABLESS REMOTE CONTROLLED UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	09-28-1985	5	LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM ?	WHITCOMB 44 TON			PA	NORTH EAST	IN LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM AT NORTHEAST PA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	09-29-1985	1	C&O 2707	ALCO 4-8-4 (1944)			OH	CLEVELAND	C&O TYPE K4 STEAM ENGINE.  DURING MY CHILDHOOD, THIS UNIT RESTED AT THE BROOKSIDE PARK BY THE CLEVELAND ZOO.  AROUND 1977?, THE ENGINE WAS MOVED HERE, TO THE OLD B&O YARD BY THE CLEVELAND STEEL MILLS.  LATER, IT WENT TO THE ILLINOIS RR MUSEUM.   L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THIS ENGINE FROM 6/87: 1987/19870601_01.jpg 1989/19891215_02.jpg
T	L	10-11-1985	1	GE 20	ALCO RS-3	SAINT MARY'S RR		OH	CLEVELAND	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.   MYSTERY UNIT IN OLD B&O YARD IN THE FLATS.  I AM INFORMED THAT THIS IS A GE LEASE UNIT, BUT SERVED THE SAINT MARY'S RR OF GEORGIA IN THE PAST.
T	L	10-11-1985	2	GE 20	ALCO RS-3	SAINT MARY'S RR		OH	CLEVELAND	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.   MYSTERY UNIT IN OLD B&O YARD IN THE FLATS.  I AM INFORMED THAT THIS IS A GE LEASE UNIT, BUT SERVED THE SAINT MARY'S RR OF GEORGIA IN THE PAST.
T	L	10-11-1985	3	GE 20	ALCO RS-3	SAINT MARY'S RR		OH	CLEVELAND	L. S. MELIN PHOTO.   MYSTERY UNIT IN OLD B&O YARD IN THE FLATS.  I AM INFORMED THAT THIS IS A GE LEASE UNIT, BUT SERVED THE SAINT MARY'S RR OF GEORGIA IN THE PAST.
T	L	10-12-1985	1	PRR 7048	EMD GP7	PRR 7048- PC 7048- CR 7048		PA	ALTOONA	A FRESHLY PAINTED AND VERY BLACK ENGINE ON DISPLAY AT HORSESHOE CURVE AS SUBSTITUTE FOR K4 STEAM ENGINE THAT SAT AT THIS SPOT FOR MANY YEARS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  HERE IT IS SEEN IN 1993: 1993/19930425_32.jpg
T	L	10-14-1985	1	CR 6728	EMD SD50			OH	VERMILION	E/B CONRAIL FREIGHT ON x NYC MAIN, PASSING OVER EX-NKP MAINLINE.  NOTICE THE ROOM FOR DOUBLE TRACKS. 1997/19970729_04.jpg
T	L	10-14-1985	2	CR 22827	CABOOSE N-5B	PRR 477816- PC 22827		OH	VERMILION	E/B CABOOSE ON x NYC MAIN, PASSING OVER EX-NKP MAINLINE.
T	L	10-14-1985	3	CR 1634	EMD GP15-1		CR, DETROIT EDISON	OH	VERMILION	W/B ON x NYC MAIN.  THE GP15 IS A FAIRLY UNCOMMON UNIT FOR OHIO.
T	L	10-14-1985	4	CR 3193	EMD GP40	PC 3193	CR 3343, CR 3369	OH	VERMILION	W/B ON x NYC MAIN.  THE TRAIN IS ABOUT TO PASS OVER THE VERMILION RIVER.  THE LEAD UNIT WENT TO THE FLORIDA EAST COAST IN LATER YEARS, AND THE THIRD UNIT BECAME A CSX SLUG MOTHER IN 2008.
T	L	10-14-1985	5	CR 5003	GE B36-7		CR, CR	OH	VERMILION	CONRAIL'S BIG FOUR AXLE UNITS OFTEN ARE FOUND ON THE FASTER TRAILER VAN TRAINS.  HERE IS A 1993 VIEW OF THE SAME UNIT: 1993/19930425_33.jpg
T	L	10-14-1985	6	C&O 3044	EMD GP30		B&O 903951	OH	LORAIN	THE B&O'S LORAIN BRANCH SERVED A SIZABLE DOCK FACILITY ON LAKE ERIE.  BY 1985, THE GP30'S WERE GETTING A BIT SCARCE.
T	L	10-14-1985	7	US STEEL ?	ALCO S2		USS, USS 2609	OH	LORAIN	US STEEL IN LORAIN HAD AN ASSORTMENT OF ODDBALL UNITS.  I NEVER DID SEE THE ALCO, NOR THE BALDWIN, NOR THE WHICOMB ACTUALLY RUNNING HERE.
T	L	10-14-1985	8	US STEEL 2609	BLW DS-4-4-1000	CARNEGIE ILLINOIS STEEL 75- US STEEL 75	USS	OH	LORAIN	US STEEL BALDWIN.
T	L	03-01-1986	1	DETROIT EDISON 2	EMD SD40		DETROIT EDISON 20	OH	CLEVELAND	DETROIT EDISON UNIT TRAIN W/B ON CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, JUST WEST OF 'CP SHORT'.  THE I-480 OVERPASS IS IN THE BACKGROUND.   THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN APRIL OF 1970.  HERE IT IS AGAIN IN UNIT IN 1991: 1991/19911006_04.jpg
T	L	06-01-1986	1	CR 3377	EMD GP40-2		CR 5037	OH	OLMSTED FALLS	W/B ON x NYC MAIN PAST STATION.  THE STATION NOW IS HOME TO A MODEL RAILROAD CLUB. 1998/19980606_13.jpg
T	L	10-03-1986	1	NKP 755	LIMA 2-8-4			OH	CONNEAUT	LIMA STEAM ENGINE ON DISPLAY.
T	L	10-04-1986	1	ERIE C 216	CABOOSE	ERIE C216- EL C216- CR- CR 46196R	DL&W 906	NY	HAMBURG	PRIVATELY OWNED AND RESTORED CABOOSES.   NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST.  SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.
T	L	10-04-1986	2	DL&W 906	CABOOSE N-3A	DL&W 906- EL C906?- CR 22010	ERIE C 216	NY	HAMBURG	PRIVATELY OWNED AND RESTORED CABOOSES.  DL&W 906 WAS BUILT BY KEYSER VALLEY SHOP IN 1954 USING THE FRAME OF A STEAM ENGINE TENDER.   NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST.  SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.  HERE IS A VIEW TAKEN IN 1993: 2001/20010414_16.jpg 1993/19930626_01.jpg
T	L	10-04-1986	3	PRR 4483	BLW 2-10-0 I-1			NY	HAMBURG	BLW 1923 STEAM ENGINE ON DISPLAY.  THIS IS THE ONLY EXISTING PRR 2-10-0 THAT I KNOW OF.   NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST.  SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. 2001/20010414_15.jpg 1993/19930625_13.jpg
T	L	10-04-1986	4	PRR 4483	BLW 2-10-0 I-1			NY	HAMBURG	BLW 1923 STEAM ENGINE ON DISPLAY, SMOKE BOX VIEW.   NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST.  SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.
T	L	10-04-1986	5	PRR 4483	BLW 2-10-0 I-1			NY	HAMBURG	BLW 1923, STEAM ENGINE ON DISPLAY.   NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST.  SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.
T	L	10-04-1986	6	PRR 4483	BLW 2-10-0 I-1			NY	HAMBURG	BLW 1923 STEAM ENGINE SMOKEBOX AS SEEN FROM THE SIDE.   NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST.  SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.
T	L	10-04-1986	7	LIRR 600	ALCO FA-2	NYC 1102- PC 1302		NY	HAMBURG	OLD NEW YORK CENTRAL ALCO FA2 IN LIRR COLORS.   WESTERN NEW YORK RAILWAY HIST. SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.
T	L	10-04-1986	8	AMTK 3635	BUDD COACH	PRR 7135- PC 7135- AMTK 3635		NY	HAMBURG	WAS ALSO P&S 3635, BUILT AS PRR LEONARD CALVERT, RENAMED FRANCIS J.  MCGRATH.   NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST.  SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.
T	L	10-04-1986	10	AMTK 2754	ACF SLEEPER	AT&SF 1606		NY	HAMBURG	PINE LOCH SLEEPER.  NEW YORK RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.
T	L	10-04-1986	12	AMTK 5699	BUDD COACH PARLOR CAR	NYC 84- PC 7124- AMTK 3601- LEVI P.  MORTON		NY	HAMBURG	EX NYC 84, BUDD 1941.   NEW YORK RAILROAD HIST.  SOCIETY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION.  FORMER NYC PARLOR CAR.  BUILT BY BUDD IN 1941.
T	L	10-04-1986	14	GENESEE & WYOMING 51	EMD GP38-2			NY	NEAR LEROY	EXCURSION PASSENGER TRAIN FOR ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
T	L	10-04-1986	17	GENESEE & WYOMING 262	EMD GP38-2		C&WI 262	NY	MOUNT MORRIS	ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXCURSION.  THE WEATHER WAS SIMPLY TERRIBLE THAT PARTICULAR WEEKEND WITH ALMOST CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAIN AND DARK SKIES.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	10-04-1986	19	C&WI 262	ALCO RS1			NY	MOUNT MORRIS	DREARY DARK PHOTO OF A CHICAGO AND WESTERN INDIANA RS1 WITH OBSCENITIES PAINTED ON IT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	10-05-1986	1	NS STATION	STATION			NY	ANGOLA	FORMER NKP FREIGHT STATION.
T	L	10-05-1986	2	CR 5029	GE B36-7		CR 3332	NY	SILVER CREEK	DARK DAY ACTION ON THE OLD NYC MAIN.  LEAD UNIT WENT TO EFVM IN BRAZIL IN 2003.
T	L	10-05-1986	3	NS STATION	STATION			NY	SILVER CREEK	FORMER NKP FREIGHT STATION
T	L	10-05-1986	5	CR 6002	GE C39-8		CR 6736	NY	SILVER CREEK	OLD NYC STONE VIADUCT AT SILVER CREEK.  THE NICKEL PLATE VIADUCT IS ALL OF ABOUT 100 FEET SOUTH OF THE NYC BRIDGE.
T	L	10-05-1986	6	CR 7722	EMD GP38	PC 7722		NY	DUNKIRK	AFTER 3 DAYS OF RAIN, IT WAS HARD TO FIND SURE FOOTING IN THIS AREA.  DUNKIRK WAS THE WESTERN END OF THE ORIGINAL ERIE MAINLINE.
T	L	10-05-1986	7	CR 6426	EMD SD40-2		CR	PA	NORTH EAST	THE x NYC PASSENGER STATION AT NORTH EAST IS NOW THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM, WITH A COLLECTION OF EQUIPMENT SURROUNDING IT.
T	L	10-05-1986	8	CR STATION	STATION			PA	NORTH EAST	THE SUN MADE AN ALL TOO BRIEF VISIT SO I COULD PHOTOGRAPH THE x NYC PASSENGER STATION AT NORTH EAST, WHICH IS NOW THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	10-05-1986	9	CR 6734	EMD SD50			PA	NORTH EAST	E/B CONRAIL FREIGHT PASSING EX NYC FREIGHT STATION.
T	L	10-05-1986	11	ERIE CITY IRON WORKS ?	WHITCOMB 25ton			PA	NORTH EAST	LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	10-05-1986	12	CR 6247	EMD SD40	PC 6247	CR 6716	PA	NORTH EAST	THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM IN BACKGROUND WITH AN E/B FREIGHT ROLLING BY.  HERE IS A 1987 PHOTO OF THE SAME UNIT: 1987/19870418_32.jpg
T	L	10-05-1986	13	CR 3361	EMD GP40-2			PA	NORTH EAST	THE WATER LEVEL ROUTE CAN BE VERY BUSY AT TIMES.
T	L	10-05-1986	14	NS 8540	GE C36-7	NW 8540		PA	NORTH EAST	EX NKP STATION WITH AN NS TRAIN ROLLING BY.  THE NKP AND THE NYC TRACKS ARE ONLY A HUNDRED OR SO FEET APART IN THE TOWN OF NORTH EAST.
T	L	10-05-1986	15	NW 7554	CABOOSE			PA	NORTH EAST	EX NKP STATION OF THE TYPICAL NICKEL PLATE STYLE.
T	L	10-05-1986	16	CLEVELAND ELECTRIC 6 ?	HEISLER 0-6-0			PA	NORTH EAST	LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM'S FIRELESS STEAM SWITCHER.  THIS FIRELESS STEAMER NOW IS OPERATIONAL, USING COMPRESSED AIR.
T	L	10-05-1986	17	CR 6756	EMD SD50			PA	NORTH EAST	W/B CR TRAIN BLURS PAST THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM AND STATION.
T	L	10-05-1986	18	CTA SKOKIE SWIFT	TRANSIT CAR			PA	ERIE	AT GE PLANT IN ERIE PA.
T	L	10-05-1986	19	CR 2500	GE U25B	PC 2500- NYC 2500		PA	ERIE	SHORT HOOD OF FORMER NYC, PC, AND THEN CR U25B RESTING AT ITS BIRTH PLACE, THE GE LOCOMOTIVE PLANT IN ERIE.  AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN, THE UNIT WAS REPAINTED INTO NEW YORK CENTRAL COLORS AND PLACED INTO THE MUSEUM AT NORTH EAST, PA.
T	L	10-05-1986	20	CR 2500	GE U25B	PC 2500- NYC 2500		PA	ERIE	LONG HOOD OF FORMER NYC, PC, AND THEN CR U25B RESTING AT ITS BIRTH PLACE, THE GE LOCOMOTIVE PLANT IN ERIE.  AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN, THE UNIT WAS REPAINTED INTO NEW YORK CENTRAL COLORS AND PLACED INTO THE MUSEUM AT NORTH EAST, PA.
T	L	10-05-1986	21	CR 2500	GE U25B	PC 2500- NYC 2500		PA	ERIE	FORMER NYC, PC, AND THEN CR U25B RESTING AT ITS BIRTH PLACE, THE GE LOCOMOTIVE PLANT IN ERIE.  AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN, THE UNIT WAS REPAINTED INTO NEW YORK CENTRAL COLORS AND PLACED INTO THE MUSEUM AT NORTH EAST, PA. 1994/19940326_04.jpg 1998/19981124_04.jpg
T	L	10-05-1986	23	CR 9503	EMD SW1500	PC 9503	CR 9504	PA	ERIE	AT THE x NYC STATION AT ERIE, PA.
T	L	10-05-1986	24	CR 6426	EMD SD40-2			PA	NORTH EAST	A POORLY AIMED CAMERA MAKES IT LOOK LIKE AN E/B CR FREIGHT IS SWALLOWING UP THE STATION AT NORTH EAST.
T	L	10-05-1986	25	CR 24524	CABOOSE N-12	PC 24524		PA	ERIE	CABOOSE IN THE CITY OF ERIE. 1992/19921003_03.jpg 1991/19911006_01.jpg 1991/19911006_02.jpg
T	L	11-30-1986	1	ADX 805	ALCO RSD1	ARMY		OH	ORRVILLE	MODIFIED ALCO RS1, USED IN IRAN IN WW2.  NOTE THE ODD TRUCKS AND THE FOREIGN SYTLED CAB.  HERE IS A BETTER VIEW FROM 1988. 1988/19880409_01.jpg
T	L	01-17-1987	1	CR 1990	GE B23-7		CR 8206	OH	MANSFIELD	EVENING VIEW OF ROAD SWITCHERS IN THE SMALL YARD NEXT TO THE OLD PRR MAIN.
T	L	01-17-1987	2	CR 6019	GE C39-8		CR 7999	OH	CRESTLINE	E/B LEAVING TOWN ON x PRR MAIN.
T	L	01-17-1987	3	CR 6019	GE C39-8			OH	CRESTLINE	TRAILING SHOT OF LEAD UNIT ON AN E/B LEAVING TOWN ON x PRR MAIN.
T	L	01-17-1987	4	CR 3006	EMD GP40	NYC 3006- PC 3006		OH	CRESTLINE	W/B ON x PRR MAIN, NEAR THE TOWN OF CRESTLINE.  UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT INTO A COMMUTER POWER GP40PH-2B BY CONRAIL IN 1993.
T	L	01-17-1987	5	CR 8150	EMD GP38-2	PC 8150	CR 7910	OH	MANSFIELD	EVENING VIEW OF ROAD SWITCHERS IN THE SMALL YARD NEXT TO THE OLD PRR MAIN.  SECOND UNIT WAS CONVERTED INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG.
T	L	04-17-1987	1	NS 6178	EMD SD40-2	NW 6178		OH	LODI	CREWLESS TRAIN ON THE SIDING IN LODI, ON THE OLD WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.
T	L	04-18-1987	1	ASRY 65	EMD NW2	NYC 8700- PC 8700- PC 9165- CR 9165		OH	ASHLAND	ASHLAND RAILWAY RAN TWO FORMER CR SWITCHERS BACK IN 1987.  THIS WAS NEW YORK CENTRAL'S FIRST NW2. 2002/20020511_19.jpg
T	L	04-18-1987	2	ASRY 66	EMD NW2	NYC 8804- PC 8804- PC 9166- CR 9166	ASRY 22809	OH	ASHLAND	ASHLAND RAILWAY'S CABOOSE AT ITS TINY OPEN AIR FACILITY IN ASHLAND. 2002/20020511_08.jpg 2002/20020511_21.jpg
T	L	04-18-1987	3	ASRY 66	EMD NW2	NYC 8804- PC 8804- PC 9166- CR 9166		OH	ASHLAND	SECRET AGENT SKILLS ARE NOT NEEDED IN DETERMINING THIS ASHLAND RAILWAY UNIT'S FORMER NUMBER OR OWNER. 2002/20020511_08.jpg 2002/20020511_21.jpg
T	L	04-18-1987	4	CR 8247	EMD GP38-2		CR 7743, CR 8069	OH	MANSFIELD	BUSY SCENE AT THE x PRR FACILITY.  CR 8247 ENDED UP SERVING ON THE NS AFTER CONRAIL, AND THEN WENT TO THE BELT RAILROAD OF CHICAGO IN 2002.
T	L	04-18-1987	5	CR 18719	CABOOSE N-4	RDG		OH	MANSFIELD	FORMER READING CABOOSE.
T	L	04-18-1987	6	CR 1986	GE B23-7		CR	OH	MANSFIELD	NICELY LIT UNIT IN x PRR YARD.  UNIT WENT TO THE NASHVILLE & EASTERN IN 2005 AND LATER TO POWER SOURCE SUPPLY INC. WITH LEASED IT TO MARTIN MARIETTA.
T	L	04-18-1987	7	CR 64529	PLOW			OH	ONTARIO	WEDGE PLOW AT x ERIE LACKAWANNA'S ONTARIO YARD.
T	L	04-18-1987	8	CR ?	BAGGAGE CAR	EL		OH	GALION	CLOSE INPECTION SHOWED ERIE LACKAWANNA PAINT UNDER THE GREY PAINT OF THIS MAINTENANCE OF WAY CAR.  ANYONE KNOW THE CAR'S PAST NUMBER?
T	L	04-18-1987	9	CR 1987	GE B23-7		CR	OH	GALION	THIS UNIT'S NUMBER MATCHED THE YEAR OF THE PHOTO.  IT WAS S/B, PASSING EX-CCC&ST.L PASSENGER STATION AT GALION.  A FEW HUNDRED FEET AHEAD OF THE TRAIN LIES THE ERIE MAIN.
T	L	04-18-1987	10	CR BR 1294	M OF W BRUSH			OH	GALION	M OF W BRUSH MACHINE.  THERE WAS A BIG LINE UP OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EQUIPMENT IN GALION ON THIS DAY.
T	L	04-18-1987	11	CR SM 3025	M OF W			OH	GALION	M OF W SPIKE MACHINE?
T	L	04-18-1987	12	CR TP 2012	M OF W TAMPER		CR ME 1108, CR SM 3030	OH	GALION	TAMPERS.
T	L	04-18-1987	13	CR TE 4001	M OF W		CR TX 3002	OH	GALION	M OF W TIE HANDLER?
T	L	04-18-1987	14	CR CB 4159	BURRO CRANE			OH	GALION	BURRO CRANE AT GALION.
T	L	04-18-1987	15	CR 6345	EMD SD40	PRR 6092- PC 6092- CR 6092	CR	OH	GALION	N/B FREIGHT PASSING x CCC & ST.L (BIG FOUR) PASSENGER STATION AT GALION.  THE LEAD UNIT WAS REBUILT IN 1999 AND SENT OFF TO THE IRON RANGE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHSHORE MINING 652.
T	L	04-18-1987	16	OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM 7	BLW-WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC	YOUNGSTOWN & OHIO RIVER 7- OMAHA LINCOLN & BEATRICE 2- CORNWALL STREET RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER CO. 11	COLUMBUS RAILWAY POWER & LIGHT 2	OH	WORTHINGTON	VINTAGE 1930 BALDWIN-WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC, SERIAL NUMBER 53785.
T	L	04-18-1987	22	OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM 1268	ALCO S4		3	OH	WORTHINGTON	FRESHLY PAINTED BLACK UNIT AND A RED UNIT, BOTH UNLETTERED, AT THE OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM.  ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORIES OF THESE UNITS?
T	L	04-18-1987	23	OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM 188	EMD SW9	GRS 188		OH	WORTHINGTON	A RED, YET UNLETTERED, UNIT AT THE OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM.  ANYONE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIT?
T	L	04-18-1987	25	GE ?	GE 80 TON			OH	WORTHINGTON	OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM, 275HP X 2 CUMMINS ENGINES IN AN UNLETTERED AND NUMBERLESS UNIT.  ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIT?
T	L	04-18-1987	26	CR 1122	ALCO MT-6 SLUG	PRR 8677- PRR 6877- PC 6877- CR 6877	CR 6946	OH	COLUMBUS	BUCKEYE YARD, SLUG IS REBUILT FROM ALCO RSD12.  THIS UNIT WILL BECOME NS 1111, OR 'FOUR ACES' AFTER THE CR BREAKUP.
T	L	04-18-1987	27	CR 1007	ALCO MT-4 SLUG	PRR 8654- PRR 7654- PC 7654- CR 7654	CR 7589	OH	COLUMBUS	BUCKEYE YARD, SLUG REBUILT FROM ALCO RS-11.  I MISS THOSE RS-11'S.  HECK, I MISS THOSE CR GP9'S TOO.  SLUG RETIRED 10-1995.
T	L	04-18-1987	28	CR 7481	EMD GP9	ERIE 1263- EL 1263	CR 7366, CR 8893	OH	COLUMBUS	MY LAST ENCOUNTER WITH A GP7 OR GP9 STILL IN ERIE LACKAWANNA COLORS.  SEEN HERE AT BUCKEYE YARD.
T	L	04-18-1987	29	CR 1994	GE B37-7		CR 1947, CR 8092, CR 6431	OH	COLUMBUS	BUCKEYE YARD ENGINE FACILITY.
T	L	04-18-1987	30	CR 8256	EMD GP38-2		CR 8259	OH	COLUMBUS	BUCKEYE YARD.
T	L	04-18-1987	31	CHESSIE SYSTEM 903041	CABOOSE			OH	COLUMBUS	CHESSIE SYSTEM CABOOSE BRINGS UP THE REAR OF AN ARRIVING TRAIN WHILE AUTORACKS CREST THE HUMP AT BUCKEYE YARD.
T	L	04-18-1987	32	CR 6247	EMD SD40	PC 6247	CR 6959, L&N 6452	OH	COLUMBUS	A RARE SD38 WITH A COMMON SD40-2 ON THE REAR OF L&N CABOOSE NUMBERED 6452, AT BUCKEYE YARD.  HERE IS A 1986 PHOTO OF THE SAME UNIT: 1986/19861005_12.jpg
T	L	05-01-1987	1	CONNEMAUGH & BLACKLICK 116	EMD SW7			PA	JOHNSTOWN	THIS SORT OF LOOKS LIKE A PHOTO OF A MODEL RAILROAD.  HERE IS AN EVENING VIEW OF A CONNEMAUGH AND BLACKLICK SWITCHER AT THE BETHLEHEM STEEL PLANT.
T	L	05-02-1987	1	CR 6287	EMD SD40	B&O 7484- CNJ 3063	CR 6285	PA	ALTOONA	PUSHER ENGINES, OR 'SNAPPERS' AS THE PRR CALLED THEM.  I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT ANY DECENT RAILFAN TRIP TO ALTOONA SHOULD INCLUDE A PHOTO WITH THE WOLF BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND. 1990/19900825_08.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	2	CR 6661	EMD SD45-2	EL 3676	CR 6665	PA	ALTOONA	TWO FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA SD45-2 HELPERS LEADING A TRAIN WEST IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER STATION.  IT IS EASY TO SPOT THE EL SD45-2's SINCE THEY HAVE THOSE MASSIVE SLAB-SIDED 5000 GALLON FUEL TANKS THAT ERIE LACKAWANNA INSISTED UPON.  MUCH LATER, AFTER THE CONRAIL SPLIT UP, THIS UNIT UNIT MAY HAVE WORKED A THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1993/19930425_35.jpg 1987/19870502_39.jpg 1987/19870502_07.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	3	CR 6774	EMD SD50		CR 8245, CR 9611, CR 1006	PA	ALTOONA	A MOTLEY CONSIST WITH A SLUG REBUILT FROM AN OLD ALCO RS-11.
T	L	05-02-1987	4	CR 3336	EMD GP40-2		CR 1645	PA	ALTOONA	SMALL UNITS WITH DIFOCO SIDE DUMP CARS.  THESE CARS WERE MADE IN FINDLAY OHIO.
T	L	05-02-1987	5	CR 6662	EMD SD45-2	EL 3677	CR 6659, CR 3199	PA	ALTOONA	MORE FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA SD45-2's.  OF ALL THE 7 RAILROADS THAT WENT INTO CONRAIL IN 1976, THE EL HAD THE GREATEST RELETIVE SHARE OF DECENT BIG POWER.  BUT THE EL ALSO HAD ITS SHARE OF UNDESIRABLES.  THIS UNIT SERVED ON THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS AFTER THE CONRAIL SPLIT UP. 1993/19930425_07.jpg 1990/19900825_07.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	6	CR 6413	EMD SD40-2		CR 6375	PA	ALTOONA	MORNINGS ALWAYS SEEM BUSY IN ALTOONA.  TOO BAD IT WAS SO OVERCAST ON THIS DAY.
T	L	05-02-1987	7	CR 6660	EMD SD45-2	EL 3675	CR 6664	PA	ALTOONA	A FAVORITE SHOT OF MINE, WITH SD45-2 HELPERS AND A COAL TRAIN AT ALTO TOWER.  THE REAL UPHILL CLIMB EFFECTIVELY STARTS AT ALTO TOWER. 1994/19940604_18.jpg 1993/19930425_34.jpg 1987/19870502_18.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	8	CR 6292	EMD SD40	B&O 7489- CNJ 3068		PA	ALTOONA	MORE HELPERS.
T	L	05-02-1987	9	PRR 4913	PRR GG1	PRR 4913- PC 4913- PC 913- AMTK 913- AMKT 4913		PA	ALTOONA	PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADER'S MUSEUM HAS THIS NICE GG1 WITH PANTOGRAPHS REACHING FOR THE SKY.  I AM SURPRISED AT HOW HIGH THE PANTOGRAPHS REALLY CAN EXTEND.
T	L	05-02-1987	10	STANDARD STEEL 6712	BLW VO-660	BLW 335- STANDARD STEEL 12		PA	ALTOONA	PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADER'S MUSEUM.  MY NOTES INDICATE THAT THIS BALDWIN SWITCHER IS THE FIRST OR SECOND 'VO' SWITCHER THAT BALDWIN MADE AND FORMER BALDWIN DEMONSTRATOR 335.  HERE IS A VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE IN 1990: 1990/19900825_04.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	11	CR 6071	EMD SD45	EL 3606	CR 6099, CR 6305	PA	ALTOONA	THIS WAS MY LAST ENCOUNTER WITH STANDARD SD45'S ON CONRAIL.  IN 1987 I WONDERED IF THEY WERE BEING PREMATURELY DISPOSED OF.  I STILL WONDER THAT.
T	L	05-02-1987	12	CR 6360	EMD SD40-2		CR 6360, CR 5059, CR 7595, CR 6457	PA	ALTOONA	NOTE THE HOODS OF UNITS ON FLAT CARS.
T	L	05-02-1987	13	CR 6099	EMD SD45	EL 3634		PA	ALTOONA	ANOTHER FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA UNIT, STRICKEN FROM THE ROSTER.
T	L	05-02-1987	14	CR 6913	GE U23C	PC 6713- CR 6713		PA	ALTOONA	WRECKED UNIT.
T	L	05-02-1987	15	CR 3679	EMD GP35	EL 2573	CR 6913, CR 6099	PA	ALTOONA	A RARE, FOR 1987, UNIT STILL IN ERIE LACKAWANNA COLORS.
T	L	05-02-1987	16	CR 6163	EMD SD45	PC 6163	CR 6152	PA	ALTOONA	HERE ARE SOME PC SD45 ALSO HEADED FOR THE RAZOR FACTORY.  BOTH THE PRR AND PC BOUGHT SD45's.
T	L	05-02-1987	18	CR 6660	EMD SD45-2	EL 3675	CR 6664	PA	ALTOONA	MORE x EL SD45-2's DOWN BY THE ALTOONA STATION.  UNIT 6660 WAS RETIRED BY CONRAIL IN 1997. 1994/19940604_18.jpg 1993/19930425_34.jpg 1987/19870502_07.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	19	CR 6663	EMD SD45-2	EL 3678	CR 6657	PA	ALTOONA	AND HAPPILY, EVEN MORE x EL SD45-2's DOWN BY THE ALTOONA STATION.
T	L	05-02-1987	20	CR 6657	EMD SD45-2	EL 3672		PA	ALTOONA	THAT CHURCH IN THE BACKGROUND LOOKS IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH TO BE A STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.  UNIT LIVES ON IN 2007 AT THE CSX ATLANTA TRAINING CENTER.   OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1987/19870502_26.jpg 1993/19930425_01.jpg 1994/19940513_04.jpg 1998/19980615_14.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	21	AMTK 355	EMD F40PH			PA	GALLITZIN	E/B PENNSYLVANIAN PASSENGER TRAIN AT EAST TUNNEL PORTAL OF THE OLD 'NEW PORTAGE RAILROAD' TUNNEL.  THIS TUNNEL IS ABOUT 400 FEET TO THE SOUTH AND A BIT HIGHER THAN THE OTHER TWO TUNNELS AT THIS LOCATION.  THIS UNIT WAS SCRAPPED IN 2003.
T	L	05-02-1987	22	CR 3206	EMD GP40	PC 3206		PA	GALLITZIN	W/B APPROACHING TUNNELS ON A MISTY DAY.   THE BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND CARRIES THE PRR LINE THE GOES THROUGH THE PORTAGE TUNNEL.  UNDERNEATH THIS BRIDGE, THE LONG GONE 'MULE SHOE CURVE' LINE DIVERGES.  THE LEAD UNIT WAS LATER CONVERTED INTO A GP40PH-2 COMMUTER ENGINE. 1993/19930425_16.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	23	CR 6659	EMD SD45-2	EL 3674		PA	GALLITZIN	W/B PUSHER ENTERING THE MIDDLE TUNNEL.  THIS IS THE TUNNEL THAT IS NOW DOUBLE TRACKED WITH HIGH CLEARANCES.   MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1993/19930425_36.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	24	CR 6399	EMD SD40-2		CR 6403, CR 6459	PA	GALLITZIN	EAST TUNNEL PORTAL OF THE OLD 'NEW PORTAGE RAILROAD', WITH LIGHT HELPERS DRIFTING BY.  THIS IS ONE OF TEN CONRAIL SD40-2'S WITH NARROW SNOW PLOWS AND A LACK OF CAB AWNINGS, SO AS TO PERMIT COAL TRAIN LOADING AT THE POWER PLANT AT STRAWBERRY RIDGE, PA.
T	L	05-02-1987	25	CR 6459	EMD SD40-2		CR 6403, CR 6399	PA	GALLITZIN	THE GRASSY JUNCTION OF FORMER 'MULE SHOE' LINE CAN BE SEEN AT RIGHT AS WELL AS THE DISTANT BRIDGE STRUCTURE THAT CARRIED MULE SHOE TRAFFIC TO THE OTHER PRR TUNNELS.
T	L	05-02-1987	26	CR 6657	EMD SD45-2	EL 3672	CR 6663	PA	GALLITZIN	EVER FAITHFUL x ERIE LACKAWANNA SD45-2 PUSHER ENGINES APPROACH THE TUNNELS IN A W/B DIRECTION.  OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1993/19930425_01.jpg 1994/19940513_04.jpg 1987/19870502_20.jpg 1998/19980615_14.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	27	CR 6663	EMD SD45-2	EL 3678		PA	GALLITZIN	W/B PUSHERS ENTERING TUNNEL.  THIS SKINNY TALL TUNNEL IS THE NORTHEN-MOST OF THE 3 TUNNELS AND OUT OF SERVICE TODAY (1998).
T	L	05-02-1987	28	CR 6664	EMD SD45-2	EL 3679		PA	GALLITZIN	W/B LEAVING TUNNEL WITH HELPERS ON THE HEAD END.  THE LEFT TUNNEL IS THE NORTHEN-MOST OF THE 3 TUNNELS AND OUT OF SERVICE TODAY (1998), WHILE THE TUNNEL TO THE RIGHT WAS RECENTLY ENLARGED FOR DOUBLE TRACKS WITH HIGH CLEARANCES.  AFTER THE CONRAIL SPLIT UP, THIS UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1994/19940604_19.jpg 1993/19930425_06.jpg 1987/19870502_30.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	29	CR 6665	EMD SD45-2	EL 3680	CR 6661	PA	GALLITZIN	W/B PUSHERS HEADED AWAY FROM THE TUNNELS, AND THE CAMERA.  THE CREST OF THE GRADE IS JUST ABOUT WHERE THE UNITS ARE.
T	L	05-02-1987	30	CR 6664	EMD SD45-2	EL 3679	CR	PA	ALTOONA	E/B HELPERS DRIFT DOWN PAST MG TOWER.  THIS TOWER WAS BUILT IN WORLD WAR 2 TO CONTROL 'MID GRADE' OR MG CROSSOVERS SO AS TO BETTER HANDLE WARTIME TRAFFIC.  MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1994/19940604_19.jpg 1993/19930425_06.jpg 1987/19870502_28.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	31	CR 6597	GE C30-7A			PA	ALTOONA	W/B FIGHTS UPHILL PAST MG TOWER.
T	L	05-02-1987	32	CR 6665	EMD SD45-2	EL 3680	CR 6661	PA	ALTOONA	MORE HELPERS DRIFT DOWN PAST MG TOWER.
T	L	05-02-1987	33	CR 6484	EMD SD40-2		CR 6288	PA	ALTOONA	PUSHERS W/B PAST MG TOWER.  TOO BAD I DID NOT PHOTOGRAPH THAT UNIT WITH THE BRIGHT SIGN ON IT.
T	L	05-02-1987	34	AMTK 361	EMD F40PH			PA	ALTOONA	PENNSYLVANIAN PASSENGER TRAIN W/B AT MG TOWER.  UNIT SCRAPPED BY 1997
T	L	05-02-1987	35	CR 6280	EMD SD40	PC 6280	CR 6240	PA	ALTOONA	A SEEMINGLY UNDERPOWERED TRAIN W/B AT MG TOWER.
T	L	05-02-1987	36	CR 6399	EMD SD40-2		CR 6403, CR 6459	PA	ALTOONA	A RARE TRIO OF PUSHERS IS HELPING OUR OTHERWISE UNDERPOWERED TRAIN PAST MG TOWER.
T	L	05-02-1987	37	CR TUNNEL	TUNNEL			PA	GALLITZIN	TRAILER TRAIN VANISHING INTO THE WESTERN PORTAL OF THE OLD 'NEW PORTAGE RAILROAD' TUNNEL.  THIS IS THE SOUTHERNMOST OF GALITZEN'S 3 TUNNELS.
T	L	05-02-1987	38	NEW PORTAGE RR INCLINED PLANE	INCLINED PLANE			PA	SUMMIT	RESTORED AND PRESERVED INCLINED PLANE TRACKAGE FROM THE OLD PORTAGE RAILROAD.  THIS PORTAGE SYSTEM USED TOW BOATS IN CANALS AND WHEN THE MOUNTAINS GOT IN THE WAY, THE BOATS WERE LOADED ONTO LITTLE FLAT CARS AND HOISTED UP OR DOWN THESE INCLINED PLANES.  THIS MUSEUM IS ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM CRESSON AND WORTH A VISIT.
T	L	05-02-1987	39	CR 6661	EMD SD45-2	EL 3676	CR 6665	PA	CASSANDRA	PUSHERS HEADED EAST I THINK.  UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. 1993/19930425_35.jpg 1987/19870502_02.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	40	CR 6444	EMD SD40-2		CR 6286	PA	CASSANDRA	THE DAYLIGHT IS FAILING AS THIS WENT BY.
T	L	05-02-1987	41	CR 6289	EMD SD40	B&O 7486- CNJ 3065	CR	PA	CASSANDRA	A NEAT COMBO OF AN EX B&O-CNJ SD40 AND AN EX EL SD45-2.
T	L	05-02-1987	42	CR 6656	EMD SD45-2	EL 3671	CR 6658	PA	PORTAGE	PUSHERS TESTING A CABOOSE'S UNDERFRAME.  THERE IS A LAW IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT THE CABOOSE MUST BE UNOCCUPIED WHEN TOTAL PUSHER POWER EXCEEDS 3000hp.  HERE IS A 1994 PHOTO OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1994/19940604_16.jpg
T	L	05-02-1987	43	CR 6663	EMD SD45-2	EL 3678	CR 6657	PA	PORTAGE	HELPER DRIFT BY.  I WISH I COULD FIND THIS PARTICULAR SPOT AGAIN, IT SEEMED TO HAVE MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC QUALITIES.  I AM TOLD THIS MAY BE THE JAMESTOWN ROAD OVERPASS.
T	L	05-03-1987	2	CR 6290	EMD SD40	B&O 7487- CNJ 3066	CR 6321	PA	GREENSBURG	COAL TRAIN SWINGS BY THE STATION, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND THE CAMERA.
T	L	05-03-1987	3	AMTK 361	EMD F40PH			PA	GREENSBURG	E/B PENNSYLVANIAN AT PASSENGER STATION.  THE GREENSBURG STATION WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE BACK IN 1987, BUT I RECENTLY READ (1998) THAT IT HAS BEEN RESTORED.  LOCOMOTIVER WAS SCRAPPED BY 1997
T	L	05-03-1987	4	AMTK ?	AMFLEET			PA	GREENSBURG	E/B PENNSYLVANIAN PASSENGER TRAIN.
T	L	05-03-1987	5	AMTK 4401	PS COACH 1950	PC 3001		PA	PITTSBURGH	EX PENN CENTRAL COACH AT B&O PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	05-03-1987	6	NYC ?	COACH		PRR, L&N	PA	PITTSBURGH	VARNISH LETTERED NEW YORK CENTRAL AND PENNSYLVANIA SITTING AT THE B&O PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	05-03-1987	7	AMTK 4589	ACF COACH 1954	UP 5549		PA	PITTSBURGH	B&O PASSENGER STATION WITH x UNION PACIFIC PASSENGER CAR.
T	L	05-03-1987	8	EL 3555	ELECTRIC COMMUTER	DL&W	EL	PA	PITTSBURGH	FORMER LACKAWANNA ELECTRIC COMMUTER CAR SITTING AT THE B&O FREIGHT STATION.  AFTER NJDOT PHASED OUT THE ELDERLY LACKAWANNA COMMUTER EQUIPMENT, THEY SHOWED UP SEEMINGLY EVERYWHERE IN THE MIDWEST.  HERE IT IS IN 1977: 1977/19770621_25.jpg
T	L	05-03-1987	9	WM 5634	EMD GP7	WM 22 ?	EL 3547	PA	PITTSBURGH	CHOP NOSE WESTERN MARYLAND UNIT AT THE B&O PASSENGER STATION.  THE UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1950 AND GOT ITS NOSE JOB IN 1971, AND CUT UP IN 2005.
T	L	05-03-1987	10	B&O 3502	COACH			PA	PITTSBURGH	AN OLD, YET MODERNIZED, B&O HEAVYWEIGHT CAR AT THE B&O PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	05-03-1987	11	L&N 364 OHIO RIVER	OBSERVATION CAR			PA	PITTSBURGH	B&O PASSENGER STATION WITH AN ELEGANT L&N OBSERVATION CAR.  BUILT BY PULLMAN STANDARD IN 1926, PICKED UP BY L&N IN 1948, CONVERTED TO BUSINESS CAR 364 IN 1952.   CAR BECAME A PRIVATE CAR IN 1972 AND WAS NAMED THE OHIO RIVER IN 1983.
T	L	05-03-1987	13	NW 3727	EMD SW8			OH	AKRON	SWITCHER AT A.C.& Y. YARD.
T	L	05-03-1987	14	NW 518653	CABOOSE			OH	AKRON	CABOOSE AT AC&Y YARD.
T	L	05-03-1987	15	NW 1302	EMD GP35	WABASH 548	NW 4147, NW 4156	OH	AKRON	ROAD UNITS RESTING AT A.C.& Y. YARD.  THIS PARTICULAR NW PAINT SCHEME WAS PARTICULARLY DRAB AND UNINSPIRED.  LITTLE COULD I HAVE GUESSED THAT THE PAINT SCHEME THAT NS CAME UP WITH WOULD BE EVEN WORSE.  HAPPILY, THE LEAD UNIT WOULD SEE BRIGHTER DAYS.  IN 1997, IT WAS PAINTED INTO BRIGHT ECONO RAIL COLORS.WORKED AT A REFINERY NEAR HOUSTON, TEXAS.
T	L	05-03-1987	16	NW 552	EMD GP30		NW 555052	OH	AKRON	HIGH NOSED GP30 AT A.C.& Y. YARD.
T	L	05-03-1987	17	NW 4156	EMD GP38AC		NW 4147, NW 1302	OH	AKRON	UNITS AT A.C.& Y. YARD.  SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT NW PUT THE BELLS ON THE SHORT HOOD, WHILE SOUTHERN PUT THE BELLS ON THE ENDS OF THE LONG HOODS.
T	L	05-03-1987	18	NW 555052	CABOOSE		NW 552	OH	AKRON	CABOOSE AT AC&Y YARD.
T	L	05-03-1987	19	B&O 903016	CABOOSE		C&O 903233	OH	AKRON	C&O AND CHESSIE SYSTEM CABOOSES AT ARLINGTON STREET YARD.
T	L	05-03-1987	20	B&O 903045	CABOOSE			OH	AKRON	CHESSIE SYSTEM CABOOS OF B&O HERITAGE, AT ARLINGTON STREET YARD.
T	L	06-01-1987	1	C&O 2707	ALCO 4-8-4 (1944)			OH	CLEVELAND	FORMER BROOKSIDE PARK ZOO DISPLAY C&O K4 STEAM ENGINE.  IT WAS SITTING HERE IN THE WEEDS BY CLEVELAND'S STEEL MILLS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN FINALLY MOVED ON TO THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM.  HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE IN 9/85: 1985/19850929_01.jpg 1989/19891215_02.jpg
T	L	06-01-1987	2	NYC X26138	TENDER			OH	CLEVELAND	NEW YORK CENTRAL STEAM ENGINE TENDER IN PEARLMAN GREEN.
T	L	06-01-1987	6	LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD SHOP	ENGINE HOUSE?			OH	MARBLEHEAD	LITTLE TWO STALL LIMESTONE ENGINEHOUSE FROM THE LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD RR.
T	L	06-01-1987	7	LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD STATION	STATION			OH	MARBLEHEAD	STATION WITH THE TWO STALL ENGINEHOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND.  LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD RR.
T	L	06-01-1987	8	LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD SHOP	ENGINEHOUSE			OH	MARBLEHEAD	I THINK THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE FORMER LAKESIDE & MARBLEHEAD RR.  IT LOOKS LIKE A RAILROAD ROUNDHOUSE THAT IS NOT ROUND.  IN THE BACKGROUND, THE LARGE LIMESTONE PROCESSING PLANT FILLS THE SKY.
T	L	08-08-1987	1	SR 3245	EMD SD40-2		SR 3199	OH	COLUMBUS	STATE FAIR TRAIN.
T	L	08-08-1987	2	NW 1218	NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4			OH	COLUMBUS	STATE FAIR STEAM TRAIN WITH NW 1218.
T	L	08-08-1987	3	NW 1218	NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4		SR 3245W	OH	COLUMBUS	STATE FAIR STEAM ENGINE.
T	L	08-08-1987	4	NW 1218	NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4		UP 7003	OH	COLUMBUS	HEAD ON SHOT OF STATE FAIR STEAM ENGINE.  CLEAN BLACK STEAM ENGINES ARE DIFFICULT TO EXPOSE ON FILM.  DOME CAR NOW OWNED BY CP HUNTINGTON CHAPTER OF NRHS.
T	L	08-08-1987	5	NW 1218	NW A' 2-6-6-4 TRUCK'			OH	COLUMBUS	REAR DRIVERS.
T	L	08-08-1987	6	NW 1218	NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4			OH	COLUMBUS	STATE FAIR STEAM ENGINE BEING SERVICED IN COLUMBUS.
T	L	08-08-1987	7	NW 1218	NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4			OH	COLUMBUS	STATE FAIR STEAM ENGINE BEING SERVICED IN COLUMBUS.
T	L	08-08-1987	8	NW 1218	NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4			OH	COLUMBUS	THE STATE FAIR TRAIN'S STEAM ENGINE WAS COALED USING THAT 'AMERICAN' CRANE IN THE BACKGROUND.
T	L	08-08-1987	9	C&O 3015	EMD GP30		CSX 6281	OH	COLUMBUS	GP30 IN THE ALL-TOO-SHORT LIVED CHESSIE SYSTEM PAINT SCHEME.
T	L	08-08-1987	11	B&O 4248	EMD GP40-2		SBD 8605	OH	LOCKBOURNE	NEAR LOCKBOURNE, WHILE WE WAITED FOR THE STATE FAIR TRAIN, WE SAW SOME ACTION ON THE x C&O LINE THAT PARALLELED THE NW LINE IN THE BACKGROUND.
T	L	08-08-1987	12	C&O 8428	EMD SD40			OH	LOCKBOURNE	S/B EMPTY COAL TRAIN.  THE CHESSIE SYSTEM OFTEN RAN VERY LONG EMPTY TRAINS WITH A SOLE UNIT ON THE POINT.
T	L	08-08-1987	13	CSX 6281	EMD GP40-2	C&O 4383		OH	LOCKBOURNE	S/B TRAIN WITH TWO JUMBO 8 AXLE TANK CARS BEHIND THE UNIT.
T	L	08-08-1987	14	NW 1218	NW TYPE A 2-6-6-4			OH	LOCKBOURNE	STATE FAIR STEAM TRAIN, S/B IN THE EVENING.
T	L	08-28-1987	1	CR STATION	STATION			NY	WESTFIELD	x NYC STATION.
T	L	08-28-1987	2	NW ?	WORK TRAIN			NY	WESTFIELD	NS CRANE ON x NKP MAIN.
T	L	08-28-1987	3	CR TOWER	TOWER			NY	FALCONER	THE TOWER AT FALCONER ON THE OLD ERIE MAIN IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD SHAPE.
T	L	08-28-1987	4	P&WV 854	CABOOSE			NY	SALAMANCA	THE EX B&O (BR&P) STATION IS NOW A RAILROAD MUSEUM.  DESPIDE BEING ON A SPUR OFF THE BR&P MAIN, THIS STATION WAS BUILT LAVISHLY.
T	L	08-28-1987	5	CR 6815	EMD SD50		CR 6782	NY	SALAMANCA	EX-ERIE MAIN, W/B.
T	L	08-28-1987	6	CR STATION	STATION			NY	SALAMANCA	EX ERIE STATION WITH A NEW CHAIN LINK FENCE ON THE STATION PLATFORM.
T	L	08-28-1987	7	CR 6815	EMD SD50		CR 6782	NY	SALAMANCA	W/B IN THE JUNGLE ON THE x-ERIE MAIN.
T	L	08-28-1987	8	CR 6815	EMD SD50		CR 6782	NY	SALAMANCA	W/B JUST WEST OF SALAMANCA ON THE NOW SINGLE TRACKED x ERIE MAIN.
T	L	08-28-1987	9	MKCX 6101	ALCO C425	PRR 2423- PC 2423- CR 2423	DELAWARE & LACKAWANNA	NY	HORNELL	MORRISON KNUDSEN UNIT SWITCHING TRANSIT CARS AT THE FORMER ERIE SHOPS AT HORNELL. 1989/19890825_02.jpg
T	L	08-28-1987	10	MKCX 6101	ALCO C425	PRR 2423- PC 2423- CR 2423	DELAWARE & LACKAWANNA	NY	HORNELL	MORRISON KNUDSEN UNIT SWITCHING TRANSIT CARS AT THE FORMER ERIE SHOPS AT HORNELL. 1989/19890825_02.jpg
T	L	08-28-1987	11	CR 6014	GE C39-8		CR 6458	NY	CORNING	THIS PHOTO IS SOMEWHAT SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I STARTED A NICE CAB RIDE IN THIS UNIT AT THIS SPOT.  6014 WAS CUT UP IN 2019.HERE IS A 1994 VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1994/19940723_04.jpg
T	L	08-28-1987	12	CR 6014	GE C39-8		CR 6458	NY	CORNING	MY CAB RIDE IN THIS ENGINE ENDED HERE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE ERIE RR. STATION IN CORNING.  HERE IS A 1994 VIEW OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1994/19940723_04.jpg
T	L	08-29-1987	1	GUILFORD 359	EMD GP39-2	RDG 3419- D&H 7619- D&H 388- B&M	GUILFORD 328, D&H 7404	PA	SCRANTON	S/B GUILFORD TRAIN ON FORMER CNJ LINE IN SCRANTON.
T	L	08-29-1987	2	BULLARD 2	PORTER 0-4-0T			PA	SCRANTON	THIS LITTLE VINTAGE 1937STEAM ENGINE NOW SITS IN FRONT OF SCRANTON'S LACKAWANNA STATION.
T	L	08-29-1987	3	DL&W STATION	PASSENGER STATION	CR, EL, DL&W		PA	SCRANTON	THE ELEGANT DL&W STATION IS NOW A HOTEL.  THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM'S STATIC EXHIBITS WERE RIGHT BEHIND THE STATION IN 1987.
T	L	08-29-1987	5	DL&W 637	EMD F7	MILW97C- WW 97C		PA	SCRANTON	STEAMTOWN USA, PASSENGER EXCURSION TRAIN AT STATION COMPLETE WITH AN 'F' UNIT PAINTED INTO LACKAWANNA COLORS.
T	L	08-29-1987	6	STEAMTOWN USA 737	BLW 4-4-0	UP 737- SP 246- SP 216- EARTH SUGAR 216- VERMILION SUGAR 216		PA	SCRANTON	SMALL BALDWIN STEAMER AT STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM, BUILT IN 1887..
T	L	08-29-1987	7	DL&W 1271	CLC 2-8-2	CN 3254- ASHLAND COURT HOTEL- GETTYSBURG RR 3254		PA	SCRANTON	THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM RAN THIS STEAM ENGINE IN FRONT OF THE 'LACKAWANNA' DIESEL FROM SCRANTON TO POCONO SUMMIT.  THIS ENGINE WAS A FORMER CANADIAN PACIFIC ENGINE PAINTED AS 'LACKAWANNA'.
T	L	08-29-1987	8	DL&W 637	EMD F7	MILW97C- WW 97C		PA	SCRANTON	HERE IS A NICE SUNNY VIEW OF THE 'STEAMTOWN USA' PASSENGER EXCURSION TRAIN AT THE SCRANTON STATION, COMPLETE WITH AN 'F' UNIT PAINTED INTO "LACKAWANNA" COLORS AND REAL LACKAWANNA COMMUTER CARS.  THIS ENGINE NEVER SERVED ON THE REAL "LACKAWANNA" NOR THE REAL "WESTERN MARYLAND".  WHEN IT WAS ON THE WINCHESTER & WESTERN IT WAS PAINTED IN A WESTERN MARYLAND SCHEME.  LATER IT JOINED THE VINTAGE LOCOMOTIVE INC. COLLECTION.
T	L	08-29-1987	10	DL&W 514	EMD GP9	NKP 514- NW 2514		PA	MOSCOW	STEAMTOWN USA MUSUEM PASSENGER TRAIN AT MOSCOW STATION WITH A 'LACKAWANNA' GEEP IN THE BACKGROUND.
T	L	08-29-1987	11	STEAMTOWN USA STATION	STATION	DL&W- EL		PA	MOSCOW	FREIGHT STATION AT MOSCOW.
T	L	08-29-1987	12	DL&W 1271	CLC 2-8-2	CN 3254- ASHLAND COURT HOTEL- GETTYSBURG RR 3254	DL&W 637	PA	POCONO SUMMIT	STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM STEAM PASSENGER TRAIN AT POCONO SUMMIT STATION.
T	L	08-29-1987	13	GTW 6039	BLW 4-8-2		DL&W 637	PA	POCONO SUMMIT	STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM ENGINES INCLUDING A VINTAGE 1925 BIG GRAND TRUNK & WESTERN 4-8-2 AND THE IMITATION LACKAWANNA 'F' UNIT.
T	L	08-29-1987	14	UP 4012	ALCO 4-8-8-4 BIG BOY			PA	SCRANTON	THE FRONT OF A 'BIG BOY' ON DISPLAY AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.
T	L	08-29-1987	15	UP 4012	ALCO 4-8-8-4 BIG BOY			PA	SCRANTON	A LARGE DISTRACTION FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERISITY OF SCRANTON.  A NICELY LIT 'BIG BOY' AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  BUILT 11-1941.
T	L	08-29-1987	16	DL&W 1271	CLC 2-8-2	CN 3254- ASHLAND COURT HOTEL- GETTYSBURG RR 3254		PA	SCRANTON	FORMER CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAM ENGINE LETTERED FOR THE 'LACKAWANNA' BY THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.
T	L	08-29-1987	17	B&M 3713	LIMA 4-6-2			PA	SCRANTON	BOSTON AND MAINE PACIFIC AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM, BUILT BY LIMA IN 1934.
T	L	08-29-1987	18	RAHWAY VALLLEY 15	BLW 2-8-0	ONEIDA & WESTERN 20		PA	SCRANTON	NIFTY LITTLE 2-8-0 AT THE MUSEUM AT STEAMTOWN USA, BUILT IN 1916.
T	L	08-29-1987	19	DL&W 1271	CLC 2-8-2	CN 3254- ASHLAND COURT HOTEL- GETTYSBURG RR 3254	DL&W 637	PA	SCRANTON	STEAMTOWN USA PASSENGER TRAIN, LOCOMOTIVE WAS BUILT IN 1917 BUT NEVER SERVED ON THE REAL LACKAWANNA, BUT WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A LACKAWANNA ENGINE BY THE STEAMTOWN ORGANIZATION.  IN 1961 THE ENGINE WAS OWNED BY ONE WILLIS F. BARRON OF ASHLAND, PA. AND IT WAS PARKED IN A PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED STATE AT THE ASHLAND COURT MOTEL.
T	L	08-29-1987	20	CN 3377	CLC 2-8-2			PA	SCRANTON	STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  BACK IN 1987, BEFORE STEAMTOWN GOT ALL FANCY, YOU COULD WALK AROUND THE WEEDS AND SEE A LARGE COLLECTION OF STEAM ENGINES OUT IN THE OPEN AIR.  THIS ENGINE DATES FROM 1919.
T	L	08-29-1987	21	CN 5288	ALCO MLW 4-6-2	CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS 516- GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 1516		PA	SCRANTON	STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.
T	L	08-29-1987	22	CN 47	ALCO MLW 2-6-2T	GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 1542- EDAVILLE RR- CLAREMONT & CONCORD RR		PA	SCRANTON	STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  A VINTAGE 1914 TANK ENGINE THAT SERVED AS A COMMUTER ENGINE IN MONTREAL.  IT WAS THE FIRST STEAM ENGINE TO RUN ON THE ORIGINAL STEAMTOWN WHEN IT WAS IN VERMONT UNDER F. NELSON BLOUNT'S OWNERSHIP.
T	L	08-29-1987	23	CP 2929	CLC 4-4-4			PA	SCRANTON	HERE WE HAVE A SMALL ENGINE (4-4-4), BUILT IN 1938, THAT LOOKS BIGGER THAN IT REALLY IS.  STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.
T	L	08-29-1987	24	STEAMTOWN USA ?	WHITCOMB			PA	SCRANTON	A TINY WHITCOMB UNIT OF UNKNOWN HERITAGE.  STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  REPORTEDLY OWNED BY ONE MACK TUCK, BUT NOT SURE.
T	L	08-29-1987	25	KCS 4061	EMD F7	KCS 74D- KCS 91- VIA CANADA		PA	SCRANTON	UNIT WITH OBVIOUS KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN HERITAGE.  STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  RIGHT HERE, A WILD AND OBESE SECURITY GUARD TRIED TO RIDE OUT TO US IN A GOLF CART AND EVICT US FROM THE YARD.  HIS GOLF CART COULD NOT CROSS THE RAILS AND HE WAS EFFECTIVELY STOPPED.  WE SAVED HIM THE EFFORT OF AMBULATING ON HIS OWN POWER AND QUIETLY LEFT THE AREA.
T	L	08-29-1987	26	LASB 54	EMD BL2	BAR 554- BAR 54		PA	HONESDALE	EVENING DARKNESS WAS FAST UPON US, BUT WE SET UP OUR TRUSTY TRIPODS AND TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF THIS LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE BL2.
T	L	08-29-1987	27	LASB 54	EMD BL2	BAR 554- BAR 54		PA	HONESDALE	LONG HOOD END OF LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE BL2.  THIS WAS THE FIRST BL2 THAT I EVER MET.
T	L	08-29-1987	28	LASB 54	EMD BL2	BAR 554- BAR 54		PA	HONESDALE	LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE BL2.  WHEN WE WERE IN SCRANTON, MY RAILFAN FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THERE MIGHT BE A BL2 IN HONESDALE.  I DID NOT QUITE BELIEVE HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT 'I WOULD BL2 'it WHEN I SEE IT.'
T	L	08-29-1987	29	LASB 54	EMD BL2	BAR 554- BAR 54		PA	HONESDALE	CAB PROFILE, LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE.  UNIT BUILT FOR THE BANGOR & AROOSTOOK IN MARCH, 1949.
T	L	08-29-1987	30	LASB 54	EMD BL2	BAR 554- BAR 54		PA	HONESDALE	SHORT HOOD END LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE.  THIS RAILROAD WAS AMONGST THE VERY FIRST OF RAILROADS IN THE USA.
T	L	08-29-1987	31	LASB 54	EMD BL2	BAR 554- BAR 54		PA	HONESDALE	BROADSIDE LACKAWAXEN AND STOURBRIDGE.  I ALWAYS KEEP A TRIPOD IN MY CAR.  WITHOUT IT, THESE PHOTOS WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.
T	L	08-29-1987	32	NYS&W 1804	EMD GP18			PA	HONESDALE	MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A SUSQUEHANNA UNIT.  LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT IN TEN YEARS, I WOULD BE SEEING SUSQUEHANNA UNITS ALMOST WEEKLY IN MY HOME TOWN IN OHIO. 1988/19881009_04.jpg
T	L	08-30-1987	1	PRR 8479	ALCO RS-3	PRR 8479- PC 5579- CR 5579		PA	READING	RESTORED ENGINE OUTSIDE READING SHOPS, BUILT IN JUNE, 1952 .  HERE IS A 1989 VIEW OF THE SAME UNIT: 1989/19890513_05.jpg
T	L	08-30-1987	2	NRHX 903	EMD FP7	RDG 903- CR 4373- SPAX 4373		PA	READING	BLACK FP7 HERE SEEN AS NRHX 903 (NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY).  THIS UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN LATER PAINTED BACK INTO RDG COLORS BUT I AM NOT TOTALLY SURE.
T	L	08-30-1987	3	LIRR 602	ALCO FA-2	L&N 309	LIRR 603, LIRR 601	PA	READING	THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS INVOLVED IN RESTORING SOME OF THESE UNITS.  IN 2017, OLD L&N 309 WAS AT SMS IN NEW JERSEY BEING RESTORED.
T	L	08-30-1987	4	LIRR 602	ALCO FA-2	L&N 309		PA	READING	NOSE SHOT OF AN ALCO FA.  IN 2017, OLD L&N 309 WAS AT SMS IN NEW JERSEY BEING RESTORED.
T	L	08-30-1987	5	LIRR 602	ALCO FA-2	L&N 309		PA	READING	ANOTHER VIEW OF AN FA THAT THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS SOMEHOW INVOLVED WITH.  IN 2017, OLD L&N 309 WAS AT SMS IN NEW JERSEY BEING RESTORED. 1989/19890512_20.jpg 1989/19890512_22.jpg
T	L	08-30-1987	6	LIRR 601	ALCO FA-2	L&N 317		PA	READING	YET MORE VIEWS OF AN ALCO FA THAT THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS INVOLVED WITH.  ENGINES PRESERVATION INC.
T	L	08-30-1987	7	LIRR 601	ALCO FA-2	L&N 317	LIRR 603, LIRR 602	PA	READING	ALL THREE ALCO FA'S AT READING, PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	8	AT&SF 2643	EMD CF7		BAR 46	PA	READING	THIS CF7 IS AN ENGINE SOURCE FOR THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S F3 SEEN BEHIND.  I AM TOLD THAT THIS CF7 WAS THE VERY FIRST CF7 THAT SANTA FE MADE.  IT IS TOO BAD THAT THE LEGIONS OF SANTA FE FANS DID NOT PRESERVE THE POOR OLD CF7.  HERE ARE VIEWS OF THE F3 THAT RECEIVED THE PRIME MOVER FROM THE CF7: 1987/19870830_09.jpg 1989/19890513_01.jpg 1989/19890513_08.jpg
T	L	08-30-1987	9	BAR 46	EMD F3	BAR 506A	AT&SF 2013	PA	READING	THIS F3 WAS REBUILT BY THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INTO 'CNJ 54', USING THE PRIME MOVER FROM AT&SF CF7 NUMBERED 2643.  HERE ARE VIEWS OF THE DOOMED CF7 AND A 1989 VIEW OF THIS BAR F3: 1987/19870830_08.jpg 1989/19890513_01.jpg 1989/19890513_12.jpg 1993/19930522_02.jpg
T	L	08-30-1987	10	PRR 1223	JUNIATA 4-4-0 1905			PA	STRASBURG	LIVE STEAM AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA.  THIS MUSEUM IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE RAILROAD MUSEUMS IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.
T	L	08-30-1987	11	STRASBURG 90	BALDWIN 2-10-0	GREAT WESTERN 90		PA	STRASBURG	RR MUSEUM OF PA.  2-10-0 STEAM ENGINE. THIS LIGHT DECAPOD SERVED ON COLORADO'S GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BEFORE BEING SOLD TO STEAMTOWN IN 1967 FOR $23,000.
T	L	08-30-1987	12	SPAX 4373	EMD FP7	RDG 903- CR 4373		PA	STRASBURG	A HAPPY ENDING HERE.  THIS FP7 AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA WAS HARD TO PHOTOGRAPH, BUT IT WAS ONE OF EIGHT FORMER READING FP7'S.  IT WAS PRESERVED BY THE PHILADELPHIA & LANCASTER CHAPTERS OF THE NRHS, AND EVENUTALLY PAINTED BACK INTO READING COLORS.
T	L	08-30-1987	13	STRASBURG 33	GE 44 TON			PA	STRASBURG	RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	14	STRASBURG 7002	JUNIATA E7S 4-4-2 1902	PRR 7002- PRR 8063		PA	STRASBURG	PAST WORLD SPEED RECORD HOLDER.  RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	15	STRASBURG 31	?			PA	STRASBURG	RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	16	AMTK 889	METROLINER			PA	RONK	E/B METROLINER IN RONK, PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	17	PRR 4800	BLW- GE GG1	PRR 4899- PRR 4800- PC 4800- CR 4800		PA	STRASBURG	HERE IT IS, THE VERY FIRST GG1, 'OLD RIVETS'.  IT HAS BEEN NICELY PAINTED BACK INTO PRR COLORS AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	18	PRR 4800	BLW- GE GG1	PRR 4899- PRR 4800- PC 4800- CR 4800	CR 7006	PA	STRASBURG	GG1 PROTOTYPE, IN MUSEUM.  WHEN THIS WAS FIRST MADE, IT WAS NOT THOUGHT TO BE THE PRIME CONTENDER FOR THE PRR ELECTRIC POWER.  THAT HONOR WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE 'R1' 4-D-4 PROTOTYPE NUMBERED 4800.  BUT TESTS AT THE CLAYMOUNT 'TEST TRACK' SHOWED THAT THE GG1 HAD MUCH BETTER TRACKING AT SPEED AND SO, THE GG1 PROTOTYPE 4899 WON THE 4800 NUMBER AND THE R1 ENDED UP BEING ONE OF A KIND.
T	L	08-30-1987	19	PRR 3750	JUNIATA K4S 1917			PA	STRASBURG	K4 STEAMER AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	20	CR 7006	EMD GP9	PRR 7006- PC 7006		PA	STRASBURG	MANY AN ENGINE DESERVE A PLACE IN A MUSEUM, THE GP9 CERTAINLY QUALIFIES WITHOUT HESITATIOIN.  RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	21	PRR 460	JUNIATA E6S 1914			PA	STRASBURG	WITH MY BACK AGAINST THE FENCE, I STRUGGLED TO GET THIS 4-4-2 (MINIATURE K4) INTO MY CAMERA.  RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	22	PRR 94	JUNIATA A5S 0-4-4 1917			PA	STRASBURG	RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	23	PRR 1570	JUNIATA B6SB 0-6-0 1916			PA	STRASBURG	RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	24	NKP 757	LIMA 2-8-4			PA	STRASBURG	RR MUSEUM OF PA.  A SURPRISINGLY LARGE NUMBER OF NKP BERKSHIRES WERE SAVED.
T	L	08-30-1987	25	PRR 520	BLW L1S 2-8-2 1916			PA	STRASBURG	RR MUSEUM OF PA.  WORLD WAR ONE VINTAGE 2-8-2.
T	L	08-30-1987	26	PC 4201	EMD E7	PRR 5901- PRR 4201	PRR 520	PA	STRASBURG	THE E7 WAS THE DIESEL PASSENGER UNIT BUILT IN THE GREATEST QUANTITY IN THE US.  ONLY THIS LONEY EXAMPLE SURVIVES AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	27	PRR 5690	JUNIATA B1 ELECTRIC	PRR 4756- PRR 5690		PA	STRASBURG	THIS ELECTRIC SWITCHER WAS BUILT IN 1934 AND USED TO SHUNT PASSENGER CARS AROUND AT SUNNYSIDE YARD IN LONG ISLAND.  RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	28	DOT 13	ALCO MRS1			PA	STRASBURG	THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE RS1'S THAT WENT TO IRAN IN WORLD WAR TWO.  NOTE THE SLANTED SIDES OF THE CAB.   RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	32	PRR 6755	JUNIATA M1B 4-8-2 1930			PA	STRASBURG	PRR'S FREIGHT MAINSTAY POWER, THE M1 AND THE M1A.  THE LADDERS GIVE A GOOD PERSPECTIVE OF THE SIZE OF THIS ENGINE.  RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	33	PRR 3936	JUNIATA DD-1 ELECTRIC		PRR 3937	PA	STRASBURG	THE DD1'A WERE BUILT AROUND 1911 AND WERE USED TO POWER THE PASSENGER TRAINS UNDER THE EAST RIVER AND THE HUDSON RIVER TO THE THEN NEW PENN STATION IN NEW YORK CITY.  THESE 3RD RAIL ELECTRICS PREDATE THE MASSIVE PRR ELECTRIFICATION OF THE 1930'S.  SEEN AT THE RR MUSEUM OF PA.
T	L	08-30-1987	34	PENN POWER AND LIGHT ?	HEISLER 0-8-0 FIRELESS			PA	STRASBURG	RR MUSEUM OF PA, BUILT 1939, LARGEST FIRELESS STEAMER BUILT
T	L	10-17-1987	1	CSX 2049	EMD GP38	B&O 3849		WV	HINTON	CHESSIE SYSTEM GEEP AT THE FORMER C&O FACILITY IN HINTON.
T	L	10-17-1987	2	CSX 6009	EMD GP40-2	B&O 4109	C&O 3877, CSX 6015, CS 4410	WV	BECKLEY	FALL COLORS AT HINTON, WV.
T	L	10-17-1987	3	SBD 5754	GE U36B	SCL 1803- SBD 1803		WV	BECKLEY	THE GE U-BOATS ALWAYS TRIED TO INHALE ALL THE TRACKSIDE DEBRIS.
T	L	10-17-1987	4	C&O 4083	EMD GP40		SBD 6655, SBD 5754	WV	BECKLEY	THE C&O HAD A BRANCH THAT RAN UP TO THE CITY OF BECKLEY.
T	L	10-17-1987	5	CHESSIE SYSTEM 900250	CABOOSE	C&O		WV	BECKLEY	TAIL END OF THE BECKLEY LOCAL.
T	L	10-17-1987	6	CSX 6009	EMD GP40-2	B&O 4109	C&O 3877, CSX 6015	WV	BECKLEY	BECKLEY LOCAL LEAVES TOWN.
T	L	10-17-1987	8	CSX 6096	EMD GP40	B&O 4197	CSX 8407	WV	PRINCE	THE TINY TOWN OF PRINCE HAS A MODERNISTIC STATION THAT WOULD MAKE A LARGER TOWN PROUD.
T	L	10-17-1987	9	B&O 3772	EMD GP40		CSX 8578	WV	PRINCE	THIS IS A PROPER PAINT SCHEME.  AND THE CHESSIE UNITS BEHIND ARE FINE LOOKING TOO.  IT IS TOO BAD THAT CSX HAD TO INHERIT SOME OF SEABOARD SYSTEM'S UNIMAGINATIVE PAINT SCHEME TRAITS.
T	L	10-17-1987	10	NKP 765	LIMA 2-8-4			WV	PRINCE	BACK IN 1987, SPECIAL FALL FOLIAGE STEAM EXCURSION TRAINS STILL RAN.  HERE SEEN E/B AT PRINCE.
T	L	10-17-1987	11	MILW 58	PS SUPER DOME	MILW 58- AMTK 9382		WV	PRINCE	FALL FOLIAGE STEAM EXCURSION WITH A MASSIVE SIX AXLED MILWAUKEE ROAD SUPERDOME.
T	L	10-17-1987	12	B&O 3772	EMD GP40		CSX 8578	WV	PRINCE	W/B FREIGHT PASSSING THE PRINCE STATION.
T	L	10-17-1987	13	C&O 900220	CABOOSE		C&O 900226	WV	QUINEMONT	CABOOSES (CABEESE ?).
T	L	10-17-1987	14	CSX 2014	EMD GP38	B&O 3814		WV	MEADOW CREEK	JACK OF ALL TRADES, A VINTAGE 1967 GP38.
T	L	10-17-1987	15	NKP 765	LIMA 2-8-4			WV	MEADOW CREEK	THE FALL FOLIAGE STEAM EXCURSION STEAM POWER WAS TURNED AND SERVICED HERE AT MEADOW CREEK IN THE FADING EVENING LIGHT.
T	L	10-17-1987	16	NKP 765	LIMA 2-8-4			WV	MEADOW CREEK	SMOKE BOX VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE FALL FOLIAGE STEAM EXCURSION ENGINE.
T	L	10-18-1987	1	CSX 5724	GE U36B	SCL 1772- SBD 1772- SBD 5724	CSX 5709	WV	HINTON	A PERIOD OF INEPTITUDE HAS BEFALLEN THE DESIGNERS OF RAILROAD PAINT SCHEMES.  THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE HAD A PREDOMINANTLY GREY SCHEME THAT WAS QUITE NICE.  THEN THE HORRIFIC 'FAMILY LINES' SCHEME CAME ABOUT WITH ITS SCHIZOPHRENIC IDENTITY CRISIS, AND
T	L	10-18-1987	2	CSX 5724	GE U36B	SCL 1772- SBD 1772- SBD 5724	CSX 5709	WV	HINTON	GE'S NOSE TO NOSE.
T	L	10-18-1987	3	SBD 6732	EMD GP40			WV	HINTON	THIS SEABOARD COASTLINE PAINT SCHEME HAS WON MY APPROVAL.  IT IS SIMPLE, YET EFFECTIVELY AND TASTEFULLY EMPLOYS AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE REQUIRED WARM COLORS (YELLOW, RED, OR ORANGE) TO BALANCE THE BLACK. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY THIS UNINSPIRED SEABOARD SYSTEM SCHEME.  THIS DISTURBING LACK OF DESIGN TALENT CARRIED ON TO THE EARLY CSX ENGINE PAINT SCHEMES.
T	L	10-18-1987	4	SBD 6732	EMD GP40			WV	HINTON	IN HINTON'S YARD.
T	L	10-18-1987	5	CSX 8407	EMD SD40	C&O 7556	CSX 1512, B&O 6945, CSX 6096	WV	HINTON	MY FIRST REAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE CSX PAINT SCHEME.  I WAS NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL.  IT WAS A NOBLE EFFORT, BUT LACKED ANY OF THE REQUIRED WARM TONES OF RED, YELLOW, OR ORANGE.
T	L	10-18-1987	6	B&O 6945	EMD GP30		CSX 6096	WV	HINTON	A SURPRISING NUMBER OF GP30'S SOLDIERED ON IN CSX.  6945 WAS LATER CONVERTED INTO A ROAD SLUG.
T	L	10-18-1987	7	AMTK 395	EMD F40PH		AMTK	WV	HINTON	E/B CARDINAL PASSENGER TRAIN AT CW TOWER LOCATION, JUST EAST OF HINTON.
T	L	10-18-1987	8	AMTK 395	EMD F40PH		AMTK	WV	HINTON	E/B CARDINAL PASSENGER TRAIN JUST HAVING LEFT HINTON.  THIS UNIT WAS PICKED UP BY CSX IN 1999 FOR EXECUTIVE TRAIN POWER.
T	L	12-21-1987	1	MARC 70 ?	EMD GP39H-2	B&O 3703		OH	WILLARD	MKO REBUILD OF A GP40 FOR MARYLAND COMMUTER SERVICE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	01-01-1988	2	US STEEL 2612	BLW S-12			OH	LORAIN	CANNIBALIZED BALDWIN SWITCHER AT THE LORAIN, OHIO STEEL MILL.  IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THE HOOD WAS REMOVED AND A FACTORY WAS FOUND INSIDE THE UNIT.
T	L	01-01-1988	3	CR 21273	CABOOSE N-21			OH	CLEVELAND	ROCKPORT YARD.
T	L	01-02-1988	1	CSX 6290	EMD GP40-2	C&O 4392	CSX, CSX	OH	NOVA	E/B ON THE x B&O MAIN PAST NOVA TOWER.  HERE IS A HOT HAZY SUMMER SHOT AT THE SAME LOCATION: 1988/19880522_04.jpg
T	L	01-02-1988	2	CSX 6603	EMD GP40	B&O 4028	C&NW 869	OH	WILLARD	E/B FREIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE OF WILLARD.
T	L	01-02-1988	3	CSX 1781	EMD GP7	ACL 174- SCL 762- SCL 4735- FAMILY LINES 4735- SBD 4735	CSX 7215, CSX 6749	OH	WILLARD	ENGINE FACILITY AT WILLARD WITH AN EXAMPLE OF THE DREADFUL, BUT SHORT- LIVED, 'FAMILY LINES' SHEME.   THIS OLD ACL UNIT WAS REBUILT IN TAMPA IN 1980.
T	L	01-02-1988	4	CSX 4571	EMD SD35	L&N 4571		OH	WILLARD	MY ROSTER BOOK SAYS THAT THIS IS A FORMER L&N UNIT, BUT I SUSPECT IT IS FROM THE C&O, OR THE B&O.
T	L	01-02-1988	5	CSX 8385	EMD SD40	C&O 7526		OH	WILLARD	IT WAS ALMOST HIGH NOON WHEN THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN, YET THE LOW WINTER SUN STILL CASTED LONG SHADOWS.
T	L	01-02-1988	6	CSX 6704	EMD GP40		CSX 6749, CSX 1716, CSX 6582	OH	WILLARD	ENGINE FACILITY AT WILLARD.
T	L	01-02-1988	7	CSX 903280	CABOOSE	C&O		OH	WILLARD	RAILROAD OVERPASS NEAR WILLARD.
T	L	01-02-1988	8	NS 8572	GE C39-8		NS	OH	SIAM	S/B TRAIN ON FORMER PRR LINE, CROSSING x B&O MAIN AT ATTICA JCT.  ONE OF THE GE'S IN THIS TRAIN WAS DEAD AND THE OTHER WAS HARD PRESSED TO KEEP THE TRAIN MOVING MORE THAN 15 MPH.  WHEN I RETURNED HERE IN 2003, BOTH LINES WERE DOUBLE TRACKED HERE.
T	L	01-02-1988	9	CSX 6190	EMD GP40-2	B&O 4891		OH	WILLARD	E/B ON FORMER B&O MAIN.
T	L	01-02-1988	10	CSX 4232	EMD GP30	C&O 3044		OH	FOSTORIA	AT FOSTORIA, THE EAST- WEST B&O CROSSED THE NORTH- SOUTH C&O, AND THE NKP CROSSED BOTH OF THESE LINES AS WELL.
T	L	01-02-1988	11	CSX 8410	EMD SD40	C&O 7559	CSX 6664	OH	FOSTORIA	FOSTORIA ACTION, BUT I DON'T RECALL EXACTY WHICH LINE THIS TRAIN WAS ON.
T	L	01-02-1988	12	CSX 1716	EMD GP9	SAL 1955- SCL 1029- SCL 4616- SBD 4616	CSX 1781	OH	FOSTORIA	TWO FIRST GENERATION GEEPS LEAD A TRAIN WEST ON x B&O MAIN.  IN A FEW YEARS, AMTRAK WOULD START USING THE STATION ON THE RIGHT, AND THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NKP ON THE LEFT AND THE B&O TRACKS WOULD BECOME THE STATION PARKING LOT.
T	L	01-02-1988	13	CSX 6603	EMD GP40	B&O 4028	C&NW 869	OH	FOSTORIA	THE LEAD UNIT DISPLAYS A FINE FREIGHT PAINT SCHEME, IN MY OPINION.
T	L	02-26-1988	1	CSX 6613	EMD GP40	B&O 4038		PA	PITTSBURGH	GP40 AT HEAD END OF COMMUTER TRAIN AT B&O'S PASSENGER TERMINAL.
T	L	02-26-1988	2	CSX 6613	EMD GP40	B&O 4038		PA	PITTSBURGH	COMMUTER TRAIN AT x B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL.  MONONGAHELA RIVER BRIDGES CAN BE SEEN AT LEFT.
T	L	03-04-1988	1	MARC 7183 ?	EMD F7m			DC	WASHINGTON	M.A.R.C. COMMUTER TRAIN WITH A MODIFIED 'F' ON THE POINT.  NOTE THE STRANGE PILOT AND HEADLIGHTS, AND THE LACK OF A NOSE DOOR.
T	L	03-04-1988	2	MARC 7183 ?	EMD F7m			DC	WASHINGTON	M.A.R.C.  MODIFIED 'F' UNIT AT WASHINGTON UNION STATION.
T	L	03-08-1988	1	HCX 125	ALCO S2	WM 125		DC	WASHINGTON	MY LONGTIME RAILFAN FRIEND LSM, STUMBLED UPON THIS LITTLE GEM NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C.  HOWAT CONCRETE SWITCHER WITH WESTERN MARYLAND HERITAGE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	03-08-1988	2	HCX 125	ALCO S2	WM 125		DC	WASHINGTON	HOWAT CONCRETE SWITCHER WITH WESTERN MARYLAND HERITAGE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	03-08-1988	3	MARC 74 ?	EMD GP40	? B&O		DC	WASHINGTON	COMMUTER TRAIN AT WASHINGTON UNION STATION.  NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD SOON COVER THESE TRACKS WITH A BUILDING.
T	L	03-12-1988	1	UP 217	GE B23-7	MP 4817	MP 4502	OH	MANSFIELD	UP AND MP POWER IN OHIO.  THE UNION PACIFIC'S PAINT SCHEME WORKS WELL ON DARK DREARY OHIO WINTER DAYS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	03-31-1988	1	PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6690	EMD F7	SP 6443- WAG 2200		PA	PITTSBURGH	COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL.  MY ROSTER TELLS ME THAT THIS WAS ONCE A WELLSVILLE, ADDISON & GALETON UNIT.
T	L	03-31-1988	2	PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6690	EMD F7	SP 6443- WAG 2200		PA	PITTSBURGH	COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL.
T	L	03-31-1988	3	PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6690	EMD F7	SP 6443- WAG 2200		PA	PITTSBURGH	COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL.
T	L	04-01-1988	1	C&O 3567	EMD GP35			OH	PARMA HEIGHTS	A NICELY WEATHERED GP35 NEXT TO THE CHEVY PLANT NEAR BROOKPARK ROAD.
T	L	04-01-1988	2	C&O 3567	EMD GP35			OH	PARMA HEIGHTS	YELLOW NOSED C&O GP35 NEXT TO THE CHEVY PLANT NEAR BROOKPARK ROAD.
T	L	04-01-1988	3	C&O 3567	EMD GP35			OH	PARMA HEIGHTS	GP35 NEXT TO THE CHEVY PLANT NEAR BROOKPARK ROAD.
T	L	04-08-1988	1	CR 6711	EMD SD50		CR 1968	OH	LOUDONVILLE	W/B ON THE x PRR MAIN ENCOUNTERS OUR LONG SHADOWS.
T	L	04-09-1988	1	ADX 805	ALCO RSD1	ARMY		OH	ORRVILLE	EX ARMY ALCO THAT SERVED IN IRAN IN WWII.  NOTE THE FOREIGN STYLED CAB SIDES.  HERE IS A DARK VIEW FROM 1986. 1986/19861130_01.jpg
T	L	04-09-1988	3	PRR 5012	CABOOSE	PRR 5012- PC 4712- PC 19073- CR 19073		OH	MECHANICSTOWN	THE OHIO HI RAIL RAILROAD RUNS THIS NICELY RESTORED CABOOSE ON THEIR TRAINS.
T	L	04-09-1988	4	OHIO HI RAIL 23029	CABOOSE	CR 23029- PC- PRR	OHIO HI RAIL 19358	OH	MECHANICSTOWN	MORE FORMER PRR-CR CABOOSES ON THE OHIO HI RAIL.
T	L	04-09-1988	5	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW	OHIO OH RAIL 102	OH	MINERVA	THE OHIO HI RAIL USED TWO FORMER FAIRPORT PAINESVILLE AND EASTERN ALCO S2'S AS THEIR MAIN MOTIVE POWER UNITS.
T	L	04-09-1988	6	OHIO HI RAIL 102	ALCO S2	FP&E 102- NW		OH	MINERVA	VIEW OF ENGINE FROM RUNNING BOARD.
T	L	04-09-1988	7	OHIO HI RAIL 102	ALCO S2	FP&E 102- NW		OH	MINERVA	THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE OHIO HI RAIL WERE ALWAYS FRIENDLY AND CURTEOUS TO VISITORS.  WE APPRECIATED THEIR HOSPITALITY.  HERE IS A VEW FROM THE CAB AS TANK CARS WERE SWITCHED AT MINERVA.
T	L	04-09-1988	8	OHIO HI RAIL 102	ALCO S2	FP&E 102- NW		OH	MINERVA	VIEW FROM CAB AS TANK CARS ARE SWITCHED.
T	L	04-09-1988	9	OHIO HI RAIL 102	ALCO S2	FP&E 102- NW	OHIO HI RAIL 101	OH	MINERVA	O-H-IC's ALCO S2'S WERE EQUIPPED WITH MU CABLES ON THE CAB ENDS.
T	L	04-09-1988	10	MORGAN 1357	GE 44 TON			OH	MINERVA	OHIO HI RAIL USED THIS LITTLE ENGINE FOR A TIME BACK IN THE LATE 80's.  I THINK IT CAME FROM THE BIG MORGAN PLANT IN ALLIANCE OHIO.
T	L	04-09-1988	11	STANDARD SLAG 48	GE 70ton			WV	WEIRTON	THIS GREY UNIT IS RATED AT 500-660hp AND HAS A COOPER- BESSEMER FWL-6T ENGINE IN IT.
T	L	04-09-1988	13	?	EMD SW8			OH	STEUBENVILLE	CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THIS UNIT?
T	L	04-10-1988	1	CR 3261	EMD GP40	EMD 12- PC 3261	CR 5053	OH	MANSFIELD	E/B PAST THE 'EMPIRE DET.' PLANT WHICH IS ON THE FORMER PRR, ABOUT A MILE WEST OF THE ERIE CROSSING.  HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1977: 1977/19770618_04.jpg
T	L	04-10-1988	2	CR 8203	EMD GP38-2		CR 8218	OH	ONTARIO	GEEPS AT THE FORMER ERIE'S ONTARIO YARD.
T	L	04-10-1988	3	CR 8175	EMD GP38-2			OH	GALION	E/B ON THE FORMER JOINTLY RUN ERIE-BIG FOUR TRACKAGE BETWEEN GALION AND MARION.  NOTE THE WIDELY SPACED DOUBLE TRACK.  THE ERIE MAINTAINED ONE TRACK, AND THE BIG FOUR TOOK CARE OF THE OTHER.
T	L	04-10-1988	4	NS 1067	EMD SD40			OH	MARION	N/B CROSSING THE ERIE DIAMONDS AT 'AC' TOWER.  WAY BACK WHEN THE ERIE WAS BUILT IN OHIO, ONE OF ITS CORPORATE NAMES WAS THE 'ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN'.   I THINK THAT THE TOWER GOT ITS TELEGRAPH ID LETTERS, 'AC', FROM 'ATLANTIC CROSSING'.
T	L	04-10-1988	5	NS 8661	GE C39-8			OH	MARION	S/B, JUST PAST 'AC' TOWER AND THE FORMER JOINT ERIE AND BIG FOUR LINES.  THE CAB OF NS 8661 WOULD LATER BE MOUNTED ON A CONCRETE PEDESTAL FOR DISPLAY IN FRONT OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION, SORT OF LIKE A STUFFED AND MOUNTED TROPHY.
T	L	04-10-1988	6	CR 6767	EMD SD50			OH	MARION	W/B ON THE x ERIE, OR x BIG FOUR IF YOU PREFER.  THE TRAIN HAS ALREADY CROSSED THE NS (x PRR) DIAMONDS, AND IS NOW ABOUT TO CROSS THE CSX (x C&O) DIAMONDS.
T	L	04-10-1988	7	NW 518577	CABOOSE			OH	MARION	N/B ON THE ERIE DIAMONDS.
T	L	04-10-1988	8	CS 8624	EMD SD50	C&O 8624		OH	MARION	N/B CLEAN CHESSIE SYSTEM UNITS.
T	L	04-10-1988	9	CSX 8409	EMD SD40	C&O 7558	SBD 8194	OH	MARION	S/B TRAIN WITH SIX UNITS SMOKE IT UP PAST THE MARION STATION.
T	L	04-10-1988	10	CR 3291	EMD GP40-2			OH	CRESTLINE	S/B ON THE BIG FOUR ABOUT 50 FEET SHORT OF THE x PRR CROSSING.  UNITS 3291 AND 3292 WERE WRECKED ON 7-31-1997 AT SALEM, OHIO.  3291 WAS THEN PURCHASED BY BOISE LOCOMOTIVE FOR PARTS.  3291 WAS MUTATED INTO A NEW LOW EMISSIONS MPEX MP1500D. 1994/19940910_05.jpg
T	L	04-10-1988	11	CR 6504	EMD SD40-2		CR 8084	OH	CRESTLINE	S/B ON THE x BIG FOUR.  THE BASKET BALL COURT ON THE RIGHT IS WHERE THE STATION USED TO STAND.  BACK WHEN THE CONRAIL KEPT THE FORMER PRR LINE REALLY BUSY IN CRESTLINE, THE BRIDGE FROM WHICH I TOOK THIS PHOTO DID NOT EXIST.  THEN IN THE EARLY 80's, A NICE BRIDGE WAS BUILT JUST IN TIME FOR CONRAIL TO DIVERT ALMOST ALL THE x PRR ROUTED TRAFFIC OUT OF CRESTLINE.
T	L	05-01-1988	1	CLEVELAND	OBS.  CAR			OH	COLLINWOOD	PRIVATE CAR 'CLEVELAND' ON THE COLLINWOOD TRANSFER TABLE.
T	L	05-19-1988	1	PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6691	EMD F7	SP 365- WAG 2300		PA	PITTSBURGH	PASSENGER STATION WITH COMMUTER TRAIN.
T	L	05-19-1988	2	PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6691	EMD F7	SP 365- WAG 2300		PA	PITTSBURGH	COMMUTER TRAIN AT x B&O PASSENGER STATION.
T	L	05-19-1988	3	PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6691	EMD F7	SP 365- WAG 2300		PA	PITTSBURGH	COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL.
T	L	05-19-1988	4	PORT AUTHORITY ALLEGHENY CO. 6691	EMD F7	SP 365- WAG 2300		PA	PITTSBURGH	NOSE VIEW OF COMMUTER TRAIN AT FORMER B&O PASSENGER TERMINAL.
T	L	05-21-1988	1	INDIANA & OHIO 56	EMD GP7			OH	MASON	BACKLIT SHOT DEMONSTRATING THAT GP7'S ARE EQUALLY AT HOME PULLING GONDOLAS FULL OF PIG IRON OR FULL OF PEOPLE.
T	L	05-21-1988	2	INDIANA & OHIO 56	EMD GP7			OH	MASON	SPIFFY INDIANA AND OHIO EXCURSION TRAIN GP7.  TOO BAD I JUMPED THE GUN ON THE SHUTTER.
T	L	05-21-1988	3	INDIANA & OHIO 20	LIMA 750 hp	CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40	INDIANA & OHIO 92	IN	BROOKVILLE	WHILE DRIVING TO METAMORA, IN., WE ACCIDENTLY SPOTTED THIS LIMA- BALDWIN PAIR STUFFED BACK IN A REMOTE SIDING. 1988/19880813_21.jpg
T	L	05-21-1988	5	INDIANA & OHIO 92	BLW S12	PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS 345	INDIANA & OHIO 20	IN	BROOKVILLE	BALDWIN WITHOUT ITS PRIME MOVER OR GENERATOR. 1988/19880813_23.jpg
T	L	05-21-1988	6	INDIANA & OHIO 20	LIMA 750 hp	CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40	INDIANA & OHIO 92	IN	BROOKVILLE	I WAS QUITE HAPPY TO SEE A RARE LIMA DIESEL (IT WAS MY FIRST), SO I TOOK PLENTY OF PHOTOS.  NOTE THE NIFTY NUMBER BOARDS. 1988/19880813_24.jpg
T	L	05-21-1988	7	INDIANA & OHIO 92	BLW S12	PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS 345	INDIANA & OHIO 20	IN	BROOKVILLE	THIS UNIT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS RR BY BALDWIN WITH SPECIAL RADIATORS AND ODD LOOKING PILOTS. 1988/19880813_25.jpg
T	L	05-21-1988	8	INDIANA & OHIO 20	LIMA 750 hp	CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40	INDIANA & OHIO 92	IN	BROOKVILLE	BROADSIDE SHOT OF THE SIMPLE YET WELL BALANCED LINES OF A LIMA.  WHEN I MAILED THIS ROLL OF FILM IN FOR PROCESSING, THEY GOT LOST AND DID NOT RETURN TO ME FOR OVER A YEAR.  THIS PROMPTED ME TO RETURN LATER IN 1988 TO RE-PHOTOGRAPH THESE RARE UNITS.  SADLY, THIS UNIT WAS SCRAPPED IN 2008. 1988/19880813_22.jpg
T	L	05-21-1988	9	SPEG ?	TANK CARS			OH	OHIO CITY	TANK CARS BEING CUT UP.
T	L	05-22-1988	1	CR 6641	GE C36-7		CR 8203	OH	CRESTLINE	A NIGHT PHOTO USING 'AVAILABLE LIGHT' AND A TRIPOD.
T	L	05-22-1988	2	AMTK ?	EMD F40PH		AMTK	OH	CRESTLINE	W/B CAPITOL LIMITED BEING REFUELED AT CRESTLINE.  THE PASSENGER STATION WAS IN THE AREA JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE TWO FUEL TRUCKS.  BACK IN THE 1970'S, CRESTLINE HAD FUEL RACKS BETWEEN THE TWO x PRR MAINS.  THESE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT AND REPLACED BY LITTLE FUEL TRUCKS.  THE TRUCKS IN THE PHOTO ARE PARKED IN THE GRAVEL WERE PRR TRACK 2 WAS NOT VERY LONG AGO.
T	L	05-22-1988	3	AMTK ?	AMFLEET			OH	CRESTLINE	NIGHT SHOT OF THE W/B CAPITOL LTD. BEING SERVICED AT CRESTLINE.
T	L	05-22-1988	4	CSX 6624	EMD GP40	B&O 4049		OH	NOVA	E/B AT NOVA ON x B&O MAIN.  HERE IS A WINTER SHOT AT THE SAME SPOT: 1988/19880102_01.jpg
T	L	05-22-1988	5	AMTK 675	EMD E8	PRR 5896- PC 4296- AMKT 303		OH	BELLEVUE	UNIT AT MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM.  THIS WAS AN E8 THAT WAS CONVERTED TO A STEAM GENERATOR CAR OR A POWER CAR TO PROVIDE HEAT FOR PASSENGER TRAINS.  THAT IS YOURS TRULY STANDING NEXT TO THE UNIT'S 'FOR SALE' SIGN.  PHOTO BY L. S MELIN.  LATER THIS UNIT WAS DECORATED IN MILWAUKE ROAD COLORS AS A FAUX MILW 35A IN S DECORATED IN MILWAUKE ROAD COLORS AS A FAUX MILW 35A IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.MADISON, WISCONSIN. 1988/19880522_09.jpg 1989/19890401_06.jpg 1989/19890401_07.jpg
T	L	05-22-1988	6	AMTK 9401	BUDD DOME CAR	CB&Q 4714- BN 3481- AMTK 9401		OH	BELLEVUE	THE FIRST DOME CAR EVER BUILT, AT THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM, BUILT BY BUDD IN 1940.  THE 'SILVER DOME'.
T	L	05-22-1988	7	NJI&I 2	EMD NW2			OH	BELLEVUE	A NEW JERSEY, INDIANA & ILLINOIS SWITCHER AT THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM.  THE N.J.I.& I. RR NEVER QUITE REACHED THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 1985/19850805_01.jpg
T	L	05-22-1988	8	L&HRR 1812	HOPPER			OH	BELLEVUE	LEHIGH AND HUDSON RIVER RY HOPPTER, BUILT 1915.  IT WAS FOUND ABANDONED IN SOME WOODS AND DONATED TO THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM.
T	L	05-22-1988	9	AMTK 675	EMD E8	PRR 5896- PC 4296- AMKT 303		OH	BELLEVUE	MUSEUM, UNIT REBUILT INTO STEAM GENERATER CAR OR A POWER CAR.  NOTE THE SHEET METAL WINDSHIELD.   MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM.  OTHER VIEWS: 1988/19880522_05.jpg 1989/19890401_06.jpg 1989/19890401_07.jpg
T	L	05-22-1988	10	PC 7	PULLMAN OBSERVATION CAR	NYC 7- PC 7		OH	BELLEVUE	THIS OFFICE CAR'S LETTER BOARD LITERALLY SAYS 'FORMERLY PENN CENTRAL'.   MAD RIVER & NKP RAILROAD MUSEUM.  BUILT IN 1928.
T	L	05-22-1988	11	MILW 740	FM H-12-44		WABASH 671	OH	BELLEVUE	VIEW FROM ACROSS THE STREET OF THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM.  HERE IS A VIEW OF THE WABASH UNIT FROM A 1980 VIEW BEFORE IT WAS RESTORED TO WABASH COLORS: 1980/19800701_08.jpg
T	L	05-22-1988	12	MILW 740	FM H-12-44			OH	BELLEVUE	EARLY FAIRBANKS MORSE SWITCHER AT THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM.
T	L	05-22-1988	13	NKP 329	ALCO RSD12	NKP 329- NW 3329- NW 254	WABASH 671	OH	BELLEVUE	NICELY PAINTED NICKEL PLATE ALCO ROAD SWITCHER, BUILT 6-11-1957, AT THE MAD RIVER & NKP RR MUSEUM. 1989/19890401_08.jpg 1992/19920614_05.jpg
T	L	05-22-1988	14	WABASH 671	EMD F7	WABASH 1162- WABASH 671- NW 3671		OH	BELLEVUE	VIEW OF THE CAB OF THE RESTORED WABASH 'F' UNIT, BUILT IN 1951.  MAD RIVER & NKP RAILROAD MUSEUM.  HERE IS A PRE- RESTORATION VIEW OF THE UNIT FROM 1980: 1980/19800701_08.jpg
T	L	07-16-1988	1	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW	PRR 5012	OH	AMSTERDAM	THE CREW STOPPED AT THE SMALL TOWN OF AMSTERDAM TO GET SOME SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS.
T	L	07-16-1988	2	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW		OH	HOPEDALE	THE OHIO HI RAIL HAS ONLY ONE SIZABLE VIADUCT.  HERE IT IS.
T	L	07-16-1988	3	OHIO HI RAIL BRIDGE	VIADUCT			OH	HOPEDALE	VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT VIADUCT ON THE OHIO HI RAIL.  THE LINE CROSSES THE EX-PRR PANHANDLE LINE HERE.
T	L	07-16-1988	4	OHIO HI RAIL ?	TRACK CAR			OH	HOPEDALE	THE SOUTHERN END OF THE OHIO HI RAIL IS AT AN INTERCHANGE WITH THE NS AT HOPEDALE.  HERE THERE IS A SMALL YARD WITH A SMALL TRACK CAR.
T	L	07-16-1988	5	OHIO HI RAIL ?	TRACK CAR			OH	HOPEDALE	VERY SMALL TRACK CAR.
T	L	07-16-1988	7	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW		OH	AMSTERDAM	HERE IS THE NORTH PORTAL OF THE ONLY TUNNEL ON THE OHIO HI RAIL.  IT IS A WOODEN LINED AFFAIR WITH LIMITED CLEARANCES.
T	L	07-16-1988	8	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW		OH	AMSTERDAM	ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NORTH PORTAL OF THE TUNNEL.
T	L	07-16-1988	9	CR 6018	GE C39-8		CR 6591	OH	ALLIANCE	W/B IN ALLIANCE. A 1989 VIEW OF SAME UNIT: 1989/19890702_01.jpg
T	L	07-16-1988	10	CR 5083	GE B40-8		CR 5084, CR 5085	OH	ALLIANCE	C&P LINE WEST BOUND, NORTH OF ALLIANCE.
T	L	07-16-1988	11	CR 3217	EMD GP40	PC 3217		OH	RAVENNA	FAST W/B ON THE C&P, ON THE BRIDGE OVER B&O MAIN.
T	L	07-23-1988	1	CR 6451	EMD SD40-2			OH	OLMSTED FALLS	E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN AT CP 197.
T	L	07-23-1988	2	CR 3382	EMD GP40-2		CR 3351	OH	OLMSTED FALLS	E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN AT CP 197.  HERE IS THE SAME UNIT IN 1995: 1995/19951001_02.jpg
T	L	08-07-1988	1	NKP ?	FLAT CAR			OH	HURON	NICKEL PLATE FLAT CAR WITH CLAMSHELL CRANE BUCKET.  BY 1988, NICKEL PLATE PAINTEDFRIEGHT EQUIPMENT WAS VERY SCARCE.
T	L	08-07-1988	2	HURON ?	ALCO S2			OH	HURON	UNMARKED ALCO SWITCHER AT THE GRAIN TERMINAL IN HURON, OHIO.  DOES ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIT?
T	L	08-13-1988	1	RJ CORMAN 9001	EMD GP9	C&O 5956		KY	BARDSTOWN	'MY OLD KENTUCKY DINNER TRAIN' AT BARDSTOWN.
T	L	08-13-1988	2	RJ CORMAN 9001	EMD GP9	C&O 5956		KY	BARDSTOWN	BRIGHTLY PAINTED R.J. CORMAN GEEP.
T	L	08-13-1988	3	RJ CORMAN 9002	EMD GP9	C&O 6070	RJ CORMAN	KY	BARDSTOWN	ENGINE HOUSE AT BARDSTOWN, KY.
T	L	08-13-1988	4	CSX 8352	EMD SD40	CRR 3018- SBD 8352	CSX 6626	KY	LOUISVILLE	SOMEHOW, I MANAGED TO SET UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS.  BUT, THE IMAGE IS SOMEWHAT DRAMATIC.
T	L	08-13-1988	5	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM HAS AN EMD E6 THAT WAS PARKED IN THE OPEN ON A NICE SUNNY DAY.  I SHOT A HALF A ROLL OF FILM ON THIS STREAMLINER.
T	L	08-13-1988	6	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	MORE VIEWS OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	08-13-1988	7	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM WAS REBUILT INTO AN 'E6M' ACCORDING TO THIS BUILDERS PLATE.
T	L	08-13-1988	8	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	NOTE THAT SLOPING NOSE ON THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	08-13-1988	9	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	SIDE VIEW OF THE NOSE OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	08-13-1988	10	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	TRAILING VIEW OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.  UNIT WAS BUILT IN MAY OF 1942.
T	L	08-13-1988	11	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	MORE VIEWS OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	08-13-1988	12	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.  THIS BROADSIDE VIEW MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A PREDATOR IN THE GRASS.
T	L	08-13-1988	13	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	A LOW ANGLED VIEW OF THE NOSE OF THE EMD E6 AT THE THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	08-13-1988	14	L&N 770	EMD E6	L&N 450B		KY	LOUISVILLE	THAT'S ME, MORSCHER, ON THE E6 AT THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	08-13-1988	15	US ARMY 7374	ALCO S1			KY	LOUISVILLE	THE KY.  RY.  MUSEUM, USED THIS ALCO TO HAUL VERY SHORT EXCURSIONS UP AND DOWN A WEEDY TRACK THAT WAS ABOUT 1000 FEET LONG.  A LADY WOULD COME OUT OF THE MUSEUM, CLIMB UP INTO THE UNIT, FIRE UP THE ENGINE AND THEN TRUNDLE UP AND DOWN THE TRACK WITH THE LITTLE TRAIN.  KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	08-13-1988	16	MONON 32	EMD BL2	MONON- L&N		KY	LOUISVILLE	MONON BL2 AT THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.   TIGHT QUARTERS PREVENTED ANY BETTER PHOTO ANGLES THAN THIS.
T	L	08-13-1988	17	L&N 152	ALCO 4-6-2 K-2			KY	LOUISVILLE	NICELY PROPORTIONED STEAM ENGINE AT THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSUEM.  ENGINE WAS BUILT AS A K-1 BY ALCO's ROGERS WORK IN 1905.  SUPPOSEDLY, THIS ENGINE AT ONE TIME HAULED PRESIDENTS ROOSEVELT, HOOVER, AND AL CAPONE AS A PRISONER.
T	L	08-13-1988	18	KENTUCKY RAILROAD MUSEUM 77	GE 44 TON			KY	LOUISVILLE	KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM'S LITTLE GE 44 TONNER.
T	L	08-13-1988	20	AT&SF 2546	EMD CF7			KY	LOUISVILLE	IN THE 1980'S, WANDERING x ATSF CF7'S TURNED UP EVERYWHERE.  HERE IS ONE AT THE KENTUKY RAILWAY MUSEUM.
T	L	08-13-1988	21	INDIANA & OHIO 20	LIMA 750hp	CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40	INDIANA & OHIO 92	IN	BROOKVILLE	EARLIER IN 1988, I HAD PHOTOGRAPHED THESE UNITS, BUT THE WHEN I MAILED THE FILM IN FOR PROCESSING, IT DID NOT RETURN.  I GAVE THE FILM UP FOR LOST AND RETURNED TO RE-PHOTO THESE RARE UNITS.  OVER A YEAR PASSED AND THEN THE MISSING ROLL OF FILM CAME BACK IN THE MAIL. 1988/19880521_03.jpg
T	L	08-13-1988	22	INDIANA & OHIO 20	LIMA 750hp	CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40	INDIANA & OHIO 92	IN	BROOKVILLE	#92 W/O ENGINE. 1988/19880521_08.jpg
T	L	08-13-1988	23	INDIANA & OHIO 92	BLW S-12	PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS 345		IN	BROOKVILLE	UNIT W/O ENGINE. 1988/19880521_05.jpg
T	L	08-13-1988	24	INDIANA & OHIO 20	LIMA 750hp	CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 21- US PIPE & FOUNDRY 40		IN	BROOKVILLE	3/4 ANGLE VIEW OF THE LIMA SWITCHER WHICH SAT HERE TILL 2008, WHEREUPON IT WAS CUT UP. 1988/19880521_08.jpg
T	L	08-13-1988	25	INDIANA & OHIO 92	BLW S-12	PATAPSCO & BACK RIVERS 345	INDIANA & OHIO 20	IN	BROOKVILLE	CAB END VIEW OF THE BALDWIN. 1988/19880521_07.jpg
T	L	08-13-1988	27	WHITEWATER VALLEY 100	BLW 2-6-2	FLORORA SAW MILL 100- ALGER-SULLIVAN LUMBER 100- ESCAMBIA 100- JIM WALTER DOOR 100		IN	METAMORA	STEAM EXCRUSION ENGINE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST CAME FROM A SUGAR CANE PLANTATION.  BUILT BY BALDWIN IN 1919.
T	L	08-13-1988	28	ARMCO E-123	LIMA 750hp	B&O 320- B&O 9376		IN	CONNERSVILLE	ERIE LETTERING IS SHOWING THROUGH ON THIS FROMER B&O LIMA SWITCHER.  I CAN NOT QUITE FIGURE OUT FROM WHICH ERIE LIMA THIS UNIT'S HOOD CAME FROM.
T	L	08-13-1988	30	ARMCO E-123	LIMA 750hp	B&O 320- B&O 9376		IN	CONNERSVILLE	AN x B&O LIMA SWITCHER WITH ERIE PAINT ON THE CENTER OF THE HOOD, AND ERIE LACKAWANNA TRANSISTION SCHEME IN THE RADIATOR SECTION OF THE HOOD.
T	L	08-13-1988	31	ARMCO E-123	LIMA 750hp	B&O 320- B&O 9376		IN	CONNERSVILLE	FINDING A LIMA SWICHER STILL IN ERIE PAINT WAS TRULY AN AMAZING FIND IN THE YEAR 1988.  THE UNIT CAME FROM THE B&O, BUT A HOOD SWAP ALONG THE WAY PRESERVED AT LEST ONE ERIE LIMA HOOD.  UNIT WAS BUILT IN 12-1950.
T	L	08-13-1988	32	ERIE ? ?	CABOOSE			IN	CONNERSVILLE	FIRE DAMAGED WOODEN CABOOSE WITH AN ERIE NUMBER THAT IS UNDECIPHERABLE.
T	L	08-13-1988	33	WHITEWATER VALLEY 25	LIMA 750hp	CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 25- CADILLAC & LAKE CITY 25		IN	CONNERSVILLE	LIMA SWITCHER NICELY PAINTED FOR WHITEWATER VALLEY RR.
T	L	08-13-1988	34	WHITEWATER VALLEY 25	LIMA 750hp BUILDERS PLATE	CINCINATI UNION TERMINAL 25- CADILLAC & LAKE CITY 25		IN	CONNERSVILLE	LIMA BUILDERS PLATE ON THE WHITEWATER VALLEY RR.
T	L	08-13-1988	36	ARMCO E-137	LIMA 750hp	ARMCO STEEL 709		IN	CONNERSVILLE	ANOTHER LIMA SWITCHER, A TREAT AS LIMA ONLY BUILT A FEW OF THESE.  THIS ONE WAS MADE IN MARCH 1951.
T	L	08-13-1988	37	ARMCO E-137	LIMA 750hp	ARMCO STEEL 709		IN	CONNERSVILLE	A LIMA SWITCHER WITH A SEEMINLY SHINY OUTLINE OF A PAINTED- OUT ERIE OR EL DIAMOND ON THE END OF THE LONG HOOD.  PROBABLY A RESULT OF A HOOD SWAP, AS THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A FORMER ERIE UNIT.
T	L	08-13-1988	38	WHITEWATER VALLEY 2420	COACH ? STILLWATER	? ERIE		IN	CONNERSVILLE	A VERY BRIGHT CAR THAT LOOKS LIKE AN OLD ERIE STILLWELL CAR.  THE ERIE RR WAS CONSERVATIVE AND WOULD NEVER ALLOW SUCH A BRIGHTLY COLORED CAR OUT OF ITS PAINT SHOPS.
T	L	08-13-1988	40	WHITEWATER VALLEY ?	HEISLER STEAM ENGINE			IN	CONNERSVILLE	A PILE OF BOILER FLUE PIPES POINT TO THIS HEISLER STEAM ENGINE OF UNKNOWN HISTORY.
T	L	08-13-1988	41	WHITEWATER VALLEY 9	ALCO S1	NYC 9339- PROCTOR & GAMBLE 9		IN	CONNERSVILLE	THE EMPLOYEE IN THIS FACILITY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A FORMER PROCTOR AND GAMBLE SWITCHER.  COMING FROM A SOAP COMPANY, THIS ENGINE SURE WAS DIRTY.
T	L	08-13-1988	42	CSX 8943	EMD SD45	CLINCHFIELD 3630- SBD 3630- SBD 8943	CSX 6266	IN	CONNERSVILLE	THIS TRAIN STOPPED HERE ON THIS BRIDGE SO THE CREW COULD CLIMB DOWN THE HILL TO PICK UP SOME 'FAMOUS RECIPE' CHICKEN.
T	L	08-13-1988	43	INDIANA HI RAIL 216	EMD SW1200	B&O 9616		IN	CONNERSVILLE	INDIANA HI RAIL'S ENGINE HOUSE WAS LOCATED IN CONNERSVILLE, IN.  THIS LITTLE UNIT LATER WAS ON WAER (WABASH & ERIE RR) AND NOW (NORTHERN OHIO & WESTERN RAILWAY LTD.).
T	L	08-13-1988	44	INDIANA HI RAIL 371	EMD GP35	DT&I 351- GTW 6351		IN	CONNERSVILLE	A SHINY DYNAMIC BRAKELESS GP35 IN INDIANA HI RAIL PAINT.
T	L	08-13-1988	45	BN ?	EMD GP30 CAB			IN	CONNERSVILLE	CAB OFF SCRAPPED GP30.  THIS WOULD MAKE THE PERFECT BACKYARD PLAYHOUSE FOR KIDS.
T	L	08-13-1988	46	INDIANA HI RAIL 223	EMD SW1200	TRRA 1223		IN	CONNERSVILLE	I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE A TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION (ST. LOUIS) SWITCHER.  I MAY HAVE MISSED THE TRRA BALDWINS, BUT THIS LITTLE EMD WAS A REAL TREAT.
T	L	08-13-1988	47	INDIANA HI RAIL 135	ALCO S4	B&O 473 -B&O 9013		IN	CONNERSVILLE	ENGINE AND HOOD ARE REMOVED.
T	L	08-13-1988	48	INDIANA HI RAIL 221	EMD SW1200	B&O 9621		IN	RUSHVILLE	LONELY LOOKING SWITCHER.
T	L	08-13-1988	49	NS 3949	GE U23B	SR 3949		IN	NEW CASTLE	WORK TRAIN UNIT.  THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1975, AND WAS IN THE FOURTH OF FIVE ORDERS THAT SOUTHERN HAD FOR U23B's.
T	L	08-13-1988	51	NS ?	TIE UNLOADING CRANE			IN	NEW CASTLE	THIS TIE UNLOADING CRANE RIDES ALONG THE TOP EDGES OF THE GONDOLA'S SIDES.
T	L	08-13-1988	52	SR X756	CABOOSE			IN	NEW CASTLE	WORK TRAIN'S CABOOSE.
T	L	08-13-1988	53	INDIANA HI RAIL 108	ALCO S4	NKP 59- NW 2059- FP&E 108		IN	RUSHVILLE	A VERY UNDEREXPOSED SHOT OF AN INDIANA HI RAIL ALCO S4, THAT STILL HAS THE PAINT FROM THE FAIRPORT PAINESVILLE & EASTERN RAILROAD.   PHOTO TAKEN NORTH OF RUSHVILLE. 1988/19880409_05.jpg
T	L	08-14-1988	1	AMTK ?	EMD F40PH			OH	CRESTLINE	W/B BROADWAY LTD AT 'YMCA' PASSENGER STATION BEING FUELED.  THE PRR STATION WAS WHERE THE FLAG POLE IS, AND PRR TRACK 2 WAS WHERE THE FUEL TRUCKS ARE PARKED.
T	L	08-14-1988	2	AMTK ?	?			OH	CRESTLINE	W/B BROADWAY LTD AT BEING SERVICED AT CRESTLINE.
T	L	09-18-1988	1	C&O 903503	CABOOSE			WV	MEADOW CREEK	C&O CABOOSE, PHOTO BY LANCE MELIN.
T	L	09-24-1988	1	LAKE SUPERIOR TERM & T. ?	EMD SW1200			MN	STILLWATER	NICELY PAINTED SWITCHER IN GREAT NORTHERN COLORS TRIES TO OCCUPY THE HANDICAP PARKING SPOT.
T	L	09-24-1988	2	NP 328	ALCO RODGERS 4-6-0			MN	STILLWATER	STEAM EXCURSION 4-6-0 AT STILLWATER, MN.
T	L	09-24-1988	3	NP 328	ALCO RODGERS 4-6-0		GN 1213	MN	STILLWATER	STEAM EXCRUSION ALCO BACKING UP AT STILLWATER, MN.
T	L	09-24-1988	4	LAKE SUPERIOR TERM.& T. ?	EMD SW1200			MN	STILLWATER	NICELY PAINTED SWITCHER IN GREAT NORTHERN LIKE COLORS.
T	L	09-25-1988	1	BN ?	LIFT BRIDGE	CB&Q		WI	PRESCOTT	NEW BN LIFT BRIDGE AT PRESCOTT (LOOKING EAST), WHERE THE ST. CROIX RIVER (UNDER BRIDGE) DUMPS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  AT ALL POINTS NORTH OF THIS, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NO LONGER FORMS A STATE LINE BOUNDARY.
T	L	09-25-1988	2	MILW ?	LIFT BRIDGE			MN	HASTINGS	MILWAUKEE ROAD LIFT BRIDGE OVER MISSISSIPPI AT HASTINGS, MN, LOOKING WEST.  THE RIGHT BRIDGE TOWER HAS A BIG MILWAUKEE ROAD SYMBOL WAY UP HIGH.
T	L	10-01-1988	1	CR 6458	EMD SD40-2		CR 6517	OH	OLMSTED FALLS	E/B ON THE FLAT x NEW YORK CENTRAL RACE TRACK.  HERE IS A 1993 PHOTO OF THE SAME ENGINE: 1993/19930801_02.jpg
T	L	10-01-1988	2	CR 6000	GE C39-8		CR	OH	OLMSTED FALLS	E/B PASSING THE SHADOW OF THE OLMSTED FALLS STATION ROOF.   LEAD UNIT SCRAPPED IN 2010. 1998/19981122_04.jpg
T	L	10-01-1988	3	CR 6630	GE C36-7		CR 6404	OH	OLMSTED FALLS	LEAD UNIT OF THIS WESTBOUND TRAIN WENT TO BRAZIL IN 2006 (MINAS GERAIS, RIO DE JENEIRO AND SAO PAULO).
T	L	10-08-1988	1	ALFORD STATION ?	STATION	EL- DL&W		PA	ALFORD	OLD BRICK AND CONCRETE LACKAWANNA STATION AT ALFORD.  ALFORD BOASTED A TOWER, A STATION, AND A BUMPING POST.
T	L	10-08-1988	2	ALFORD TOWER ?	TOWER	EL- DL&W		PA	ALFORD	CONCRETE TOWER BUILT c1915.
T	L	10-08-1988	3	CR STATION	STATION	EL- DL&W		PA	HOP BOTTOM	STATION ON THE LACKAWANNA'S HIGH SPEED HALSTEAD-CLARKS SUMMIT LINE IMPROVEMENT FROM ABOUT 1915.
T	L	10-08-1988	4	DL&W 514	EMD GP9	NKP 514- NW 2514		PA	SCRANTON	FICTICIOUS 'LACKAWANNA' UNIT AT STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  THE LACKAWANNA NEVER PAINTED ANY HOOD UNITS IN THIS COLOR SCHEME EXCEPT FOR THE 12 BIG FAIRBANKS TRAIN MASTERS, AND EVEN THEN, THE PAINT SCHEME WAS A BIT DIFFERENT.  EVEN SO, I MUST ADMIT THAT I LIKE IT.
T	L	10-08-1988	5	DL&W 514	EMD GP9	NKP 514- NW 2514		PA	SCRANTON	STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM TRAIN AT STATION.  THIS ENGINE WAS LATER PAINTED BACK INTO A NICKEL PLATE SCHEME.
T	L	10-08-1988	6	DL&W 514	EMD GP9	NKP 514- NW 2514		PA	SCRANTON	STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM, AT SCRANTON STATION.  THE LACKAWANNA'S NEW YORK (NJ) TO BUFFALO MAIN RAN UP ALONG THE LEDGE TO THE LEFT OF THE UNIT.  THIS GP9 WAS BUILT IN 1958.
T	L	10-08-1988	7	DL&W 514	EMD GP9	NKP 514- NW 2514		PA	SCRANTON	STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  YEARS AGO, THE 'LAUREL LINE' INTERURBAN HAD A LITTLE YARD AND A TURNING TRACK, LOCATED DOWN TO THE RIGHT WHERE THE GRASSY AREA IS VISIBLE.  THIS "LACKAWANNA" ENGINE NEVER REALLY SERVED ON THE REAL "LACKAWANNA".
T	L	10-08-1988	10	DL&W 514	EMD GP9	NKP 514- NW 2514		PA	SCRANTON	HERE WE HAVE AN ALL GENERAL MOTORS LINE UP, ONE CHEVY TRUCK, ONE OLDSMOBILE, ONE BUICK, AND ONE EMD GP9.  STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.
T	L	10-09-1988	1	EL C 316	CABOOSE N-7D	EL C316- CR 21104 ?		NY	BINGHAMTON	MUSEUM DISPLAY CABOOSE REPAINTED BACK TO EL COLORS.
T	L	10-09-1988	2	NJ TRANSIT 4334	EMD E8	SR 6913		NY	BINGHAMTON	PRIVATELY OWNED UNIT FOR RESTORATION, SUSQUEHANNA CHAPTER NRHS.  UNIT MOVED OUT OF BINGHAMTON IN THE YEAR 2000.  IT LOOKED MUCH THE SAME IN OAK RIDGE, TN. IN 2017.
T	L	10-09-1988	3	NYS&W 104	ALCO RS-3	D&H 4117- R&S 29- ADIRONDAK 29		NY	BINGHAMTON	NICELY PAINTED SUSQUEHANNA RS-3 WITH A PAST HISTORY THAT INCLUDED TIME ON THE ROBERVAL & SAGUENAY RR. 1994/19940422_07.jpg
T	L	10-09-1988	4	NYS&W 1804	EMD GP18			NY	BINGHAMTON	EMD'S FACTORY DELIVERED EARLY LOW NOSED GEEPS HAD THE DISTINCIVE SLOPING NOSE UPPER SURFACE AS SEEN HERE. 1987/19870829_32.jpg
T	L	10-09-1988	5	NYS&W 6360	EMD SD45	NP 3633- BN 6475		NY	BINGHAMTON	FORMER BN SD45 MINUS MAIN ALTERNATOR.  THIS UNIT WAS ORDERED BY NORTHERN PACIFIC BUT DELIVERED AS A BN UNIT.  IT NEVER MADE IT INTO SUSQUEHANNA COLORS.
T	L	10-09-1988	6	NYS&W 510	OBSERVATION CAR			NY	BINGHAMTON	OBSERVATION CAR.
T	L	10-09-1988	7	NYS&W 3004	ALCO C430	NYC 2051- PC 2051- CR 2051		NY	BINGHAMTON	WRECK DAMAGED C430 WITH BITS OF TREES STICKING OUT OF THE CAB.  THIS ENGINE DERAILED AFTER HITTING AN ICE PACKED GRADE CROSSING IN NORTH NORWICH, NY IN 1987.  IT WAS SCRAPPED IN 1989.
T	L	10-09-1988	8	NYS&W 3002	ALCO C430	NYC 2052- PC 2052- CR 2052		NY	BINGHAMTON	ONLY 16 ALCO C430's WERE EVER BUILT, TEN GOING TO THE NEW YORK CENTRAL.  THIS IS ONE OF THE NYC TEN.  THE C430 WAS ALCO'S FINAL EFFORT AT COMPETING WITH THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL EMD GP40 AND THE REASONABLY POPULAR GE U30B.  THIS UNIT DERAILED AND ROLLED OVER ONTO THE ENGINEERS SIDE AFTER HITTING AN ICE PACKED GRADE CROSSING IN LISLE, NY IN 1987.  UNIT IS SCRAPPED. 1992/19920405_04.jpg
T	L	10-09-1988	9	NYS&W 3002	ALCO C430	NYC 2052- PC 2052- CR 2052		NY	BINGHAMTON	IT IS SURPRISING THAT ALCO WENT TO THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE HI-ADHESION TRUCK SEEN ON THIS C430.  I DOUBT THAT MORE THAN 40 OF THESE TRUCKS WERE EVER MADE.  THIS ENGINE DERAILED AFTER HITTING AN ICE PACKED GRADE CROSSING IN LISLE, NY IN 1987.  UNIT SCRAPPED SINCE THEN. 1992/19920405_04.jpg
T	L	10-09-1988	11	DELAWARE & OTSEGO 103	ALCO RS-3	RDG 492- UNITED RAILWAY SUPPLY- ROBERVAL & SAGUENAY 31- FONDA JAMESTOWN & GLOVERSVILLE 103		NY	BINGHAMTON	FORMER ROBERVAL & SAGUENAY 31, NEE RDG 492.  THE "UNITED RAILWAY SUPPLY" WAS LOCATED IN MONTREAL.
T	L	10-09-1988	12	DELAWARE & OTSEGO 100	ALCO RS-3	D&H 4022- CACV 100- FJ&G 100		NY	BINGHAMTON	HERE IS A STEAM GENERATOR EQUIPPED RS-3 FROM THE FONDA, JOHNSTOWN AND GLOVERVILLE RR.  IT WAS BUILT IN 1949.  THE CACV IS THE COOPERSTOWN & CHARLOTTE VALLEY
T	L	10-09-1988	13	D&H 386	EMD GP39-2	RDG 3417- D&H 7417		NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	A SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL GP39-2 ENGINE ON THE x LACKAWANNA MAIN.
T	L	10-09-1988	14	NYS&W 4004	GE B40-8		D&H 7406, D&H 386	NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	N/B ON EX DL&W MAIN.  I DID NOT KNOW IT THEN, BUT NYS&W 4004 WOULD TEND TO FOLLOW ME AROUND IN THE FUTURE.  BUT THEN AGAIN, I AM TOLD THAT THIS UNIT WAS WRECKED IN APRIL OF 1989, SO PERHAPS IT WAS REBUILT OR REPLACED WHEN I SAW IT AGAIN. 1993/19930731_25.jpg 1993/19930731_26.jpg 1993/19930919_02.jpg
T	L	10-09-1988	15	NYS&W 6366	EMD SD45	NP 3647- BN 6489- BN 6366	NYS&W 6692	NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	N/B x BN SD45 PUSHERS ON exDL&W MAIN.
T	L	10-09-1988	16	D&H 452	ALCO C424m	RDG 5206- CR 2495	D&H 5017	NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	D&H 452 REBUILT TO 2000hp.  AFTER A FEW MORE TRANSFERS, THIS UNIT ENDED UP ON THE LIVONIA AVON AND LAKEVILLE RR.
T	L	10-09-1988	17	D&H 5017	ALCO RS-36			NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	THIS UNIT WAS THE LAST DELAWARE AND HUDSON RS-36 IN SERVICE.  IN THE 1990's, THIS UNIT WENT TO THE DELAWARE & ULSTER IN ARKVILLE, NY, IN ABOUT 1987.  IT WAS RUNNING AND LOOKING FINE IN 2017.
T	L	10-09-1988	18	NYS&W 2012	EMD GP38	B&O 3800		NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	WHILE I FREQUENTLY SEE SUSQUEHANNA POWER IN OHIO, I NEVER SEE SUSQUEHANNA GP38'S IN OHIO.  THIS UNIT WENT TO THE NORTH SHORE RR IN 2010.
T	L	10-09-1988	19	D&H 74	ALCO C424	EL 2414- CR 2488- D&H 455- SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL 74		NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	MY MEMORY INDICATES THAT THIS CONCRETE LACKAWANNA TOWER IS THE WESTERN- MOST TOWER OF THIS DESIGN ON THE LACKAWANNA.  THIS x ERIE LACKAWANNA UNIT IS ON HOME TURF.
T	L	10-09-1988	20	D&H 454	ALCO C424	EL 2407- CR 2481	D&H 506	NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	THREE GENERATIONS OF ALCO ROAD SWITCHERS.  THIS UNIT STARTED OUT ON THE ERIE LACKAWANNA AND EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO THE LIVONIA AVON AND LAKEVILLE RR.
T	L	10-09-1988	21	D&H 5003	ALCO RS-11			NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	THIS UNIT HAS A NUMBER, BUT IT CAN NOT BE MADE OUT FROM THIS VIEW.  UNIT CUT UP IN 1990.
T	L	10-09-1988	22	D&H 506	ALCO RS-3	D&H 4112- D&H 1976		NY	EAST BINGHAMTON	DELAWARE AND HUNDSON RR's BICENTENIAL UNIT, RS-3 NUMBERED 506, BUT WEARING THE PATRIOTIC NUMBER 1976.  DID THIS RS-3 HELP POWER THE 'PRE-AMBLE EXPRESS' IN 1975, A PREVIEW OF THE 1976 'AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN'? IN THE LATE 1980's, THIS UNIT WORKED ON THE TIOGA CENTRAL RR.  SOMEONE CHALKED "SCAB" ONTO THE NOSE.
T	L	10-09-1988	23	AMTK 47	ALCO RS1	WASHINGTON TERMINAL 47		NY	OWEGO	FORMER AMTRAK RS1 ON THE TIOGA CENTRAL.
T	L	10-09-1988	24	AMTK 47	ALCO RS1	WASHINGTON TERMINAL 47		NY	OWEGO	FORMER AMTRAK RS1 ON THE TIOGA CENTRAL.
T	L	10-09-1988	25	WASHINTON TERMINAL 59	ALCO RS1			NY	OWEGO	THIS WAS AT ONE TIME A WASHINGTON TERMINAL UNIT.
T	L	10-09-1988	26	TIOGA CENTRAL 14	ALCO S2	BUFFALO CREEK 46- CR 9662- NY&LE 46- ONTARIO CENTRAL 46		NY	OWEGO	PASSENGER EXCURSION AT STATION WITH A TIOGA CENTRAL ALCO S2 IN A RUTLAND- LIKE PAINT SCHEME.
T	L	10-09-1988	27	TIOGA CENTRAL 14	ALCO S2	BUFFALO CREEK 46- CR 9662- NY&LE 46- ONTARIO CENTRAL 46		NY	OWEGO	PASSENGER EXCURSION AT STATION
T	L	12-10-1988	1	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW	OHIO HI RAIL 102	OH	MECHANICSTOWN	ALCO S2'S POURING OUT PLUMES OF WHITE SMOKE JUST AFTER HAVING BEEN FIRED UP ON A FROSTY SATURDAY MORNING.  THIS SITE IS THE OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE OHIO HI RAIL.
T	L	12-10-1988	2	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW	PRR 5012	OH	MINERVA	THE CABOOSE HAS BEEN SET ASIDE SO THAT SWITCHING CHORES CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.  THE CABOOSE STOVE IS LEFT ON SO AS TO PROVIDE A WARM ESCAPE FROM THE COLD AIR.
T	L	12-10-1988	3	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW		OH	WOLF RUN	ONCE IN WHILE THERE WOULD BE ACTIVITY ON THE STEEP 3 MILE BRANCH TO WOLF RUN.  ON THIS DAY, A LONE GONDOLA, WITH DEFECTIVE BRAKES, WAS PILED HIGH WITH SCRAP METAL.  WERE IT NOT FOR A CREW MEMBER RIDING THE GONDOLA AND USING ITS HAND BRAKE, THE GONDOLA WOULD HAVE PUSHED THE LITTLE ALCO S2 ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL.
T	L	12-10-1988	4	SCRAP DEALERS UNIT ?	INDUSTRIAL SWITCHER			OH	WOLF RUN	THIS UNDEFINABLE LITTLE ENGINE WAS SITTING AT WOLF RUN ON THE OHIO HI RAIL.
T	L	12-10-1988	5	OHIO HI RAIL 101	ALCO S2	FP&E 101- NW		OH	WOLF RUN	THAT IS ME ADDING BALLAST TO THE FRONT END OF THE ALCO SWITCHER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	12-25-1988	1	CSX 8565	EMD SD50	C&O 8565		WV	RONCEVERTE	A BIG EMD SD50 UNDER A CRISP CLEAR WINTER SKY.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	12-25-1988	2	CSX 8565	EMD SD50	C&O 8565		WV	RONCEVERTE	KNIFELIKE HOOD OF THE SD50.   L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	12-25-1988	3	CSX 8565	EMD SD50	C&O 8565		WV	RONCEVERTE	CAB PROFILE.   L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	12-25-1988	4	CSX 8565	EMD SD50	C&O 8565		WV	RONCEVERTE	3/4 VIEW OF THE SD50.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.
T	L	12-25-1988	5	CSX 8317	EMD SD40	FL- SBD 8317	CSX 8212	WV	MEADOW CREEK	GRAY EVEINGING PHOTO OF GRAY UNITS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.

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