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Title: |
Penn Central 8303 |
Description: |
In June 1973, a friend of my parents who worked for the Penn Central took me on a behind the scenes tour of Thirtieth Street Station. At Race Street Engine Terminal, I used my Kodak Instamatic camera to photograph this BLW DRS4-4-1000. |
Photo Date: |
6/16/1973 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:43:10 AM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 8303(DRS4-4-1000) |
Views: |
685 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4930 |
Description: |
A clean PC GG1 heads the National Limited at Merion in November 1974. Taken with my trusty Kodak Instamatic. |
Photo Date: |
11/16/1974 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 7:30:03 PM |
Location: |
Merion Station, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 4930(GG1) |
Views: |
181 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4925 |
Description: |
A clean PC GG1 leads the westbound Amtrak National Limited through Ardmore in September 1975. |
Photo Date: |
9/13/1975 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 7:36:47 PM |
Location: |
Ardmore, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 4925(GG1) |
Views: |
311 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 6037 |
Description: |
Two helpers rush eastward through Ardmore, PA, in September 1975. |
Photo Date: |
9/15/1975 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:51:23 AM |
Location: |
Ardmore, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6037(SD35) |
Views: |
345 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4254 |
Description: |
An EMD E8A between assignments at South Station in Boston in November 1975. |
Photo Date: |
11/15/1975 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:43:28 PM |
Location: |
Boston South Station, MA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
PC 4254(E8A) PC 4261(E8A) |
Views: |
662 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4261 |
Description: |
This ex-PRR EMD E8A was in passenger service when I photographed it in Bostons South Station in December 1975 |
Photo Date: |
12/10/1975 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 7:49:18 PM |
Location: |
Boston South Station, MA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
PC 4261(E8A) |
Views: |
347 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 7652 |
Description: |
Toward the end of the Penn Central, dead and dying locomotives tended to pile up in certain areas and one of these was Kearny Yard, Newark, NJ. January 1976. |
Photo Date: |
1/10/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:59:22 AM |
Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 7652(RS11) |
Views: |
301 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8113 |
Description: |
A fairly new EMD GP38-2 (built in 1973) on an eastbound freight at Ardmore in January 1976. |
Photo Date: |
1/17/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 7:34:34 PM |
Location: |
Ardmore, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 8113(GP38-2) |
Views: |
295 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4433 |
Description: |
Two GE E44s led an eastbound freight past the Ardmore West Shopping Center in January 1976. |
Photo Date: |
1/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 5:59:15 PM |
Location: |
Ardmore, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 4433(E44) |
Views: |
271 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8324 |
Description: |
An elderly Baldwin at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976. This was another of PCs dead and dying Baldwin locomotives that migrated to Wilmington. It was an ex-PRR BLW S12 built in 1952. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:36:45 AM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 8324(S12) |
Views: |
265 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4977 |
Description: |
An ex-New Haven GE EP5 with its pantograph down at Morrisville, PA, in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:49:23 AM |
Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4977(E40) |
Views: |
340 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 7654 |
Description: |
An ALCO RS11 still hard at work at Kearny, Newark, NJ, February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 10:00:58 AM |
Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 7654(RS11) |
Views: |
311 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 9833 |
Description: |
An out-of-service ALCO S1 at Kearny, Newark, NJ, in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 11:37:38 AM |
Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 9833(S4) |
Views: |
265 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8330 |
Description: |
A Baldwin S12 at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976. In the final days of the Penn Central, old locomotives were stored in a variety of locations and Wilmington became the home to a variety of Baldwins. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 4:19:44 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 8330(S12) |
Views: |
276 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 6556 |
Description: |
A GE U33C at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 4:21:15 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 6556(U33C) |
Views: |
289 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 9954 |
Description: |
This is an old ALCO RS3 that was rebuilt with an EMD prime mover (hence the hump) at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 7:21:33 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 9954(RS3M) |
Views: |
439 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 9976 |
Description: |
An ALCO RS3 with a new EMD prime mover at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 7:23:07 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 9976(RS3M) |
Views: |
353 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8369 |
Description: |
A Baldwin at Edgemore in Wilmington in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 4:01:23 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 8369(DS44-660) |
Views: |
297 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 9976 |
Description: |
An ALCO RS3 that was rebuilt with an EMD engine in Wilmington in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 4:04:52 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 9976(RS3M) |
Views: |
438 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 7626 |
Description: |
An ALCO RS11 in Newark, NJ, in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 4:36:11 PM |
Location: |
Newark, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 7626(RS11) |
Views: |
308 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4326 |
Description: |
An EMD E8A in Newark, NJ, in February 1976. This was likely one of the North Jersey Coast units that was in Newark for the weekend. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 5:53:46 PM |
Location: |
Newark, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4326(E8A) |
Views: |
313 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 9455 |
Description: |
An ALCO S1 in Newark, NJ, in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 6:01:11 PM |
Location: |
Newark, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 9455(S1) |
Views: |
254 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 9817 |
Description: |
An ALCO S2 in Newark in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 6:13:12 PM |
Location: |
Newark, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 9817(S4) |
Views: |
332 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8268 |
Description: |
A Baldwin DS44-1000 in storage at Wilmington in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 7:39:17 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 8268(DS44-1000) |
Views: |
255 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 3254 |
Description: |
A freight train on the Trenton Cutoff in Morrisville, PA, in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/15/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 7:16:42 PM |
Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 3254(GP40) |
Views: |
290 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4930 |
Description: |
A basic black GG1 with a large PC logo ahead a line of GG1s at Race Street Engine Terminal in Philadelphia, February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/16/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 11:39:34 AM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4930(GG1) |
Views: |
225 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8300 |
Description: |
As the Penn Central wound down, many of the remaining Baldwins migrated to Wilmington, DE, where this DRS-44-1000, built for the PRR, was found in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 10:02:37 AM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 8300(DRS4-4-1000) |
Views: |
810 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4973 |
Description: |
An ex-New Haven GE EP5 at Morrisville, PA, in February 1976. I seldom saw the EP5s in service, so I was happy to see this one with its pantograph up, waiting for its next assignment. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 11:46:24 AM |
Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4973(E40) |
Views: |
340 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 3270 |
Description: |
An EMD GP40 at Kearny in Newark, NJ, February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 4:12:16 PM |
Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PC 3270(GP40) |
Views: |
180 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 7237 |
Description: |
An EMD GP9 at Kearny yard in Newark in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 7:19:41 PM |
Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 7237(GP9) |
Views: |
269 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 7103 |
Description: |
An EMD GP9 at Edgemore Yard, Wilmington, DE, February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:40:42 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 7103(GP9) |
Views: |
329 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8325 |
Description: |
A Baldwin S12 at Edgemore in Wilmington in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 6:15:29 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 8325(S12) |
Views: |
260 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8303 |
Description: |
A Baldwin at Wilmington in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 6:16:58 PM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 8303(DRS4-4-1000) |
Views: |
631 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4977 |
Description: |
An ex-NH EP5 at Morrisville in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 7:41:28 PM |
Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4977(E40) |
Views: |
253 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 8567 |
Description: |
An EMD SW1 switches freight cars at Enola Yard in February 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/22/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 10:04:15 AM |
Location: |
Enola, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 8567(SW1) |
Views: |
241 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 3822 |
Description: |
An EMD GP9B at South Philadelphia Yard in February 1976. These cabless B units were rare in Philadelphia so I was thrilled to see one. |
Photo Date: |
2/22/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 4:14:23 PM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 3822(GP9B) |
Views: |
310 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 2235 |
Description: |
One of my favorite diesel locomotives were the EMD GP30s because they just looked different. Heres one in South Philadelphia in March 1976. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:44:33 AM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 2235(GP30) |
Views: |
319 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4886 |
Description: |
An ex-PRR GG1 at South Philadelphia Yard in March 1976 painted in the best looking of the Penn Central liveries: basic black plus large worms in love logo. Note, howver, that the numbers are still in a PRR typeface. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:46:30 AM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4886(GG1) |
Views: |
279 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 7185 |
Description: |
An EMD GP9 switches some freight cars in Philadelphia weeks before Conrail in March 1976. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:57:07 AM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 7185(GP9) |
Views: |
367 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 2239 |
Description: |
An EMD GP30 at South Philadelphia Yard in March 1976. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 11:44:21 AM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 2239(GP30) |
Views: |
236 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 7617 |
Description: |
An ALCO RS11 at Morrisville on the eve of Conrail in March 1976. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 2:22:57 PM |
Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Night,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 7617(RS11) |
Views: |
226 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 6878 |
Description: |
An ALCO RSD12 on the eve of Conrail in March 1976 in Morrisville. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 2:30:28 PM |
Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Night,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6878(RSD12) |
Views: |
308 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 9081 |
Description: |
An EMD SW7 at South Philadelphia Yard in March 1976. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 4:03:18 PM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 9081(SW7) |
Views: |
325 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4932 |
Description: |
A shiny black GG1 awaits its next duty at Race Street engine terminal in Philadelphia, in March 1976. When clean, which was rare, the PC black scheme didnt look too bad. |
Photo Date: |
3/15/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:47:45 PM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4932(GG1) |
Views: |
263 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 9915 |
Description: |
An ALCO RS1 on the wire train at Newark in March 1976. Photographed from the Readings Crusader. |
Photo Date: |
3/15/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 8:22:04 AM |
Location: |
Newark, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 9915(RS1) |
Views: |
650 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 2542 |
Description: |
The photo was taken from the Reading Crusader as it went down the ramp from the Lehigh Valley to the Pennsy. It was very rare to find a freight train sitting there but in March 1976 there was one led by a GE U25B. |
Photo Date: |
3/15/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 8:25:34 AM |
Location: |
Newark, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 2542(U25B) PC 2525(U25B) |
Views: |
433 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 7651 |
Description: |
An ALCO RS11 in Newark in March 1976. Photographed from the Reading Crusader. |
Photo Date: |
3/15/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 9:57:20 AM |
Location: |
Newark, NJ |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 7651(RS11) |
Views: |
269 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4828 |
Description: |
An ex-PRR GG1 in an interesting livery: a small PC worms in love logo on an otherwise standard late PRR paint scheme at South Philadelphia Yard in March 1976. This locomotive was in PRR green not black. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 11:50:04 AM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4828(GG1) |
Views: |
227 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 6913 |
Description: |
An EMD SD9 switches the yard at Morrisville in March 1976. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2013 9:02:30 PM |
Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Night,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6913(SD9) |
Views: |
216 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 4801 |
Description: |
Waiting its next assignment in South Philadelphia Yard in the first non-rivetted GG1 in March 1976. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 4:41:22 PM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 4801(GG1) |
Views: |
323 Comments: 0 |
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