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| Title: |
Ex Virginian power |
| Description: |
As the few electrified roads either shut down, or eliminated their electric operations, the power got sold and moved around. This unit, CR 4610, an E 33 in their parlance, was inherited from Penn Central, who in turn inherited it from New Haven. They bought it from the N&W, who acquired it when they merged the Virginian in 1959, and subsequently shut down the electrification. So, as we see it here on the ex Pennsy Passaic & Harsimus Branch, its now on its fifth owner. Conrail itself would be out of the electrified freight game in another three years. Were looking from the PATH platform at Journal Square, a great place to see the action. |
| Photo Date: |
7/11/1978 Upload Date: 1/24/2021 4:46:48 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4610(E33) |
| Views: |
173 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Harsimus |
| Description: |
An eastbound train headed for Harsimus Cove starts out of Kearny, seen from a passing commuter train on the ex DLW. |
| Photo Date: |
2/22/1979 Upload Date: 12/20/2016 5:13:09 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4601(E33) PC 4606(E33) |
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352 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Grab shot from the EL train |
| Description: |
The great thing about the EL trains on the Morristown Line was that on the way to Newark they passed Meadows Yard in Kearny, offering views of trains you might not otherwise see. Here, a pair of ex PC/NH/NW/Virginian motors is at the yard with an inbound train. |
| Photo Date: |
2/22/1979 Upload Date: 12/29/2013 11:17:37 PM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4601(E33) PC 4606(E33) |
| Views: |
447 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Motor pit |
| Description: |
One place I was usually able to catch CR electric power was at the Kearny motor pit. Unfortunately, it was always a grab shot from a passing train on the ex DLW, which passed along the north side of the facility. Not conducive to good set up, but I made the best of it. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1979 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 4:30:31 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4608(E33) CR 4405(E44) |
| Views: |
687 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working on the innards |
| Description: |
An electrician works inside the hood of E 44 4464 at Kearny, seen from a passing DLW train. |
| Photo Date: |
5/24/1979 Upload Date: 12/19/2016 5:44:08 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4464(E44) |
| Views: |
124 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Electrics at work |
| Description: |
A pair of E44s work their train at the Merck Pharmaceuticals plant in Rahway. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 9/9/2012 3:14:51 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4403(E44) CR 4426(E44) |
| Views: |
672 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
E 44s on the Corridor |
| Description: |
Conrail electric operations still worked along the Northeast Corridor in Rahway, seen here from a passing NJ Transit train. Such is my luck-there's a MOW crew blocking the lead unit. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 4:17:42 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4426(E44) CR 4403(E44) |
| Views: |
358 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Class unit |
| Description: |
By number or by style, the electrics had class, though its hard to say much for style on a unit that was known as a "brick." Still, they did have an aura of raw power when rolling down the ex Pennsy main at speed that was unmatched. This one is at Linden, seen from the southbound Crescent. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1979 Upload Date: 12/19/2016 5:25:34 AM |
| Location: |
Linden, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4400(E44) |
| Views: |
206 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting underway |
| Description: |
A pair of E 44s rolls past Crystal City in Arlington Va, having just departed Potomac Yard for Jersey. Pot yard was still a happening place at the time, and a lot of freight was interchanged there between B&O, C&O, Southern, RF&P and Conrail. Mergers over the next decade would render the yard redundant in a big way, and what was once a yard several miles long is now strip malls, hotels, and chain food joints. Ah, progress.... |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1979 Upload Date: 12/19/2016 5:30:33 AM |
| Location: |
Arlington, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4419(E44) CR 4451(E44) |
| Views: |
326 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Brick |
| Description: |
The nickname should be self explanatory. Shot from a passing train on the DLW. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1979 Upload Date: 12/19/2016 5:34:44 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4420(E44) |
| Views: |
222 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Motor pit |
| Description: |
An E 44 seen from a train on the Morristown Line. That was always a good liine to ride for seeing what was in Kearny's yard. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1979 Upload Date: 1/1/2014 4:06:56 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4422(E44) CR 3688(GP35) |
| Views: |
398 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Cab close up |
| Description: |
Close up look at the cab of an E 44 |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1979 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 4:27:44 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4432(E44) |
| Views: |
484 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Well protected |
| Description: |
The tunnels at Baltimore could be a bottleneck especially if a train had a problem while in them. To forestall any delays to Amtrak, as well as keep its own traffic moving, CR stationed a unit outside the tunnel for just such an occasion. Hopefully, he didnt get too much work. We see the E 44 assigned for todays task at Penn Station. |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/1979 Upload Date: 12/20/2016 5:07:29 AM |
| Location: |
Baltimore Penn Station, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4455(E44) |
| Views: |
225 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ex Virginian unit |
| Description: |
CR 4601, still lingering in its Penn Central garb, works in New Jersey as seen from a passing NJ Transit train. Kinda tight, but sometimes you have to work with what your given. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1981 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 3:59:23 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4601(E33) |
| Views: |
846 Comments: 0 |
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