Thank you for this video on my 4th favorite train the Conrail before it went through discounting and unfortunately out of service. Plus you got it on the famous horse shoe curve to great and awesome job 👍😄
I remember seeing the huge yard at the North end of the Quakertown branch line 50 tracks There were double tracks coming out of Philadelphia all the way through Telford and Sellersville and in Quakertown there were 4 tracks and then back to 2 through Coopersburg and Center Valley and up to the yard in Hellertown just south of Bethlehem Steel I watched as they built I-78 over the top of the yard. I remember driving over I-78 year after year seeing the yard become less and less and then it was gone completely I used to watch D&H trains in that yard and one of the last things I saw pulled out of the yard was a D&H caboose. So much history So many trains went on those tracks every day And now it is overgrown
Cheesie's and Con-Rail's, (not Con-Rail Quality), have one of the best looking paint designs. Fortunately in Maryland in the "80"s I saw a lot of them.
Wow this brought back some fantastic memories. My dad used to be bring me down to the hump almost every Sunday. Loved seeing the good old 6935 hard at work again, thanks for sharing
Early 90's this is from as the Roundhouse and table are still standing, in 92 the Coal Unloader was removed and then in 94 the Roundhouse was the Table stayed for many years just filled in as the bridge was aligned a certain track until early 2000 when it was all officially removed. 96 Laser sensors were added to the track just passed the Hump Weight which was located just before the Master Brake Retarder. Nice S-1 Switcher #104 wonder who's it was as Bethlehem Steel only used SW1200 series. Great Timeless video, really enjoyed that
I knew of a gentleman named Alen Lenker through an email group. I believe he was a carman, started in '75 with the Penn Central. Retired out of the Norry yard sometime after NS took over. I wonder if he is the cameraman you mentioned.
The Conrail painting scheme resembled terminal operator's locomotive painting schemes. It looked so modern and well standardized for the time being. 💙🤍
@@joekross3737 Books no I wish I had the ability to get a book or two published with my collection of slides. However I do believe I have videos of Buffalo NY such as NYSW, CP, and CR
Fantastic video Brings back memories. I use to ride in cr csx and ns . Got to operate them sometimes in the northern ohio territory. Went to Chicago and numerous times Was in many towers ware I helped out and operate draw bridges if they had em.
Around the 4:50 mark one of the cars has a flat spot on a wheel, you can hear it. It sounds like something hitting the rails repeatedly. If you talk to any of the crew still working in Altoona what NS stands for they Will probably say Non-Sense and that is correct.
I had the opportunity to ride a coal shove out of Brunswick Maryland to Mt Airy,we had 4 GP units on the rear,where I was riding.As we approached the tunnel through Mt ,Airy two head end units failed.The helper crew ran out of time and we had to take a cab back to Brunswick.
All the guys in Altoona who were around for the Conrail days prefer Conrail over NS. NS does a lot of head-scratching moves that makes people not want to work there. Working on the RR is not for everyone.
This is what I call EPIC!! The 90's was just the best time for railroading and being a huge fan!! The fact that you have this is absolutely priceless. A memory you will cherish forever!! What is even more astounding is that you have a brand new Juniata built and painted SD60I 5648 in your consist which that locomotive was completed there on 08-11-1995 the day before you filmed this. That is what I call spectacular!! You visited the best locomotive facility in the country at the time ran by the greatest class one railroad to exist. The days of CONRAIL are sadly missed and this depicts what a class act they were. The people of CONRAIL made CONRAIL and railfanning great!! Depressing to see what it is today.
Fantastic! This is the CR i knew and loved (and modeled!) I was a teen in the mid-90s and spent countless hours along this line, mostly in westmoreland county. In my opinion, one of the greatest eras in railroading.
That was a really good era. The crews and workers were so friendly. I was invited up into Alto tower in Altoona and spent the afternoon watching the behind the scene activity. I really miss "Big Blue". It was a great time to be a Railfan.
