Dakman Productions visits the Conrail Museum in Shippensburg Pennsylvania. The museum is maintained by the Conrail Historical Society #conrail #train #railroad #museum
I grew up in Charles County Maryland and the “ Popes Creek” subdivision ran there . I remember as a kid in the early 1970’s seeing Pennsylvania and Penn Central locomotives and equipment.. then in the 1980’s the blue Conrail engines .. the equipment I saw were the last newest ones pulling coal cars to the Morgantown power plant. The last set I seen was in December of 1990. After that was CSX I escaped Maryland in 1993 and now n North Carolina is all Norfolk Southern Morehead port line outside of New Bern Nc. The mainline tracks are behind my house and property.. Trains run daily and sometimes shake my house!
My grandad drive train engineer for Conrail in Chicago for 40 years until he retired in 1994 Mr Lonnie Brown Jr I got his railroad stuff I still keep it till this day railroad locks keys for train his work bag with his books the company policy's rules I got it all plus his plaque they gave when he retired and a Bulova watch engraved very nice I miss my grandad he passed away in 2016 he was the best engineer clean shiny boots with a pocket full of money dresses very nice back in the day the memories I keep forever ❤😢
That's really awesome, it'd be cool if they had a wall with pre merger conrail worker's names as well as post merger. I'd add my grandfather's name to it if they ever did. My collection is pretty neat too, I have a superintendent badge, a 1985 pocket watch where only 1000 were made, a fossil wristwatch and a bunch of other cool memorabilia! Thanks for the video and I hope one day to visit the museum.
I think that you would really enjoy the visit as someone who had family with ties to Conrail. I thought the Penn Central box car was equally a good visit as well.
This I just have to see for myself. As you know, I started with PC and worked most of my career with CR. As you, most of my railroad stuff will go to a museum someday when I am gone. Thanks for the memories. 😊
Hey, I have one of those rulers somewhere. Conrail came into my elementary school and I think they gave an Operation Lifesaver presentation and gave us kids all some Conrail goodies back in the day. I think there was a notebook and pencil too 😂
One small correction. The bearings are OIL BATH, meaning they had a material in them that absorbed and held oil, not grease, that would bath the BRONZE Bearings. Putting grease in wold ot get to the inside of the bronze bearing it would just lay there till it got so hot it would melt it. At that point it is too late.
I remember when Conrail was hated almost as much as the PENN CENTRAL. The fact that the PC went broke because all of our industry was being shipped offshore should have been a warning that our economy and our prosperity was in danger but the warning signs were ignored. I hate the new America .l want the old America that l grew up in back but that's not going to happen. People got obscenely wealthy putting Americans out of work.😢😢😢😢
Awesome! I live in Chambersburg just down the road from Shippensburg. The trail is Shippensburg to Carlisle. In Carlisle the line becomes active and runs under I81 and into Mechanicsburg/Camp Hill before crossing into Harrisburg. Norfolk Southern's Lurgan Branch (which runs on ex Reading Lines) connects onto the old Cumberland Valley mainline at south Shippensburg and runs into Chambersburg, and Greencastle before going into Hagerstown Maryland.
That would be a cool to model the museum on Your layout. Get a box car and I will do it for you. I did a similar piece for one of our club members the CSX Fire Safety Car
Hey Shawn Very cool and interesting. My son went to Shippensburg college. I was out to see him many times and didn’t know about that place. Shoot .. I wish I did know. Thanks for sharing because very interesting
@@Dakman I bet from your video from there from everything looks amazing. I been knowing of the place but to be there is totally different.Videos are great by way.
@@Dakman I don't have my Dad's time in Penn Central stuff just Conrail but like that you went into the Penn Central museum thank you for sharing and taking the time to upload everything
Yes it was. The only thing that could top it off is if Engineer Hall would let me take the Norfolk Southern Conrail heritage locomotive down the track a few miles 🤣
