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Penn Central Passenger Trains
The three biggest passenger carriers - Pennsylvania, New York Central, and New Haven - merged to create the ill-fated Penn Central, whose passenger losses and poor service led to the formation of Amtrak and state-owned commuter lines.
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Photo ID: 664168

A set of former New Haven Pullman-Standard MUs running as a Penn Central Stamford-Grand Central local swings into the station at Rye, NY, on a winter day. The unique triangular catenary, since rep... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: electric MU
Location: Rye, New York, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: January 03, 1971


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jul 13, 2018

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Photo ID: 662312

A minimally relabeled ex-NYC E8 and two cars make up Penn Central New York-Albany train #81 at Garrison, NY, on a summer morning. It's passing a northbound freight that's stopped on the other trac... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Garrison, New York, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4053
Train ID: 81, Empire Service
Photo Date: July, 1970


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jun 25, 2018

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Photo ID: 662311

On one of the longest days of summer, Penn Central train #33, the westbound Juniata, drops down into Cresson, PA, after cresting the Alleghenies behind the usual ex-PRR E8. This New York-Pittsburg... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Cresson, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4288
Train ID: 33, the Juniata
Photo Date: June 20, 1970


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jun 25, 2018

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Photo ID: 660183

I don't recall my father telling me that he photographed the RFK funeral train, but when I found this photo in his collection, I knew exactly what it was.

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4901
Train ID: RFK Funeral Train
Photo Date: June 08, 1968


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By: Ted Steinbrenner

Added: Jun 05, 2018

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Photo ID: 659572

A former New Haven RDC now wearing Penn Central scare stripes glides along the Naugatuck River at Beacon Falls, CT, en route from Waterbury to Bridgeport. Budds covered all passenger service on th... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: Budd RDC
Location: Beacon Falls, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: December, 1975


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: May 30, 2018

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Photo ID: 659002

A quartet of owl-eyed Pennsylvania Railroad MP54 class heavyweight MUs, the first repainted from traditional tuscan red to PC dark green, rolls though the PATH station in Harrison, NJ, minutes out... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: MP54 MUU
Location: Harrison, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 832
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: April, 1972


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: May 25, 2018

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Photo ID: 658049

Penn Central train 62 between Chicago and New York was the nameless successor to the New York Central's Twentieth Century Limited and the ancestor of Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited. On a hazy summer ... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: P2b electric
Location: New York, New York, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: 62
Photo Date: August 03, 1969


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: May 15, 2018

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Photo ID: 655771

On a hazy summer morning two years before Amtrak, Penn Central train 81 between New York and Albany comes off the Harlem River lift bridge and enters the Bronx behind an ancient-looking P2b electr... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: GE P2b electric
Location: Bronx, New York, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: 81
Photo Date: August 02, 1969


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Apr 23, 2018

Views: 6,283
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Photo ID: 654062

Jersey Arrow II cars still lettered for Penn Central have just exited the Hudson River Tubes minutes after departing Penn Station. 70 Arrow II cars were built by General Electric in 1974.

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: Arrow II MU's
Location: North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 596
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 25, 1978


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By: Paul F. De Luca

Added: Apr 06, 2018

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Photo ID: 653850

Shortly after Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven, several NH RDCs received this quickie patch paint job in which the NH heralds on the ends of the cars were obliterated with a swath of PC gr... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: Budd RDC-1
Location: Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Waterbury shuttle
Photo Date: July, 1969


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Apr 04, 2018

Views: 4,014
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Photo ID: 650617

A NY&LB train is southbound thru North Elizabeth with PC4876 on the point. The station shelter and milepost are relics from the Pennsylvania RR era. Date is approximate.

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: North Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4876
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 01, 1976


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By: Paul F. De Luca

Added: Mar 06, 2018

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Photo ID: 648292

The late afternoon sun is making the engineer squint as a set of former New Haven "Washboard" MUs makes the station stop at Old Greenwich, CT, while running as a Penn Central Stamford-Gr... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: electric MU
Location: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Stamford-GCT local
Photo Date: August, 1969


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Feb 14, 2018

Views: 1,958
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Photo ID: 645666

Amtrak is just a few days away as Penn Central train 427 between Boston and Albany, with an utterly minimal consist of an ex-NYC E8 and a single snack bar coach, accelerates west after clearing th... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4036
Train ID: #427
Photo Date: April, 1971


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jan 23, 2018

Views: 3,214
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Photo ID: 643386

A Boston-Providence commuter train operated by Conrail for the MBTA accelerates away from the stop at Canton Junction, MA. Conrail took over from Penn Central six months earlier and equipment owne... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Canton, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4265
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: October, 1976


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jan 04, 2018

Views: 2,841
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Photo ID: 643385

An ex-PRR E8 with a Penn Central Washington-Boston train pauses at Providence, RI, a year before Amtrak. The first car behind the engine is an ex-NH parlor/lounge. The distinctive Art Deco office ... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4260
Train ID: Northeast Corridor
Photo Date: March, 1970


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jan 04, 2018

Views: 3,375
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