During late 1976 and all of 1977, you didn't need the internet to know that there were three E7s still in service on Conrail's North Jersey Coast Line (former New York & Long Branch) between South... (more)
By the summer of 1978 NJDOT's inherited fleet of ex Penn Central E8s an E7s were really worn out and unreliable. Seeing a freight engine on a Conrail passenger train was never a surprise, although... (more)
Having just cut away from a cut of loaded auto carriers, a Wilsmere Yard switcher reverses to clear the next switch (assuming the short hood is the rear - probably shouldn't assume that though).
I shot this at Wilsmere Yard near Wilmington DE on July 8, 1978. A Baltimore & Ohio SW1, circa 1940, and a former Chesapeake & Ohio NW2, about nine years newer, sit next to a boxcar with a roof ha... (more)
July 28, 1978 - South Amboy, NJ - Having turned a rail with its train, Raritan River SW900 #6 has disconnected from its train and pulled forward to wait for additional help to arrive. We had been ... (more)