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| Title: |
Conrail E unit |
| Description: |
A North Jersey Coast train-still NY & Long Branch to most of us in those days-has turned on the loop at Bay Head Jct and approaches the station to take on passengers for New York. The train will swap its E8s for a GG 1 at South Amboy. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 12:56:50 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Head, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4256(E8A) DOTX 210(E8A) |
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1328 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The only way to ride |
| Description: |
If you cant ride in the engine. Up until NJ Transit reequipped its trains, starting in the mid 1980s, there was a lot of hand me down equipment in service that had been owned by the predecessor roads, much of it cars that were rendered excess as train offs mounted in the 1960s, and finally when Amtrak started in 1971. Almost all of the cars had dutch doors, which were a wonderful place to ride on a nice day. The practice was long standing, and train crews generally didnt chase you. Im riding the NY & Long Branch down on the shore as we approach Elberon, the train sweeping around a long curve behind a pair of E 8s. I always liked the signals on the Bay Head line, one of which is at left. They reminded me of the ACL. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 12/12/2016 5:04:28 AM |
| Location: |
Elberon, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4256(E8A) DOTX 210(E8A) |
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608 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
USDOT E8 |
| Description: |
US DOT E8 210, lettered "Transportation Safety Institute" is the trailing unit on todays mid day Bay Head run from New York. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:50:59 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Head, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DOTX 210(E8A) CR 4256(E8A) |
| Views: |
1259 Comments: 1 |
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