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NJT 4876 speeds through Rahway with a Bay Head train. This was the engine that gained notoriety when it crashed into Washington Union Station with a r{naway Federal in 1953. It was cut in half and removed from the basement of the station to run again, which it did til 1983. Note the Pennsy car behind the GG 1. There were two rubscription parlors on the North Jersey Coast Line, one that ran from Newark as part of the Jersey Central side of the operation. The other was a Pennsy car that ran on a New Ysrk train. Both cars ran an inbound trip in the morning, and an outbound trip in the afternoon, serving refreshments appropriate for the time of day.
Date: 7/26/1983 Location: Rahway, NJ Views: 504 Collection Of:   Tom Beckett
Locomotives: NJT 4876(GG1)    Author:  Som Beckett
Picture Categories: Station,Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  GG-1
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Fred Stuckmann General Great shot. 9/24/2012 3:05:42 PM
Dave Korhammer General Great shot; amazing history, too. Every time I've reread the story of the Federal's 1953 wreck, I'm amazed that a G-motor was so well regarded that it was rebuilt and kept running! :) 6/21/2014 2:15:01 PM
Matthew Zisi General Nice catch! 12/14/2020 9:15:06 PM
Matthew Zisi General Also, haven't seen it, but I've heard that the finale of the movie Silver Streak was based off that wreck! 6/26/2021 9:40:49 PM

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