Midweek Photos 9/28/2016

I've seen 414 at Steamtown before. Is it in original LV paint? I think the last diesel that was in original paint was #112 at Black River. Luckily they're repainting 112 into a different LV paint scheme. Then there's 211 in New York. I think those three are the main LV engines restored and in LV paint work. Maybe..

Living the dream in Boonton

Raritan River Railroad Fan, this one's for you. I dug into the yellow Kodak boxes and came up with this shot from April 1980 of a pair of units shoving a loaded ore train for National Lead westbound up Bergen Hill out of South Amboy:

Bob

The early morning sun on the CNJ terminal in Jersey City.

Bob, great picture. I love it! 

The newest AAA world had one of those paper covers over the regular cover so I didn't notice this until now but look who made the SEP/OCT cover:

CNJ 3676 posted:

Raritan River Railroad Fan, this one's for you. I dug into the yellow Kodak boxes and came up with this shot from April 1980 of a pair of units shoving a loaded ore train for National Lead westbound up Bergen Hill out of South Amboy:

Bob

Never have seen that before. Wait a second April 1980? What date was this? This was just before the Conrail takeover. Great shot. If I'm correct the National Lead property is being redeveloped into a MASSIVE Bass Pro Shops Sporting Goods. Thanks for sharing some great memories that I wish I was able to experience.

 

Never have seen that before. Wait a second April 1980? What date was this? This was just before the Conrail takeover. Great shot. If I'm correct the National Lead property is being redeveloped into a MASSIVE Bass Pro Shops Sporting Goods. Thanks for sharing some great memories that I wish I was able to experience.

The date was April 7, 1980 to be exact. You are correct about it being the "eve" of the railroad's absorption by Conrail. At the time, I was doing my picture taking almost exclusively along the Raritan River. Here's another one taken a few months earlier:

This was taken on the East Brunswick Branch after he had finished his work at Continental Baking. My friend and I were regular visitors to the railroad so the crews knew us. For this picture, the Engineer stopped the train for us until we were done getting our shots.

Bob

CNJ 3676 posted:

 

Never have seen that before. Wait a second April 1980? What date was this? This was just before the Conrail takeover. Great shot. If I'm correct the National Lead property is being redeveloped into a MASSIVE Bass Pro Shops Sporting Goods. Thanks for sharing some great memories that I wish I was able to experience.

The date was April 7, 1980 to be exact. You are correct about it being the "eve" of the railroad's absorption by Conrail. At the time, I was doing my picture taking almost exclusively along the Raritan River. Here's another one taken a few months earlier:

This was taken on the East Brunswick Branch after he had finished his work at Continental Baking. My friend and I were regular visitors to the railroad so the crews knew us. For this picture, the Engineer stopped the train for us until we were done getting our shots.

Bob

So most crews knew you? Then did you know Ken Stockton?  He was a RRRR engineer for around 9 years I think. I see him at train shows and such around the NJ area. According to him he used #4 a lot and even has a tattoo of the engine on his arm. For all I know he could've been the engineer in the cab in that photo.

645 posted:

RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

I've seen 414 at Steamtown before. Is it in original LV paint? I think the last diesel that was in original paint was #112 at Black River. Luckily they're repainting 112 into a different LV paint scheme. Then there's 211 in New York. I think those three are the main LV engines restored and in LV paint work. Maybe..

LV #414's current paint scheme is based on the factory job but is a repaint (not factory original paint) done when it was owned by the Southern Railway of New Jersey.

 

No original factory paint job from EMD, Alco, Baldwin or whoever would survive 40+ years intact.

Rusty

On Sunday, Sept. 25, I had another close encounter with the Winchester & Western RR, this time at Sterling Road crossing, north of Williamsport,MD.
Like my encounter the previous Sunday, GP-9 459 led the train, followed by 2 GP-38-2s and a long cut of cars.
The NS Vardo yard in Hagerstown is about 3 miles ahead, and this train will be swapped with outgoing traffic for W&W customers in West Virginia and Virginia.
Later, I went up to Hykes Rd. in State Line,PA. to get NS 36Q with a SD-70, a nice change from all the GEs.
This train had 3 Reading & Northern hoppers in it.

All images by Warren W. Jenkins

If Ed Mullan or Kent from SD are looking, this was my first trip out with the refurbished Nikon D-7000 camera body
I recently acquired. On this trip, I was using a Nikkor 50mm AF lens from my Nikon film camera.

Night Moves - shoving them over the hump - Bellevue, Ohio

Borden Tunnel posted:

On Sunday, Sept. 25, I had another close encounter with the Winchester & Western RR, this time at Sterling Road crossing, north of Williamsport,MD

In all my years of rail-fanning, have not seen the W&W in action; plenty of static shots.  Thanks for your contribution. 

I just returned from 4 weeks in Los Angles, CA.  I went to see a life long friend and work in as much train riding as I could. Traveled from WV via Amtrak Cardinal and then Southwest Chief.  We took a day trip to dowtown LA to take photos at leisure.  LA Union station......maybe my all time favorite......rode many trains in and out of here since 1960!!!

We took one day to visit Knott's Berry Farm.....another favorite from my youth. Add to it some cool trains too. The day we went was a low attendance day.....we planned that. Rode the restored mine train 3-4 times. The RGS Goose was running as the steam loco to costly on these low days. 

As a bonus because we were the only riders we got the fifty cent tour. Engineer showed us the new 4 cyl  industrial diesel prime mover. Lots of work was done to make the Goose look period correct....but be reliable and as 'green' as possible. She uses about 10 gallons over a week of service!!

LOTS more train rides and photos......next time!!  thx!

Great shots, everyone!

Farmer_Bill posted:

Borden Tunnel posted:

On Sunday, Sept. 25, I had another close encounter with the Winchester & Western RR, this time at Sterling Road crossing, north of Williamsport,MD

In all my years of rail-fanning, have not seen the W&W in action; plenty of static shots.  Thanks for your contribution. 

The Sunday morning train from Inwood,WV., to Hagerstown has been fairly predictable, after crossing the Potomac River below Williamsport,MD., the W&W calls NS Vardo yard for permission to enter. (161.070)
Usually this occurs around 10a.m., my 2 recent encounters have been about 10:30a.m.
With the long tangents on this line, its easy to see a train coming, at max speed of 15mph you can get between crossings in Williamsport and Halfway way ahead of the train.
Switching out cars in Vardo takes anywhere from 30 min. to 2 hours, and then the train goes back south.

Posting past midweek, but here are some views of my northbound trip on Amtrak Silver Meteor, Orlando to Baltimore, leaving Orlando last Saturday, September 24.

Arriving Orlando on time.

With a 1:35 PM departure, I headed right for the dining car and a delicious lunch.

From the table, I caught a glimpse of Auto-Train as we passed Sanford.

The "Florida Forest" outside the roomette window near DeLand.

Jacksonville was a service stop, for refueling as well as a chance to walk the platform.

The diner interior. Car was originally a Southern Pacific car built in 1950.

River scene in GA, Railfan viewing platform in Jesup, GA.

Dramatic sunset in South Carolina.

Next morning in Washington, DC, I tried to get a shot of a roomette interior.

How fast did we go? Between Washington and Baltimore, pretty darn fast!

In Baltimore, I was the only sleeping car passenger detraining. As usual, I left eagerly looking forward to my next trip.

Spent a good amount of time in a Viewliner roomette......looks like home!

I just returned (post above) from 6000 trip....yours sounds much like mine!!! I need to do a N/S trip someday.

Not a great shot. Train was backing up after going through crossing in Sebring, FL.