RJR posted:I can still picture that storm. I lived at the northern tip of Hudson County, NJ. All the busses had stopped running (many were stopped, stuck) on Bergenline Avenue, which after sundown was filled with people walking home, presumably from the NYC ferry slips in Weehawken. I am told that the DL&W catenary went down, and steam locos were hauling the MU cars for days, with no heat.
Actually, surprised the people even noticed, those MU cars heating was pretty wonky to start with, your feet burned and the upper part froze *lol*. That catenary system could go down easily, pre the conversion the pantograph on some train would catch it the wrong way and instant cable on the track fouling up traffic...but I miss the green monsters, glad to have a set of the ones Lionel produced
