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Viewing Album:  Conrail and Conrail predecessors in the Northeast
 
By:Mike Woodruff
Dates:1/1/1971 - 6/1/1980
Album Info:PC, CNJ, RDG, LV and EL action and roster views, including Conrail stencils
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CNJ 1526
Title:  CNJ 1526
Description:  A pair of boiler Geeps with a westbound commuter train. CNJ 1526 was later renumbered to CNJ 1528:2, later became CR 5907, NJTR 5907. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2020 4:18:45 PM
Location:  Bound Brook, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 1526(GP7) BO 6601(GP9)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
CNJ 3680
Title:  CNJ 3680
Description:  Commuter train headed for the Jersey Shore overtakes an E-44 powered freight departing from Waverly Yard. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2020 3:56:49 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 3680(GP40P)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
CNJ 551
Title:  CNJ 551
Description:  A pair of CNJ Budd cars running as the Cranford-Bayonne shuttle approach their station stop at Elizabeth. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/8/2021 4:23:09 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 551(RDC1)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
PC 3217
Title:  PC 3217
Description:  A matched set of GP40s with eastbound tonnage on the NEC. PC 3217 was later Conrail 3217, OHCR 3217, Buckingham Branch 6. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/8/2021 4:16:57 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 3217(GP40)
Views:  201   Comments: 1
PC 4411
Title:  PC 4411
Description:  A pair of E44s with a seemingly endless freight train that appears to stretch all the way back to Waverly Yard.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/8/2021 4:16:12 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4411(E44)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
PC 4860
Title:  PC 4860
Description:  A GG1 with a lengthy consist, likely SCL's Silver Star, glides through Elizabeth. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2020 5:03:15 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4860(GG1)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
PC 4901
Title:  PC 4901
Description:  GG1 with what is likely a Philly Clocker. The first car appears to be a parlor car. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/8/2021 4:18:24 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4901(GG1)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
PC 4912
Title:  PC 4912
Description:  A GG1 cruises through Elizabeth with a Penn Station-bound passenger train, and we get a good look at the former Pennsy depot which was torn down and replaced just a year or two later. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/8/2021 4:19:11 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4912(GG1)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
PC 4915
Title:  PC 4915
Description:  A GG1 handles an abbreviated outbound off-peak consist. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/9/2021 10:06:45 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4915(GG1)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
PC 4938
Title:  PC 4938
Description:  A Penn Station bound train passes commuters waiting on the platform. Will they get new Jersey Arrows or old MP54 "dim cars?" Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/8/2021 4:23:58 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4938(GG1)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
PC 5364
Title:  PC 5364
Description:  A short local freight works south through Elizabeth. PC 5364 is ex-PC 5547, nee-PRR 8847, was later rebuilt to Conrail RS3m 9982. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2020 6:06:06 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 5364(RS3)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
PC 6080
Title:  PC 6080
Description:  A pair of PC SD40s with tonnage headed for Waverly Yard. PC 6080 was originally PRR 6080, later became Conrail 6333, Conrail 6987, NS (PRR) 3441. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2020 5:26:40 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6080(SD40)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
PC 6868
Title:  PC 6868
Description:  PC 6868 passes through Elizabeth with a Morrisville turn. Originally PRR 8668, she was rebuilt into slug CR 1106, later CSXT 1008. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2020 5:38:52 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6868(RSD12)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
PC 865
Title:  PC 865
Description:  Southbound Metroliner slows for the S-curve at Elizabeth. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/8/2021 4:17:35 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 865(Metroliner)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
PRR 664
Title:  PRR 664
Description:  A pair of MP54 "dim cars" handles an off-peak commuter schedule. This was our usual mode of transport to Elizabeth from Penn Station. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/9/2021 10:07:27 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 664(Electric M.U.)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
RDG 5212
Title:  RDG 5212
Description:  Old Ironsides II leads Catawissa II as Reading's pair of C430s brings westbound tonnage under the Pennsy and past the CNJ depot at Elizabeth. RDG 5212 was later Conrail 2049. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/16/2020 3:42:13 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 5212(C430)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
PC 4902
Title:  PC 4902
Description:  A pair of GG1s head up this eastbound passenger train on the NEC. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  5/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/14/2020 5:36:06 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4902(GG1)
Views:  339   Comments: 1
CNJ 1525
Title:  CNJ 1525
Description:  Shot from the front window of a CNJ Budd car crossing the Newark Bay bridge.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/9/2021 10:03:27 PM
Location:  Bayonne, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 1525(GP7)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
CNJ 1530
Title:  CNJ 1530
Description:  CNJ 1530 with a westbound push-pull consist at Bound Brook. She was later NJTR 5910. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/14/2021 5:31:13 PM
Location:  Bound Brook, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 1530(GP7)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
CNJ 1543
Title:  CNJ 1543
Description:  Jersey Central Alco runs engine light at E'port.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/9/2021 10:02:59 PM
Location:  Elizabethport, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 1543(RS3)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
CNJ 1615
Title:  CNJ 1615
Description:  CNJ had 14 RSD4s, but just a single RSD5, the 1615, shown here at Cranford in the SIRT interchange yard. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/20/2021 7:19:12 PM
Location:  Cranford, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 1615(RSD5)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
CNJ 3682
Title:  CNJ 3682
Description:  CNJ 3682 approaches her station stop at Bound Brook. She was later CR 4111, NJTR 4104. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/14/2021 5:29:57 PM
Location:  Bound Brook, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 3682(GP40P)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
CNJ 3683
Title:  CNJ 3683
Description:  CNJ 3683 makes her station stop at Bound Brook with a westbound rush-hour consist. She was later CR 4112, NJTR 4108. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/14/2021 5:35:00 PM
Location:  Bound Brook, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 3683(GP40P)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
CNJ 556
Title:  CNJ 556
Description:  Running as a Raritan local, a pair of CNJ RDCs gets underway at Bound Brook. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/14/2020 5:55:18 PM
Location:  Bound Brook, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 556(RDC1)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
CNJ 559
Title:  CNJ 559
Description:  CNJ Budd cars running as the Bayonne-Cranford shuttle, make a station stop at E'port. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/9/2021 10:03:49 PM
Location:  Elizabethport, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNJ 559(RDC1)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Former New Haven "Washboard" MUs
Title:  Former New Haven "Washboard" MUs
Description:  A train of ex-NH "Washboards" eastbound on the Shore Line between Port Chester NY and Greenwich CT.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/3/2021 8:03:48 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  154   Comments: 0
PC 108
Title:  PC 108
Description:  Our other usual conveyance to Elizabeth from Penn Station was a pair of Jersey Arrows. I remember being amazed at how these accelerated compared to the old MP54s.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/10/2021 5:18:47 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 108(Electric M.U.)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
PC 2684
Title:  PC 2684
Description:  A pair of U25Bs handles a ballast train. PC 2684 was originally New Haven 2524. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 7:40:50 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 2684(U25B)
Views:  154   Comments: 1
PC 3134
Title:  PC 3134
Description:  A freight off the N.Y. Connecting RR heads up the Shore Line. This location is actually closer to the Port Chester station than Greenwich, but it's over the border in CT. PC 3134 was later CR 3134, KCS 763, rebuilt to NJT GP40PH-2 4150. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/4/2021 12:49:16 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 3134(GP40)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
PC 4430
Title:  PC 4430
Description:  E44 powered freights meet on the S-curve at Elizabeth. Date of photo approiximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/9/2021 10:05:00 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4430(E44)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
PC 4608
Title:  PC 4608
Description:  A pair of "bricks" with a northbound hopper train. PC 4608 was ex-NH 308, exx-N&W 237, nee-VGN 137. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/10/2021 5:19:19 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4608(E33)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
PC 4869
Title:  PC 4869
Description:  This four-car Shore Line local appears to be a bit overpowered. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/4/2021 12:46:10 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4869(GG1)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
PC 4891
Title:  PC 4891
Description:  Still wearing her PRR pinstripe, PC GG1 4891 isn't even working up a sweat with this five-car local. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/4/2021 12:48:33 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4891(GG1)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
PC 4895
Title:  PC 4895
Description:  A GG1 with a Boston-NY train under the characteristic New Haven triangular catenary near Greenwich.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 12:00:12 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4895(GG1)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
PC 4915
Title:  PC 4915
Description:  Penn Central GG1 4915 appears to be laying down some sand as she accelerates up the Shore Line.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/4/2021 12:44:10 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4915(GG1)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
PC 4917
Title:  PC 4917
Description:  PC GG1 4917 sprints up the Shore Line on the only one of the four tracks to boast welded rail in 1970. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 7:05:27 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4917(GG1)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
PC 4917
Title:  PC 4917
Description:  GG1 4917 with a shore train consist of P70s sweeps through Elizabeth as a Jersey Arrow discharges passengers. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/10/2021 5:20:05 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4917(GG1) PC 100(Electric M.U.)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
PC 4919
Title:  PC 4919
Description:  Penn Central GG1 4919 has an REA express reefer and a Southern baggage car in her consist.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/4/2021 12:44:53 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4919(GG1)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
PC 4933
Title:  PC 4933
Description:  PC GG1 4933 with a string of P70s in tow makes a station stop at Elizabeth. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/9/2021 10:02:14 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4933(GG1)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
PC 4971
Title:  PC 4971
Description:  A former New Haven EP-5 "Jet" still wearing tattered McGinnis paint handles a short westbound train near Greenwich.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/3/2021 8:04:21 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4971(E40)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
PC 4973
Title:  PC 4973
Description:  PC 4973 is former NH "Jet" 373. Here she appears to have a string of former Lackawanna smooth side coaches in her train. These once ran on the "Phoebe Snow" but were sold to the MTA for commuter service after Phoebe's discontinuance. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 11:55:49 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4973(E40)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
PC 4974
Title:  PC 4974
Description:  Here is PC 4974, former NH "Jet" 374, running with both pans up. The fireman seems intent on observing the operation of the front pan. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 11:56:44 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4974(E40)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
PC 4975
Title:  PC 4975
Description:  The engineer gives us a wave, as PC "E40" 4975, formerly New Haven EP-5 "Jet" 375, accelerates a rush hour train between Port Chester and Greenwich.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 11:58:44 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4975(E40)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
PC 4975
Title:  PC 4975
Description:  PC 4975 leans into the superelevation near Greenwich. The carbodies of these locomotives were actually lower than the passenger cars they pulled, so that the electrical gear on top would fit through the tunnel leading to GCT.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 11:59:21 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4975(E40)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
PC 5000
Title:  PC 5000
Description:  An inbound off-peak commuter train on the Shore Line. PC 5000 was originally NH 2000, the first FL9. She was later Conrail 5000:1, MNCR 2025, rebuilt to FL9AC LIRR 301. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/19/2020 2:32:28 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 5000(FL9)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
PC 5001
Title:  PC 5001
Description:  Four former New Haven FL9s team up on a heavy rush hour commuter train, shown just after departing Port Chester, NY. Perhaps an engine failure or a power balancing move is the explanation, as two FL9s were usually sufficient for even the longer commuter trains. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/4/2021 12:47:07 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 5001(FL9)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
PC 5001
Title:  PC 5001
Description:  These two FL9s still wear full New Haven paint and lettering. Only the PC numbers tell us that the New Haven is now gone. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 7:41:34 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 5001(FL9)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
PC 5001
Title:  PC 5001
Description:  Looking for trouble, a pair of FL9s handles the wire train.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 11:58:09 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 5001(FL9)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
PC 5015
Title:  PC 5015
Description:  Only a handful of the FL9s ever received a full black paint job with "Penn Central" spelled out on the side.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/4/2021 12:47:45 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 5015(FL9)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
PC 5033
Title:  PC 5033
Description:  PC 5033 handles an outbound commuter train on the Shore Line. She was originally NH 2033, and later became Metro-North 2008.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/3/2021 8:04:54 PM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 5033(FL9)
Views:  141   Comments: 0

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