1977: Mid-Day at S. Elizabeth, NJ - Everything Imaginable

[@alanthefisher]

those long Amfleet consists behind the E-60's are wild

[@EDOTrains]

I'm not an expert and I guess someone else could probably weigh in, the little I know would tell me that's a Clocker. That or the much more interesting just a whole long line of brand new cars on their way to delivery!

[@S4b_3r]

Alan are you an E60 loyalist by any chance?

[@Robloxity_News]

Nice to see you here Alan.

[@railworksamerica]

well, E60s were meant for hauling freight so they shouldn’t have any problem hauling a few passenger cars

[@S4b_3r]

@@railworksamerica The E60s had the power to haul heavy freight but had too much power for the lighter weight Amfleet and passenger consists that they would yaw at high speeds and become unstable

[@AndreiTupolev]

GG1s with prewar passenger cars alongside E60s with Amfleet coaches (14 on one train!) and Metroliners. What an amazing time.

[@EDOTrains]

This is sort of time capsule fantasy stuff, certainly for me too, if not for the fact that there it is right on the silver screen! Thank you for checking it out and your commentary, please subscribe if you haven't already!

[@jeffreyhunt1727]

I'm still amazed that the GG1s lasted as long as they did. Thanks for uploading this video!! There's a lot to see here.

[@EDOTrains]

The late Jim Crosby had three or four locations on the corridor like this, where he just set up with his camera and listened for the quiver of the overhead wires, so we will be uploading all of that as well. You may already be a subscriber, but please do if you have not already and thanks again!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Awesome shots! Takes me back to my childhood days going to the tracks to see Penn Central GG1's and Amtrak Metroliners! ✔👍

[@TheRailcarbusguy]

Never thought I’d see you here 😂 lol.

[@EDOTrains]

I grew up along the Water Level Route upstate here and I was energized for a career on the passenger side of the industry just by seeing the speed and brevity of four or five Amtrak trains a day; I can only imagine the kick with the Spurs that is going up along the NEC in this era. Thank you for your feedback and please consider subscribing if you have not already!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

@@EDOTrains I already have! Thanks!

[@TheRailcarbusguy]

@@EDOTrains I can’t wait until you upload the Hancock air whistle FL9’s

[@grossi6330]

My Dad used to take me there as a little kid because I wanted to watch the trains so badly. RIP Dad and thx for all you did. 💔🕯

[@KevinCNYC1991]

Nice to hear an MP54 whistle. Videos with authentic sounds of the MP54s are very rare to come by, even audio recordings are very rare themselves. Thank you for posting this footage and thank you to Jim Crosby for taking this footage when he did.

[@philipnasadowski1060]

Yeah, the MP-54 never got any love, even on Long Island. Granted, I can't think of a more hated train car in North America...

[@EDOTrains]

If folks want to sample that whistle sound, they should!

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you to both of you for your feedback, I can't see if you're subscribed so please do if you haven't already. Many thanks again!

[@chicagolandrailroader]

This is some of the best footage of a GG1 freight I've ever seen. Stellar video!

[@EDOTrains]

Thanks much! Chicago; my kind of town! I've got about 25 minutes of footage shooting from the Taylor Street bridge in 1976, 10 minutes at the lumber Street bridge with GMNO cab units leading commuter trains, and 20 minutes at the diamond at Joliet and everything you might imagine that yielding in 76. Please do subscribe if you haven't already so you don't miss that. I'm going to check out your page now. Thanks!

[@JasonWright-vz9yp]

1977. 10 years old and seeing most of these engines and more at New Haven. I was hooked. Please take me back.

[@EDOTrains]

I know, this is as close to a time machine as you and I are going to get for the time being. Envious that I missed this whole era, but glad I have this kind of footage to share so we can all clear the vignette on fading memories. Appreciate your feedback, please consider subscribing if you are not already!

[@robertdipaola3447]

The GG1 was very versatile, as the only electric locomotive that moved freight trains with as much grace as passenger trains, thanks for all you do!, great!

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you sir! I think you might be a subscriber already, but please do subscribe if you haven't. Plenty more 'G' action to come, both in the late seventies and the last days in 1983.

[@elirosen1391]

Awesome video! So nice to hear the MP54 whistle in its original form!

[@EDOTrains]

Same here, even if it's just that little toot! Wish I had more coverage of this like we did with the Lackawanna MUs, which also had very era-revealing trumpets on it.

[@1940limited]

@@EDOTrains I put a lot of miles behind me on the DL&W MUs under Lackawanna, EL, Conrail and NJ Transit. Managed to wangled a ride in a couple of the private subscription cars, too. The restored one at the Whippany Rail Museum used to run on the Gladstone branch. Nice to see a good number of the former high roof trailing cars in service today on the Reading & Northern behind steam.

[@elirosen1391]

@@EDOTrains How was the audio for this video recorded?

[@Voucher765]

Nice to see the GG1s in their last days of service on PC and NJT

[@EDOTrains]

What's funny is that the G's had about six and a half more years at this point. And we have footage of the last days from late 1983 to post as well. Thanks for checking it out, I'll check out your channel as well, please consider subscribing if you have not already.

[@stevenbongiorno9277]

I grew up in the early seventies, right next to a Penn Central, and New Haven switch yard. It’s now a railroad museum, that I have to pay to get into. When I was a kid, we just crawled under the fence, and spent a bunch of hours playing around in it. This video reminded me of how much I loved that old yard! Thanks for sharing

[@EDOTrains]

If I had to guess I would think you were talking about Danbury, but I may be wrong...

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you for your thoughtful comments Steven and I hope you will consider subscribing if you have not already

[@jimschneider1123]

Brings back so many memories of the trains in Elizabeth as a kid, thanks for the trip back in time!

[@EDOTrains]

Jim, you got it, and thank you for your viewership!

[@NJCommutr]

This is truly everything imaginable, what a fantastic window into the past. The Jersey Builder is my favorite, but everything here is a treat, thank you, I've subscribed.

[@EDOTrains]

It is truly my pleasure to provide this content for folks. If you get a chance, please do subscribe, and check out the over 60 minutes of footage I have of the last 3 days of operation for the Lackawanna MU cars.

[@stevesulligan1080]

Great retro video. Back into time

[@EDOTrains]

Appreciate you watching, please consider subscribing for more terrific retro hits! And please check out what we have up already; lots of great stuff in the New York area from the seventies and eighties and so much more to come!

[@groverfan1389]

Wow! You really did find everything imaginable. There's more variety of equipment here than in a hobby shop! Thanks for sharing.

[@EDOTrains]

It's one of those things, right, where if you modeled it, you would be accused of just wanting to run one of everything as opposed to something from an accurate era and location. But obviously it all happened! Please consider subscribing if you haven't, thanks for feedback and positive comments!

[@groverfan1389]

@@EDOTrains Thanks. I'm already subscribed!

[@Wutzofilms]

Incredible to see, how versatile those good ole GG1s were! Plus nearly every consist passing through was hauled by electrics!

[@EDOTrains]

And even the local; one is led to think that if the smaller electrics were still in service, we'd be all the way everything under the wire as it were. Thanks for your input, please consider subscribing

[@Wutzofilms]

@@EDOTrains Absolutely right! Subscribed :-)

[@johnuhelski8613]

Great vid , I remember this era ! The tower op was busy all shift !!

[@EDOTrains]

I was talking with an Amtrak buddy of mine; I can't imagine there was ever as much a blend of the very old and the brand new as there was and this era on the NEC. Thanks for checking it out, please subscribe if you have not!

[@williamj3843]

I used to commute to Elizabeth and watched the great action from the CNJ Bayonne line that crossed below. There was almost constant action.

[@EDOTrains]

There's always a possibility that we have some Bayonne films; I don't recall film from a over-under location, but maybe! Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you have not already. plenty more to come either way!

[@RichardKroboth]

GG1s, E44s, Metroliners, even a former EL switcher. Great views, all of them.

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you sir! Yeah we have a bunch more videos with a similar amount of variety, but this one is kind of the kingfisher of compilations. Appreciate your feedback, and please consider subscribing if you have not already!

[@MidnightAspec]

nice footage with an amazing assortment of equipment. I travel this stretch regularly on NJT and have been for the better part of 20 years. Never knew there was a set of platforms OR a tower just west of Elizabeth station.

[@EDOTrains]

Right, someone mentioned there is no South Elizabeth station anymore? Thanks for watching and please consider subscribing if you have not!

[@tomv4408]

The title says it all - great video!

[@EDOTrains]

You're the best, thank you much!

[@EDOTrains]

And sorry Tom that applied to two comments with kind of the same thing.

[@divox9pqr]

Great to see two GG1’s hauling freight with a caboose still in tow at the end. No Viewliner coaches yet. Budd company had them in the design phase.

[@EDOTrains]

I think you are referring to Amfleet, no?

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

It's great to see the GG 1ones in action. And look at those boxing tank cars no damn graffiti to be found anywhere. And this was 77

[@EDOTrains]

No graffiti and in an era where all railroad yards were about 400% more accessible than they are today. Thank you very much for your comment, Please subscribe if you have not already!

[@railworksamerica]

Love it!

[@EDOTrains]

Plenty more with this came from, I appreciate your feedback, please subscribe to never miss a beat; thanks again!

[@ThomasEckhardt]

That brings back memories, glad I had the chance to stand trackside many times with my camera…..

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you sir and thank you for your other feedback!

[@wandtvdougwolfe1]

Cool old film!

[@EDOTrains]

Coming from a legit newsman, that is high praise! As the land of Lincoln goes, myself and my Chicago wife miss the city. I've got about 35 minutes of stuff in and around Chicago Union Station and 25 minutes at Joliet station from about 1977; Please consider subscribing if that interests you )and you have not subscribed already), and thank you again for the compliment!

[@fldon2306]

Remember the Penn Central 4-track main growing up in Maryland. Those GE GG1s would be hauling freight and the Metroliners would be doing 100+ mph. And back then, there were still gated crossing grades; insane! Now, the roads, they’re all bridged now. Thanks!

[@EDOTrains]

I was going to correct you on who built the GG1 but you are absolutely correct already! Although the variety on the NEC is now fairly bland (or at the very least, repetitive), I think we all take solace in it being a great victory story for passenger rail in that the train volume remains the same and the speeds and track conditions are greatly improved. I appreciate your viewership, please consider subscribing if you have not!

[@maestromecanico597]

Whoa! Tuesday morning flashback! Thank you.

[@EDOTrains]

I hate that I missed this era in person but to be able to put a video up and relive it that way is a privilege. Thank you for checking it out, please subscribe if you haven't already!

[@maestromecanico597]

@@EDOTrains They were crazy times. All my life up until then I watched the NE railroads sink into the mud. No internet so everything was via the “grapevine.” Then came ConRail and I watched in horror as my beloved EL was picked apart by the vultures. After close to a half-century I now understand what happened, why it happened and how the industry survived as a whole because of it. Even so, there were other, better options that could have been taken but maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part.

[@am74343]

It's really amazing to see electric *FREIGHT* trains!! Nowadays there's only electric *passenger* trains!! I think we should go back to electric freight locos!

[@EDOTrains]

I think if this were all one Railroad company or at the very least longer distance freight and passenger trains operated by the same company, you'd still see that. Thanks for checking it out please consider subscribing if you have not!

[@b3j8]

Imagine you lived in one of those houses across the tracks! I've always been a dedicated fan, but I think that would have been overdoing it just abit!😂😂

[@gonzoengineering4894]

Damn even the Erie showing up, what a time

[@EDOTrains]

Yeah I've been replying to folks coming throughout this that I don't know if you could ever find a better time of transition and mixing of three or four different eras of American railroading. Thank you for your comment, please consider subscribing if you have not already

[@tattoo6331]

What a great video! Thank you.

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you for checking it out! Plenty more still to post so please do subscribe if you have not already

[@DunderMifflinTbaum]

Great video! So cool seeing the old consists and the GG1s! I was at this station last year - it looks very different now!

[@EDOTrains]

Is there still an actual South Elizabeth station? Someone said it doesn't exist anymore; maybe they moved it a little bit? Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already!

[@DunderMifflinTbaum]

@@EDOTrains I actually may be mistaken - cuz I was at Elizabeth. So that's probably just north of South Elizabeth

[@DunderMifflinTbaum]

@@EDOTrains going to subscribe, thanks for reminder!

[@andywomack3414]

I lived in SW Baltimore County and could see the tops of the towers holding the catenary for the Pennsy between Baltimore and Washington. Closest NE Corridor station, Halethorpe. The sound of the trains was not loud, but noticeable, and often the blue-green high-voltage arcs would provide visual markers for the progress of the GG1 electrics that, for a while, was the entirety of the lines electric locomotive fleet. Crossing the tracks was a challenge, especially in curves, as the tilting of the tracks for speed made crossing those tracks on foot like crossing a series of small mountain ridges. Fortunately few places made trespassing much of an option. I believe the posted track speed then was 79 mph, but no penalty for 95-100 to stay on schedule. One of my last NE Corridor trips was on a train, The Piedmont?, to visit an uncle in SC. Arrived at BWI to catch that train, only to watch that train depart six or seven minutes ahead of schedule as we entered the parking lot. "I guess we cut that a little too close," I say to my sister, who was driving. "No worries," she says, "you can take the next train and catch up in Washington." But I already knew that.

[@EDOTrains]

If you are familiar with the RFK Funeral Train that traversed the corridor, you might recall that there was a tragedy with a northbound regular train around folks gathering to wish the late senator goodbye. Thank you for this very colorful and visual recollection. You may have subscribed already but if not, please consider doing so, and thank you!

[@jwilliams8210]

That was dope!

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you so much, was so stunned by the variety when I first discovered what was on this film. Got at least three or four more stand and shoot sessions from the NEC in this same late seventies/1980 era; please consider subscribing if you have not to never miss a beat!

[@jwilliams8210]

@@EDOTrains Being familiar with North Jersey I really appreciated the diversity of the trains you showed and the nostalgia it invoked. Subscription done!

[@joecummings1260]

Love the electric freight. I haven't seen that in a long time

[@EDOTrains]

That was really the neat thing about this. Be it the E's or the G's. Got a lot more stuff like this so please subscribe if you haven't. Plenty more like this, just parking the car and setting up a camera and seeing what the NEC had to offer on any particular weekday 45-50 years ago.

[@Isochest]

Love the double headed GG1s on the mixed goods train. That's how the NEC should be now and the parallel electrified routes abandoned when Amtrak raised it's electricity prices to CSX.

[@EDOTrains]

You are the second person to mention this being the root cause of the lack of freight trains on the NEC. Although by this point, there really aren't slots available anyways and maybe getting those slots was the logic behind jacking up the electricity costs to get the freights off of there. Which I do understand I guess. Thank you for watching, please consider subscribing if you've not already!

[@adamchristman9761]

Great footage!

[@EDOTrains]

Adam, thank you so much! I can't tell if you're subscriber here, but please do if you haven't. Also, I'm soliciting feedback on what other subjects from this era folks would like to see films of. We don't have everything of course, but I think there's a one and three chance if you make a few suggestions, it might be something we have. Thanks again!

[@jamesinman1198]

Cool video! Amtrak part was awesome! And I like the freight train part. I remember seeing long freight trains running on the north east corridor.

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you much! Where does all that traffic go now? Please subscribe if you haven't already, thank you for your feedback!

[@tomy.1846]

Awesome stuff!

[@lawrencenienart6287]

I used to stop in and talk to an operator at Elmora tower. They were very friendly and professional. Every train could be a surprise then.

[@EDOTrains]

There's lots of nostalgia about the post-war era of railroading, and rightly so, but there was never an era of variety of paint schemes, models, ghosts of previous decades and hints of things to come as there was in the 1970s. I can't see right here if you're subscribed, so if you are, thank you; if not, please consider doing so and thank you for this awesome history tidbit!

[@davidluciano7495]

The GG1's did it All. This is North New Jersey, But reminds Me of The Old Reading Terminal traffic in the 70's when I was a Kid in Philly. Railroading family members will do that.❤💯🚉🚈

[@EDOTrains]

David, thank you for your feedback and glad to spur the Misty memories. Even if we can't go back physically, glad to be able to bring folks back mentally and spiritually. Please consider subscribing if you have not already, and thanks again for your story!

[@chuckabbate5924]

Pushing that tin. Unreal

[@EDOTrains]

Pretty unbelievable little microcosm era wasn't it! Thanks for checking it out, please consider subscribing if you have not yet

[@chrisclements1169]

Cool freaking vid.

[@EDOTrains]

It's my pleasure to host these and provide them for folks. Please consider subscribing if you have not. Apologies if this is a duplicate comment.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

This is like the closest thing to a time machine for me

[@EDOTrains]

Was the same thing for me. To have these with sound; just incredible! Thanks for checking it out, please subscribe if you have not yet!

[@HenrikSweden1]

great video ! subscribed. Thanks !

[@EDOTrains]

It is much appreciated! Drop me a line here if there is a particular subject matter from this era that you want to see films of and I will see what we have. Thanks!

[@jeffdalrymple1634]

All those houses are long gone.

[@EDOTrains]

What is it now condos?

[@jeffdalrymple1634]

@EDOTrains "Khrushchevka" style housing.

[@Blake4625kHz]

This kicked major ass for the Lord.

[@EDOTrains]

He is all-powerful and with any luck a subscriber. Thanks for stopping by!

[@artiek1177]

Looks like someone broke out the old Super 8 reels. Nice seeing all of the GG1s.

[@EDOTrains]

Yes sir! Just the tip of the iceberg. Are you subscribed with us? Let me know if there's an area of interest that you have and I can see what's in the way back vault here. Thanks!

[@skimastersam]

GG1s with amfleets!!

[@EDOTrains]

Here's hoping this provides a lot of credibility coverage for model railroaders putting a consist like that together, heh. Plenty more to come of this subject matter, I think you might be a subscriber but please consider becoming one if you are not!

[@Rebelnightwolfe]

EMU's need a strong come back but Big Freight is playin'.

[@Imintune...]

GG1s were built to last over 50yrs. Never be another one like it again

[@EDOTrains]

Cheap Chinese steel versus All American, you decide, right? Thanks for watching, please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Have the amfleets always had automatic opening doors? Or were they manual doors back around this time

[@EDOTrains]

So I got feedback from a few of my former colleagues at Amtrak: "AMFLEET I cars have always had trainlieable doors. Amfleet II were always manual.. sorry, my original AM I maintenence manuals are at the storage facility The door controls were in the com cable circuits, not the MU which were added later." Though always automatic, they did of course have a manual option for opening the doors which would have been used in more rural locations; think perhaps once Amfleet started being used in corridor and long-distance service. Thank you for your question, I can't see if you're subscribed so please subscribe if you haven't already!

[@elirosen1391]

How was the audio for these videos recorded?

[@EDOTrains]

I'm not a technician enough to answer this question except to say that there is a very obvious sound strip on these films that allows even a novice such as myself to differentiate between silent and sound films. I have to see if I can find a picture of Mr Crosby with his camera to check out if the mic was attached or you stood separate with it or how that worked. Thanks for watching, please consider subscribing if you haven't already

[@bayareakid4775]

Wow! I love all those classic "GG1" Locomotives back in da day joints. Those powerful engines used to haul me and my family to North Philly from Penn Station in N.Y. to visit relatives there. Also, bring back the cabooses! We need something that really shows the end of a freight train, not some stupid red lantern or red light flashing at the end of the last box car or something! Co'mon. Lol.

[@EDOTrains]

You are in luck sir as we have quite a bit more footage still to post from all over the corridor. GG1 FTW!

[@EDOTrains]

I forgot to add that yes, it includes a ton more freight footage, all with a happy little hack bringing up the markers. Please consider subscribing and you won't miss a moment of it; again, appreciate your feedback and stirring some good memories for you!

[@MachenLand]

should do a "then and now", at this location..

[@EDOTrains]

I thought I had already posted a comment reply to this, but maybe I didn't; do you see one? Thanks!

[@1940limited]

That certainly was a little bit of everything and very interesting. I noticed the GG1s with "CR" hastily painted on the nose. One EL switcher still wearing its colors one year after Conrail. I bet if you stood in the same place today the show would not be nearly as interesting.

[@EDOTrains]

I think if you stood there today you'd probably get the same amount of passenger trains, but zero freight trains. Was a true super-railroad at this point!

[@thebops4180]

My times have changed :)

[@EDOTrains]

Indeed! I think of every single piece of equipment that's there, the only stuff that still exists are the Amfleet cars and the CNJ GP40, which exists in a highly rebuilt state for New Jersey Transit. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you have not!

[@newyorkrailfanner8058]

They had a little bit of everything

[@EDOTrains]

Yes sir, and plenty more '70s and '80s Tri-State footage to come. Please consider subscribing so you don't miss a beat, and thank you for checking this out!

[@NEhemiah131]

WOW! What an incredible video of GG1s and Amtrak equipment! What are the locomotives pulling the freight trains at 3:00 minutes in the video? Thanks for uploading this!

[@EDOTrains]

Hi there! Depends on what the numbers are as far as whether they are E-44 locomotives, bought new by and delivered to the PRR by GE, or EL-C/E-33 locomotives, inherited by Penn Central and then Conrail from previous owner new haven, who bought them from the Virginian Railway when that coal carrier went out. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginian_EL-C en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_E44

[@sideshowbob]

I am surprised the freight is following the passenger towards the end so closely. Seems there'd be far more separation for signaling blocks / safety. Even back then?

[@johnplampin7274]

Freight train is on a different track I think.

[@sideshowbob]

@@johnplampin7274 Yeah Duh!!! I originally watched this on my phone, could not see that detail. It's pretty obvious on my home PC w/27" screen at 1st when the passenger train is actually next to the freight. Thanx for the correction!

[@EDOTrains]

I'd have to go back and rewatch cuz I thought the same thing at first, but I do think they are on parallel tracks, not the same track. Thank you for your feedback, please consider subscribing if you have not!

[@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars]

Railfanning 45 years ago

[@EDOTrains]

I suppose I'm not young anymore because in my mind the early 80s is 20 years ago still, and this footage is an ancient 27 years ago heh. Thank you for checking it out and your positive feedback, you might be a subscriber already, but please do if you haven't!

[@chrisbrady-t1u]

GG-1 look like monster at night

[@EDOTrains]

An electric Cyclops maybe

[@blakemcnamara9105]

A lot more freight traine than today.

[@EDOTrains]

Yeah I thought it was pretty wild that like 40% of the trains are freight, compared to what now; 5% of the total traffic on the corridor? Thanks for dropping by, please consider subscribing scribing if you haven't already!

[@swampthing1173]

Before the Conrail Amtrak pissing contest over Amtrak's electricity prices. Imagine two govt companies fighting about prices. Conrail went exclusively diesel for freights and largely rerouted off the NEC.

[@EDOTrains]

I had no clue it was something like this that spelled the end of E's and G's in freight Service! I always figured it was just something efficiency related since theoretically run through trains could be coming from almost anywhere... Thank you for this! And thank you for watching

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

3:32 was CNJ low on equipment?

[@EDOTrains]

I'm sure there are folks that better CNJ expertise than my own, but I would surmise that when a plethora of Great Northern Empire Builder equipment (hence the "Jersey Builder" nickname these trains received) became available with the coming of Amtrak, getting 1940s and '50s intercity equipment at scrap rates to replace already 50-year-old PRR commuter coaches (P70? Etc.) was an offer too good to refuse. I can't see if you are subscribed; please consider doing so if you haven't already. Hopefully somebody with additional knowledge will comment and further fill in the blank for you.

[@HouseRepublican]

Wow electric freight trains

[@EDOTrains]

Once upon a time, eh? Thanks for checking it out

[@chris51lee]

Unbelievable

[@EDOTrains]

I hate missing this era, but love that these little time capsule snippets still exist for us to enjoy. Please subscribe if you haven't already, and I share your sentiment!

[@David-p7z9n]

In ‘77 I was 15 and I never saw graffiti on trains.

[@EDOTrains]

You're not the first to mention this!

[@michaelpigott7271]

No it would not only passenger trains and maybe one or two locals. Also no platform to stand on as that station no longer exists. Great video though.

[@EDOTrains]

Thank you for this history update! Yeah so no station at all there anymore huh? Did they open up one adjacent or just pull up stakes generally?

[@way75mit9]

i grew up in North Philadelphia in the late 1960s , Pre Amtrak , Penn Central era, watching trains run through the North Philly station on their way to who knows where, I used to love to see the big GG-1s at speed and the E-44 s pulling long freight consist, and the commuter trains going to and from Downtown Center City, Train watching as a little kid from the ghetto was always an adventure but fun !!!!

[@EDOTrains]

I am a city creature and very much know, what you know, and that most Rail fans don't know; that city is the best opportunities to view a variety of trains and that people will generally leave you alone while you experience it. Thank you for watching, hope this was a good stroll down memory lane, please consider subscribing if you haven't already!

[@buddmetroliner200gaming3]

2:38 MP54 toot

[@EDOTrains]

You are not the first person to point this out as being one of the least captured sounds in Northeast railroading history; if Rapido or somebody does these I hope they sample this!

[@buddmetroliner200gaming3]

​@@EDOTrains is there any traction motor recordings from the MP54s

[@MJBYouTubeNetwork]

Those Amfleets... Ha. Those bad boys are still going strong today!

[@EDOTrains]

So them and the CNJ GP40 passenger engines still haunt the Northeast (for NJ Transit, though rebuilt quite a bit).

[@thomasabramson100]

Even a NW 2 switch engine at 5:39

[@EDOTrains]

Pretty wild, yeah? I looked it up; it's of Erie extraction, and was there number 424 as well: www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=89951 Thanks for stopping by and please subscribe if you haven't already.

[@nicholasryan3836]

fantastic footage!

[@EDOTrains]

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