Conrail's Kaleidoscope Years Volume 3

This is a preview of Conrail's Kaleidoscope Years Volume 3. The full DVD is available from our website: www.johnpmedia.com/dvds/conra...
DVD summary below:
Conrail’s Kaleidoscope Years is a series covering the first few years of operations featuring a wide variety of motive power color schemes inherited from the former Anthracite Roads, as well as leased foreign power. The random colorful lash-ups made for an interesting and exciting time on the former northeast railroads.
Volume three covers Conrail’s traffic in western PA from Altoona to Cresson, in the eastern Ohio area, the traffic between Alliance, Mingo Junction and Weirton, West Virginia and finishes with scenes in Allentown. Photographed between April of 1977 to October 1977.
Footage in this volume comes from photographers David Latshaw and Jonathan Reck.
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and sound; approximately 61 minutes runtime

[@leehuff2330]

You're getting into MY neck of the woods now! The opening video of the Panhandle Bridge before the new US 22 bridge was built was a sight for sore eyes. And I can still remember those big Centuries lugging coal and ore trains from Mingo to Conway. The Cleveland line passes right across the Ohio River from my house. Also, my late uncle worked in the old Canton yard at that time. And I can stil smell those mills even after all these years of them being gone!

[@luvindemtrains]

I said the same thing. I walked across that bridge a few times in my youth.

[@leehuff2330]

@@luvindemtrains I can also remember when the line from Weirton to Newell continued to Chester and served TS&T, Celotex, and Harker. When I was in elementary school, I used to walk up to TS&T and watch the guys switching the clay silos and the warehouse until my dad got done work, then I would ride home with him.

[@luvindemtrains]

nice and I always wondered where that line went to@@leehuff2330

[@ArcadiaJunctionModelTrains]

Fantastic footage and we are so fourtunate to have this archive to have captured it.

[@MyVideos-fm7ug]

Yeah, that’s excellent for 1977 for sure. I saw a Pentrex video one time on Sand Patch that was filmed 1978… yet, the entire time I thought it was early 90s footage, it was that good

[@azrailfan2717]

First scene was absolutely amazing. Conrail painted SDp45s. And seeing a train in the opposite direction with the Jeep/Eagle vehicles on a open auto rack 😎

[@thedesertdwellerfromutah4354]

Outstanding 💯... Any early Conrail action is pure Gold 🪙

[@redthepost]

Nice work fellows. John is a beast.

[@nysw252]

GP40's and 4 axle power were meant for intermodal trains as Conrail did in later years.

[@MMID303]

Who is the guy who narrates? He's great. His voice reminds me of Teddy from Bob's Burgers lol.

[@williammcgeehan3424]

Mike Bednar a Lehigh Valley employee.

[@jimkelton4052]

Great video, but the EL power was by far in the best shape of any of the other roads that became CR. I can personally attest to that.

[@danielhutchinson6604]

CR 6669 looks like an old SDP 45? (at about 2:30 ) I recall the Penn Central using a string of old E-units on freight in Ohio before Conrail became a reality. The distribution of old Passenger Units might seem like the subject of a Video? As Roundhouse foundations get covered up by "Progress", we seem to lose sight of the past?

[@suzcant3320]

Can you add the full dvd on here to?

[@suzcant3320]

My parents would probably not let me get it

[@royboi6714]

Where is this opening scene?

[@hodgsontoaylen]

Steubenville Ohio

[@stephenheath8465]

The Panhandle Bridge

[@raritania7581]

6:57 CSX 8976

[@raritania7581]

7:41 NS 1701