Heavy Northern New Jersey Rail Action (May 1980)

[@karlfey]

This is remarkable footage, especially from that time. Some of the best film of the final years of the GG1s I've seen.

[@PeterMigliorini-x4o]

A truly classical railfan offering of scenes & locations I fondly remember. Thank you for sharing!

[@tact86]

Great video, wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing!

[@Ryan-on5on]

At 28:50, seeing the rackety, 1920s-vintage EMUs of the old Erie Lackawanna in the same frame as PATH's space-age PA1 rolling stock is quite a juxtaposition of rail eras! It's incredible to think Conrail kept those antiques in service for as long as they did. The GE Arrow III units built to replace the "Edison stock" are now nearly as old as those cars were then, and, remarkably, still see regular revenue service on Hoboken runs in 2024!

[@MidnightAspec]

So cool! See the Arrow IIIs looking so new brings back great memories of when my folks and I moved to Edison back in 1980. ....cool part is, I still ride those same A3s on my regular commute today.

[@TheLordAI]

Was it known as NJ TRANSIT back then?

[@MidnightAspec]

@@TheLordAI I recall the equipment being tagged with NJ DOT logos back then.

[@hartmutlorentzen9659]

Another great video, thanks for sharing, from Germany

[@MarkInLA]

P..S. 27:31 Is that not thee Empire State Building back there, across the Hudson !!!? I'm in L.A. since 1978 but grew up in NYC and L.I. in 50s-60s.. Still miss the rhythm of it all...Am 76..Ret. Mus. and dormant HO MRRer.. These (analog) movies are just magnificent priceless captures !!!

[@MichaelBerry-yr9ev]

I love how they show the signals and the knock downs.🚥🚦

[@armandisip2287]

Thanks for the great video. 0:45 Those E8A locos have a classy paint scheme!

[@RailPreserver2K]

Southern railway used them till 1978

[@anthonyhunt701]

Fan-tas-tic❤👍🏻!!! GG-1s galore!

[@MarkInLA]

PPS. The rest of the footage did certainly prove it TO Be thee E.S.Building after all..!! Silly me...Thanks again..

[@hirampriggott1689]

The real New Jersey. I remember those GG-1s

[@kevinb8881]

10-car Lackawanna EMU @26:26!!!🚈😃👍💯

[@BobGlassett]

Do you have any video from the former CNJ in that timeframe?

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

Off the top of my head just this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJS7eWaYeJupjKcsi=QDUXG5SM1irBF2nl&t=1380

[@BobGlassett]

@@RailroadMediaArchive Thanks! I grew up in the Plainfield area - flashback to my youth seeing coaches with windows that open and the branding of the time. How many times did they have to rebrand engines and coaches back then?

[@MarkInLA]

Note little or no spray painted/tagged trains or edifices yet to destroy all the beauty.

[@pablopinacho1259]

Next video more action but 1990s or 2000s

[@BigDaddy-ms7gm]

A little narration would be nice, dates, locations, operations....oh well, opportunity missed.

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

The locations are all timestamped in the description.

[@GlennFresch]

I’m not quite old enough to remember any of this. Thanks for making this snapshot of history available to us.

[@paulz.4608]

That's a great deal of action! Love those GG1's...thanks for showing.

[@Tom-xe9iq]

Fabulous... just fabulous!

[@davidhopson729]

These would be the last running GG1s. I think retired in 1982-83. NJ Transit ran the last ones. Man!!!.....do I miss them!!!

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

October 20th or thereabouts 1983 was the last run for NJT. Amtrak and Conrail retired theres during 1979-81.

[@michaeldennis1728]

Glorious - GG1s, MP54s, E units, Conrail GPs, Jersey Arrows, Budd Metroliners, AEM7s, E60s, just glorious.

[@HenrikSweden1]

yes that sure is a good choice. It was great to be back to these tracks and trains again after all these years. I chased the Gg1s in 1981. Those were the times....Thank you !

[@dirtlevel]

Great video, thanks! Any footage of Matawan station in the old days?

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

@@dirtlevel I have older NY&LB already posted. Just look at my other videos. Look in Wilson Jones's playlist.

[@dirtlevel]

@@RailroadMediaArchive thanks a lot…great channel.

[@johnfisherjr.5911]

Incredible variety! Wow! Love it!

[@TheLordAI]

I know i may catch some heat fir saying this but those GG1s were some ugly locos but ut is really cool to see the NJ Transit from back then looks like these are the passenger cars that preceeded the Comets id imagine them Arrow MUs mustve seemed so futuristic back then