Penn Central and Early Conrail East of Columbus

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Penn Central, Conrail (plus some Amtrak and B&O) on the joint PC-to-Conrail-B&O C&N Division (Columbus & Newark) mostly around Outville and Newark. The spring switch seen in action was from No. 3 to No. 1 track at Outville.

[@josephseverino674]

I saw a couple of cars,when they whent over the grade crossings trying to beat the trains.LOL thanks for posting this film,it has a wealth of information for modeling idea's for my PC layout 👍

[@Heavy_Kev]

I live in Newark & miss all the traffic of different road names

[@4everdc302]

It was very reminiscent of what it looked like on the CASO. In the same time period 🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲 Thanks for posting

[@johnbarnett7092]

We use to get CASO hoppers in at Minerva OH

[@artillerest43rdva7]

it is so interesting to see PC on the rails, some of the rails were pretty bad! the way they we’re rocking. old 8-mm film w/o sound! great images ! thank you for sharing that piece of history!

[@crlaw75]

Neat seeing the old color position lights in action.

[@isaacpangrazio4767]

Thank you!! Keep them coming if possible! Love the clarity!

[@georgebenson6036]

Great video. Freight trains the way I remember them as a kid and young man. Thanks for sharing.

[@1940limited]

No graffiti.

[@johnbarnett7092]

Good memories I loved the PC 2415 Alco I had it many times at Stoneboro, Pa.

[@nickelplatestudios2162]

Ooooh I love this. Thank you for posting this. I quite like this series of videos from around the Columbus area during Penn Central. I especially love the coverage of the Amtrak service at this time. I'm almost certain that's the National Limited. There really isn't too much in the way of video documentation of that train. Glad to see it here!

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

Yeah, it's the National. No other passenger trains on that line post-Amtrak.

[@rodneykantorski736]

That Spring Switch operation at 7:15 is pretty cool. You'd have a hard time finding that nowadays.

[@HenrikSweden1]

yes this is gold ! thanks !

[@KT4RAM]

I miss the old days of my younger life living right next to the old Pennsylvania (Penn Central) tracks in Greenfield Indiana in the 1970s. It is difficult for me to find much on the PC rail from Indianapolis going East to Richmond Indiana into Ohio. I know that there was a major derailment in Dunreith Indiana January 1968. 01 January 1968. A collision of two Pennsylvania Railroad trains caused major leaks and massive explosions that an entire town to be evacuated, an environmental catastrophe, and a fire that required several days to extinguish. The wreck would happen a month before the formal end of the Pennsylvania Railroad as an entity. The one in Greenfield Indiana was in the early 1960's over Brandywine Creek.

[@amtrak706]

That consist at 6:30 makes me want to model PC!

[@crlaw75]

I guess they still had railroad runners (the one at 1:56).

[@1940limited]

I remember early Conrail when you'd see locomotives in strange territory such as EL or Lehigh & Hudson River on horseshoe curve with CR stuck over the old road name. Kind of sad.

[@bobbybrisk643]

Looks like mid 76

[@LyndonReed-Smith]

Ohio or South Carolina

[@guyhartsel8797]

Could of been a great film if he wouldn't jump from on scene to another one Let the power go by ! Kind of frustrating to watch at times

[@1940limited]

The old cameras back then didn't allow for you to take long shots like what we have today.