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 Posted - June 25 2023 : 3:37:52 PM
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A new thread with happy thoughts on the Penn Central Railroad.
Can watch these for hours from the comfort of your home.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 3:45:23 PM
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I am in agreement with his opinion.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 4:34:14 PM
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Although automobiles are advertised the railroad gets to show off its performance.
And gorgeous scenes as well in upstate New York.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 4:49:54 PM
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Cannot forget about the model train equipment.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 5:16:50 PM
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My collection of Penn Central items.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 5:29:18 PM
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Northeast action north of Philadelphia.
Vintage North Jersey Coast line action.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 5:37:10 PM
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Some cool photos of a refurbished box car in Shippensburg Pennsylvania.
Internet photos. Not mine.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 9:03:43 PM
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A visit to an alternate reality.
A world without wars and protests and no virus. Happy music and smiling faces. The Penn Central World.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 9:12:33 PM
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Not my photo. Area called The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.
Taken in 1974 at Pine Creek Gorge Pennsylvania. Tracks are gone but a bike trail is there now.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 10:08:03 PM
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More cool videos of Penn Central model trains.
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Posted - June 25 2023 : 10:16:39 PM
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Black Beauties.
Looks great.
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Posted - June 26 2023 : 12:11:04 PM
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Some photos of my Penn Central equipment.
I try to put a positive outlook regardless of the past history of Penn Central.
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Posted - June 26 2023 : 6:30:30 PM
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Wonderful magazine for fans of PC.
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Posted - June 26 2023 : 7:48:35 PM
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 Posted - June 26 2023 : 8:04:35 PM
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Although it pains me to show these I like the background tune.
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Posted - June 27 2023 : 10:01:19 AM
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Some interesting Penn Central videos and its predecessor PRR.
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Posted - June 27 2023 : 10:07:55 AM
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Cool mint Penn Central models are still out there to be found.
I bought this nice Tyco set at a New Jersey train store a few years ago.
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Posted - June 27 2023 : 10:13:34 AM
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Nice scene near Boston Massachusetts found on the internet.
Bucolic scene while Penn Central delivers.
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 Posted - June 27 2023 : 12:12:35 PM
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It is ironic that the day after you started this thread, I came across this in Bellevue, Ohio. This would appear to be among the equipment awaiting restoration at the Mad River & Nickle Plate museum. It was on a siding with a bunch of other older cars. It's pretty far gone, with the side panels rusted through, and the engine room empty. But it is a legitimate PC locomotive. A check of the frame number )2055-A7) confirms its identity as EMd serial # 18528, an E8 built in June 1953 as NYC 4070, which later became PC 4321. It apparently last ran on New Jersey transit in the 1980s.
Note the number 4070 spray painted on the side of the locomotive.
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Posted - June 27 2023 : 5:24:09 PM
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Very nice. Should look great restored.
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Posted - June 27 2023 : 5:25:48 PM
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Penn Central also had these colors.
Commuter service out of New York City.
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Posted - June 27 2023 : 5:26:47 PM
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Another blue and yellow beauty.
Colors that the New York commuter railroads used in the 1970s.
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Posted - June 28 2023 : 12:00:31 AM
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Fortunately the model trains keep the legacy alive.
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Posted - June 28 2023 : 12:24:47 AM
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Gorgeous photo of a unit on the Hudson Line in upstate New York during the 1970s.
Very few photos of the yellow and blue PC units on the internet.
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Posted - August 04 2023 : 10:20:27 PM
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What if?
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Posted - August 04 2023 : 11:10:39 PM
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Back to reality.
Cool back in the day.
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Posted - August 05 2023 : 12:24:24 AM
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Very interesting to me, as the PC was going belly up as I was coming of
age and pondering a career in railroading. My parents strongly advised
against it as the future for any railroad in the Northeast was pretty grim.
However, I did correspond with a fellow who went to work for the PC right
after getting out of the Army, maybe around '69. It went under right
after he started. He would get laid off repeatedly, but called in to work
almost immediately everytime. He ended up having a long and successful
career with Conrail.
He said he particularly enjoyed hogging passenger trains, because you didn't
have to sit in sidings very often. He also said he ran the PC Turbo train
when it first came out, and recalls it "smelled like a new car."
(Layout credit: El Paso Model Train Club)
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Posted - August 06 2023 : 9:47:17 PM
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Nice photo Jeff.
The transition to Conrail blue.
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Posted - August 06 2023 : 9:55:19 PM
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Metroliner debut on the Penn Central.
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Posted - August 14 2023 : 8:25:24 PM
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Memories
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Posted - August 14 2023 : 8:36:04 PM
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I am in agreement with his opinion.
Deserves to be reminded every few months.
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Posted - August 14 2023 : 9:25:33 PM
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Catchy tune.
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Posted - August 14 2023 : 10:56:17 PM
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https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=2335608259904024
Metroliner from 1970 or so. Link should open.
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Posted - September 24 2023 : 10:18:51 PM
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Seems rare to me. A possible project for you PC fans out there.
Says it was taken in 1976 at Cleveland Ohio. Bicentennial colors right before Conrail.
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Posted - September 25 2023 : 8:52:55 PM
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Another bicentennial inspired car.
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Posted - September 30 2023 : 10:02:30 PM
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More patriotic photos.
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Posted - September 30 2023 : 10:05:12 PM
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Posted - September 30 2023 : 10:15:12 PM
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Would be nice if this had Penn Central lettering.
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Posted - October 09 2023 : 9:27:34 PM
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Must have been the first choice for the brand new metroliner units.
Would have looked nice to see on a few of their units.
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Posted - October 09 2023 : 10:17:21 PM
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| I never had a clue about the PC bicentennial schemes. Thanks for posting.
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Posted - October 09 2023 : 10:20:36 PM
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The title says it all.
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Posted - November 23 2023 : 8:43:19 PM
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Cool blog shows some Penn Central models.
https://newyorkcentrallayout.blogspot.com/?m=1
He also has a YouTube channel.
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Posted - November 23 2023 : 8:53:41 PM
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His videos.
Some recent videos from his YouTube channel.
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Posted - November 23 2023 : 9:17:26 PM
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Some of his older videos.
No fallen flags here. They exist and flourish.
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Posted - November 24 2023 : 11:29:43 AM
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PC also had a few Rio Grande locos still in RG colors but with the Hugging Worms PC logo on them 
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Posted - December 04 2023 : 1:22:58 PM
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Cool O scale equipment.
Try not to get too excited.
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Posted - December 27 2023 : 4:08:54 PM
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Posted - May 04 2024 : 10:37:26 PM
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Imagine a world with no wars. Just peace.
And add a world with only one railroad around. I have seen and lived it. Then I woke up and went to work. A tale of two worlds.
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Posted - May 06 2024 : 11:10:58 PM
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Fun Penn Central models.
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Posted - May 07 2024 : 09:15:30 AM
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More Penn Central action in miniature.
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Posted - May 07 2024 : 12:09:16 PM
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neat
I gave Chops a few PC stuff a few years ago
I think I sent him a PC magazine but I ferget 
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