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Posted by chud1 on Fri May 4 05:05:15 2012, in response to PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 02:41:43 2012. excellent.chud1 |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 05:31:39 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by chud1 on Fri May 4 05:05:15 2012. So much the state of NJ chucked away. That train could've been going to Exchange Place today under diesel power; it'd be a sight to see Comets with a PL42AC sharing the PATH tracks to Journal Square. |
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Posted by zac on Fri May 4 07:44:49 2012, in response to PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 02:41:43 2012. What year did they abandon steam? This must be close to the end. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 08:11:14 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by zac on Fri May 4 07:44:49 2012. 1957 was the last year for PRR steam, I believe. |
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Posted by Dave on Fri May 4 09:55:22 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 08:11:14 2012. Railroad Magazine had an article about 1960 about how the last PRR steam loco made its last trip running light under its own power to the 44th St. Engine House in West Philadelphia via Delair drawbridge in 1959.Not freight, but the last 2 PRR passenger locos ran double headed light under their own power from South Amboy, N.J. via the entire length of the Camden & Amboy RR to Camden Terminal Engine house in late 1957. |
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Posted by sloth on Fri May 4 10:51:35 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Dave on Fri May 4 09:55:22 2012. The last steam locomotive was a B6sb 0-6-0, #5244, leased to a short line in NJ. Steam on PRR's own lines stopped running at the end of November 1957.The last two K4's on the Long Branch were #612 and #830, which ran in the morning rush of November 4, 1957, and then deadheaded to Camden. This is per Don Wood's NY&LB book. The last K4 to run in revenue service was #5351, a week later, on a Pemberton to Camden commuter run. A few freight engines continued in service until the end of the month. I am curious if anyone knows when the last M1 4-8-2 ran. It doesn't seem to be anywhere on the internet. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Fri May 4 11:49:32 2012, in response to PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 02:41:43 2012. Now that's a train I'd be more than proud and honored to be Conductor on!!! Long live steam!!!! :-) |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Fri May 4 12:14:21 2012, in response to PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 02:41:43 2012. Nice pic there! "Broker" came to grief in Woodbridge in Feb '51 (with attendant loss of life). When I rode back and forth to Red Bank between '69 and '71, I believe the cars were of the Comet variety.-w- |
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Posted by WillD on Fri May 4 12:44:16 2012, in response to PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 02:41:43 2012. (Apart from concrete ties and CWR,high platforms and fewer freight sidings,not too much different about the NEC from 56 years ago,eh?)And therein lies the problem. Tens of thousands of commuters a day are forced to ride on an obsolete railroad singularly unsuited to the volume now using it. |
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Posted by chuchubob on Fri May 4 12:58:55 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by sloth on Fri May 4 10:51:35 2012. The last K4 to run in revenue service was #5351, a week later, on a Pemberton to Camden commuter run.That was the last steam powered scheduled passenger train on the PRR. A former co-worker was on it. He lived in Moorestown and worked at RCA in Camden. He said the passengers were surprised to find a doodlebug for their trip home. |
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Posted by sloth on Fri May 4 12:59:20 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Fri May 4 12:14:21 2012. amazingly the K4 involved in the broker wreck (2445) was repaired and returned to service, even though the scrapping of the K4's began in 1948. |
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Posted by sloth on Fri May 4 13:04:20 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by chuchubob on Fri May 4 12:58:55 2012. wish i'd seen it. i rode behind 1361 on a very low-speed excursion over the old northern central in york, around 1987 maybe. it was a a bit of a letdown, and she was shut down not long after that. my first train watching time-machine stop would be the long branch in '55 or '56. |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Fri May 4 13:51:33 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Fri May 4 11:49:32 2012. Unless, of course, you were unlucky enough to be working the night your engineer forgot about the slow orders due to a gauntlet put in for some bridge work on 2/6/5.... |
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Posted by Joe V on Fri May 4 17:30:42 2012, in response to PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 02:41:43 2012. And now with ALPs and long MLV trains, we have returned to steam loco running time performance. |
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Posted by Rockparkman on Fri May 4 18:19:36 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Fri May 4 11:49:32 2012. I'd rather be the Engineer. |
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Posted by DCmetrogreen on Fri May 4 20:42:11 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by sloth on Fri May 4 13:04:20 2012. i rode behind 1361 on a very low-speed excursion over the old northern central in york, around 1987 maybe.No way! I have pictures of that and I posted one right here on subchat: http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=822834 |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 21:25:34 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Joe V on Fri May 4 17:30:42 2012. No. Steamers were way faster. Even with the K4s and E6. |
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Posted by Rockparkman on Fri May 4 21:46:09 2012, in response to Re: PRR commuter steam on the NEC, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 4 21:25:34 2012. An E6 Atlantic is borderline HSR. Those things could FLY. |
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