Restoring Erie Lackawanna 3372 | Diesel Locomotive Restoration in New Jersey
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- Learn more and donate here: www.urhs.org/u34ch! URHS is proud to announce that it has begun a full restoration of Erie Lackawanna U34CH No. 3372, in partnership with @fmwsolutions. URHS begins fundraising today with a $10,000 matching grant from the Tri-State Railway Historical Society. Donate today and your donation will be doubled. With your help, we WILL hear 3372 roar back to life.
In the early 1970s, New Jersey, along with the rest of the country, was feeling the winds of change. But in the railroad business, companies had hit a historic low point. The newly formed Erie Lackawanna, only a few years old, was headed for bankruptcy. With no cash to invest in new trains, passenger service was a last priority. As America entered the disco era, NJ commuters were still riding in trains from the prohibition era.
Enter the State of New Jersey. With commuter demand still high, the state funded the construction of a fleet of new “Dieseliner” coaches, and a locomotive designed especially to haul them: the General Electric U34CH. For passengers who boarded these trains for the first time, the difference was night and day. Until then, climate control meant open windows or steam radiators. Now passengers enjoyed air conditioning and electric heat. Old rattan seats became plush vinyl benches. Drab green riveted car bodies were traded for a sleek, seamless, brushed aluminum. They were state of the art.
At the head of these trains were the massive U34CH diesels. With a 3600-horsepower prime mover driving a built-in “head end power” generator, their design was the first of its kind. They became a part of the fabric of New Jersey, moving tens of thousands of commuters every day. In the decades that followed, even after their retirement, every NJ Transit commuter train followed the basic design principles set by the U34CH.
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Awesome news on restoring the 3372!!!! Back in the early 70's in my high school days & rail fanning weekends. I remember when these units first arrived. They replaced the EL E-8's / GP-7's and old Erie Stillwell commuter coaches that ran up to Port Jervis. The summer of 74 were the late run of the E-8's.
Cant wait to come visit. Need to bring my ho alp44 to take a pic with the one you guys preserved!
I remember when these locomotives were new and the push/pulls started appearing on the EL line between Hoboken and Dover. Now it's an antique being restored. Amazing. Best of luck with you project.
Nice to see the old girl finally getting attention.
Learn more and donate here: www.urhs.org/u34ch! URHS is proud to announce that it has begun a full restoration of Erie Lackawanna U34CH No. 3372, in partnership with FMW Solutions - Railroad Contractor Services . URHS begins fundraising today with a $10,000 matching grant from the Tri-State Railway Historical Society. Donate today and your donation will be doubled. With your help, we WILL hear 3372 roar back to life.
I really hope you guys restoring 3372 have ideas to ask a few museums and the morristown and erie that have comet 1 coaches to borrow them, re paint them to their original erie paint scheme and do fantrips as I wouldent be the only one who would fork over a LOT of cash to see that
I remember for 1 year this train was in the Guinness book of records as the most powerful passenger locomotive in the world. This train thundered past the station. People who never saw it run dont realize how big and powerful this engine was.
Cool locomotive! Good luck! 👍
Here’s to it!
Never got to see these run but i run them on train simulator classic both the NJT and Erie Lackawanna versions this locomotive and the comet I literally changed commuter rail here in Jersey just like the Arrows
Congratulations
How can I see this engine in person?
I bet it's gonna be done before they open up the Cut Off.
FMW Solutions should rebuild the cutoff.
Probably. It won’t open till at least 2024-2025.
I think you're right. 10 years and nothing done! Unbelievable!
How long did it take Lackawanna to build the cut-off from scratch? NJ Transit can't get 6 miles done on a right of way that's already there. I give Chuck Walsh a lot of credit for remaining so optimistic. I rode the cut-off many times under DL&W and EL. I can't believe what's happened to it.