Morristown and Erie (Maine Eastern) FL9 488 Cab Ride
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- March 24th would mark the inagural run for the 2018 Easter Excursions at the Whippany Railway Museum. I was able to get a ride in the cab and met a very nice railroad employee who allowed me to blow the horn and sit in the engineers seat heading back westbound. He also gave alot of good info about the railroad. The title says it all basically. FL9 488 was built for the New Haven railroad in 1956, and over the years it saw service on the Penn Central, Amtrak, and was aquired by the Morristown and Erie in the late 90's for service on the railroads subsidiary railroad: the Maine Eastern. when the Maine Eastern lost the contract to run on the Rockland Branch in 2016, the locomotive moved back to Morristown and now runs most of the dufferent excursions scheduled by the M&E or the Whippany Railway Museum. This run was on the M&E Whippany Mainline from milepost 4 to milepost 8.25. ENJOY!
👍🏻😷 T R A I N P O R N !! 😂🤣
I used to go for rides with my Dad on Sundays back in the 1970’s...
In Whippany and the former location (no clue where... I just remember the train stopping and
“Bandits” boarding. ).
We also did Becker Farm miniature railroad in Roseland.
And...who could forget Turtle Back Zoo’s train by the reservoir.
Kinda ghetto-like nowadays, but it used to be fantastic.
Thanks for the video.
Great! I've shot the 488 along the Hudson back in the eighties and nineties countless times and never once got a look inside, thanks.
1990s Railfan hey thanks, and your welcome for the shot. The engine might not be the same because they did alot to keep it up to good order.
Awesome! I was going to check it out next Sunday, but plans came along.
Fantasti video North Jersey Railfan lucky for that ride, yes I will say overall very friendly staff of the M&E railroad.. Really a shame what has happened to the company itself though the loss of Bayway and those other lines in Western Morris County. BTW that is me at 1:30 on the right side after the switch and me again at 22:00
I know, a shame that sich nice people are working on a railroad that is struggling. I heard alot of their locomotives are being stored. The engineer said they put GP7u 23 in storage along Jefferson Rd. By the transload facility.
yup it is..
Have you any pictures of 23 in storage
No I don't have photos of 23 in storage
Awesome!
SPCridge2012 thanks! Were you out there filming
Unfortunately no! I was really busy today!
Oh well, its running tomorrow and next saturday
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Nice dude
Look Out For The Train Thanks!
Look Out For The Train Gibson gas was lost months ago when they lost the county lines!
Nice
NJ Railroad Video Productions Thanks, I think I saw you on the train
North Jersey Railfan yep I saw you too