That sure is a great movie, good quality ! never seen that one before. Thanks ! a great xmas gift to me being a big EL fan ! merry xmas and a happy new year ! 🎀
Such great footage, thanks as always for preserving and sharing. I'd love to see anything EL in Indiana between North Judson and Huntington especially, if it ever surfaces
At 10:20 is PC F7 1865. I would photo 1865 at Conway engine terminal in June 1977. 1865 had just been "white lined". Ironically, 1865 was still running! If I remember correctly, 1865 was the highest number on a NYC F7.
The EMD E8 817 was the last in the fleet to still have the port holes on the sides. However the Alco PA units were always my favorite. Great sounding and could make some smoke as well. And the Erie Alco FA A-B-B-A pulling freight were also cool.
16:18,,,trailing loco is one of two former SD45s that were wrecked in Ohio in 1973 and rebuilt as SD45-2s. Note the standard SD45 fuel tank. A regular EL SD45-2 has the extended range fuel tank. Some punk kid threw a mainline switch in front of a train and said train derailed into a siding killing a crewman. One of these ended up on the MRL then to Cincinnati Eastern, last spotted in Chicago going where???
EL's unique red-white-blue SDP45s were painted in bicentennial livery, so that would date it 1975 or later. Once Conrail arrived, most of Erie's mainline west of Buffalo was torn out. Most of the tracks you see here are likely gone today. Note the 'hogback' rails causing the cars to sway. Bad shape.
@@stephenheath8465 I'd have given more thought to keeping the Erie and selling off the old PRR thru Fort Wayne, which CR did several yrs later. But there was more online business in FW compared to the EL which was pretty much just a bridge route.
I can't please everyone. I hate setting films to music, ditto with inputting non authentic train sounds. I get complaints if I post movies with no audio, so projector sounds it is.
Incredible!
And today we have lame heritage units and no variety to foam over.
wonderful seeing the fallen flags ! E-L, PC, Chessie too! great piece of history of the railroad!
This was awesome, interesting to see Marion with the tower in the original location!
Really enjoyed those shots in Ashland.
I read that the EL bought the longer SDP45s not for passenger service but the expanded fuel tank.
yes they did
Another awesome super great video
Fantastic stuff!
Awesome video and enjoyed watching.(Steve)
Having worked in all of those places, watching this was certainly a sentimental journey. Thank you so much.
That sure is a great movie, good quality ! never seen that one before. Thanks ! a great xmas gift to me being a big EL fan ! merry xmas and a happy new year ! 🎀
Happy 70th Birthday to my Uncle Rodney! His favorite railroad growing up. Long live the EL!
Such great footage, thanks as always for preserving and sharing. I'd love to see anything EL in Indiana between North Judson and Huntington especially, if it ever surfaces
I should have some. Stay tuned.
Wonderful video!! Brought back a lot of wonderful memories when my dad worked for the railroad. I've been to all of these in the video!! Thank you!!
A lot of this footage showed up in Ron McElarth's EL West End video and it's really cool seeing a much cleaner copy of the footage.
I forgot about that video. And yeah, the film conversion was pretty terrible.
At 5:58, the PC geep shown idling at the old NYC freight house is prob the AM Marion switch run out of Galion Ohio. There was also a PM version.
Wonder if those Southern hoppers got delivered to Cincinnati via Marion and Dayton.
I miss the old trains with caboose 😢New York central , Pennsylvania RR ect
At 10:20 is PC F7 1865.
I would photo 1865 at Conway engine terminal in June 1977.
1865 had just been "white lined".
Ironically, 1865 was still running! If I remember correctly, 1865 was the highest number on a NYC F7.
The footage is really good considering the age. Whomever was behind the camera knew what they were doing.
was that alco swither being used as a dpu unit,excellent
No. At this time pretty much only the Southern used DPU.
thanks and great videos
The EMD E8 817 was the last in the fleet to still have the port holes on the sides. However the Alco PA units were always my favorite. Great sounding and could make some smoke as well. And the Erie Alco FA A-B-B-A pulling freight were also cool.
Someone sure knew when the trains were coming. Freight trains, with a striking selection of motive power, making their way through a bleak landscape.
The photographer's car was the white Pinto that's sometimes seen throughout. It looks it had a scanner antenna installed.
Love it between 1960 and 1970 I think
16:18,,,trailing loco is one of two former SD45s that were wrecked in Ohio in 1973 and rebuilt as SD45-2s.
Note the standard SD45 fuel tank. A regular EL SD45-2 has the extended range fuel tank.
Some punk kid threw a mainline switch in front of a train and said train derailed into a siding killing a crewman.
One of these ended up on the MRL then to Cincinnati Eastern, last spotted in Chicago going where???
Starting at 1:11 you can see the piggyback trailers rocking badly on the Penn Central train. Looked like they were going to tip over.
EL's unique red-white-blue SDP45s were painted in bicentennial livery, so that would date it 1975 or later.
Once Conrail arrived, most of Erie's mainline west of Buffalo was torn out. Most of the tracks you see here are likely gone today. Note the 'hogback' rails causing the cars to sway. Bad shape.
If only the EL wasn't incorporated into CR and ended up getting acquired by either the Chessie System or NW...
@@Enjoyer.762 Or the Santa FE! ATSF was interested but CR didn't want the competition.
you can thank the El unions for that@@Enjoyer.762
They didn't need three Mainlines between NYC and Chicago
@@stephenheath8465 I'd have given more thought to keeping the Erie and selling off the old PRR thru Fort Wayne, which CR did several yrs later. But there was more online business in FW compared to the EL which was pretty much just a bridge route.
Paul Geiger driving that powder blue Ford Pinto!
EL moved a lot of tonnage for a bankrupt RR. They wanted to stay out of Conrail but joined per force at the last minute. Too bad.
Is that constant hum the sound of the video camera?
@@richardbland7073 No. It's silent film.
love the big e and my smoking alco s 2 death
Sad to see former Lackawanna E8s downgraded to freight service and looking very shabby, too. Looked like oil leaks on the sides.
the trains are great, but that fake projector noise ruins the show. white noise would be better.
I can't please everyone. I hate setting films to music, ditto with inputting non authentic train sounds. I get complaints if I post movies with no audio, so projector sounds it is.