In the last 2 weeks we've had about 20 new members join the group putting our membership base over 400!!! This rush of new folks in recent weeks must be coming...
Group: I have just uploaded 5 PC electic era photos to an album in the photos section entitled kgjr-pc. Feel free to peruse them at your leisure and or...
They kept a lot of the field personnel but far fewer of the staff. The non-agreement workforce had a pretty sweet buyout deal - just about everyone was...
Hi Guys, Today I was out and about on the south side of Bethlehem. I noticed along the ex-RDG Bethlehem Branch they removed all the track, rails, and the...
I dont know about the first question but on the second its becoming part of the rails to trails program. Its going from Bethlehem down to Quakertown. Jeremy ...
This was a tough shot to expose, with shadows from the bridge and trees and the sun high above to my left. Dwarfed by the Westinghouse Bridge, ex-CR 6004, now...
TRB-1 with GP9 7236 works its way down the freight runner toward Bristol, PA on 3/14/78. http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=139433 ~John D....
DUDE! That is the most fantabulous shot I have seen in a while! Good job man!!! Jeremy Dave Kerr <dsktc@...> wrote: This was a tough shot to expose,...
Dave, That bridge looks HUGE in the photograph! I mean the overall size of the bridge supports compare to the locomotives is almost unreal... Nice Shot! -Barry...
Thanks, Barry and Jeremy. It is a massive five arch concrete bridge, dedicated by FDR in 1932: http://pghbridges.com/braddock/0598-4471/westinghouse.htm ...
It's sort of hard to believe we are still able to relive some railroad history in photos even six years after the big day. I was out on the NS Shelocta (PA)...
Still that bridge is friggin huge! jeremy Dave Kerr <dsktc@...> wrote: Thanks, Barry and Jeremy. It is a massive five arch concrete bridge, dedicated...
In a message dated 6/3/2005 7:03:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, dsktc@... writes: http://www.pbase.com/dsktc/image/44266643 Dave, The b&w photo really...
Since a post was recently given on a CR list about early green repaints, I figured I would use this shamelessly to promote the PC historical society. :) The...
CR 2255, exPC nee-Pennsy GP35, is at RailRhodes in Monroe, GA. She may not have a prime mover or horns (after being removed at Juniata when rebuilt for OLS...
I knew it looked good for an ex-CR unit, especially compared to the fading units still actively working for NS & CSX, but I had no idea of the unit's history...
After the recent Penn Central fiasco, I thought you'd all like to see a little Conrail. It can be accessed in the photo section, "A little CR", or: ...
What is this RailRhodes Place? I hope it's not a scrap yard...She sure would look nice out at Strasburg(RRMofPA)though...Even in Conrail Blue. Just wishful...
Spent the weekend in a cabin along the Juniata river on the Mid division and the blue is becoming scarce. I think I saw more UP, BNSF, and primer units than CR...
It's good to be back on the forum after a hiatus due to computer issues. I agree with your observations Mike. Here at CP 482 (a.k.a. Porter, Indiana) blue...
Well Erik, the discussion of the "correct" Ballast Express paint is akin to the "correct" Conrail Blue. I've got pix pf these units in everything from light...
Several mistakes were pointed out to me -- well, two anyway -- regarding my Railpictures post. First off, the photosat the interchange in Chester as of follows...
Former Conrail Q unit 8445 leads very short trailer train east off the Reading Line on the hole track in Bethlehem approaching CP Beth to continue onto the ...