The "white" units left the Harmon paint booth in yellow, but, oh did it fade in a hurry!
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The grunge era. Lest we forget.
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These shots are from the bleakest era in US railroading. It started in 1969 and lasted till 1978. The amazing thing was the longevity of the FL9..
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Nice shot...from a place that I never managed to get to!
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I sure remember the era and that film's color palette. Over all I am very glad we no longer live in that diseased time and live in a much healthier time. And I have the feeling that the 5247 negative is just fine.
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One of the ugliest train pictures I've seen in a long time. But I love it. Thanks for posting Charles.
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| Posted by on September 5, 2011 | |
Its amazing just how dirty, run down and nasty the eastern rustbelt had become back then. Hopefully our economy improves and we don't see scenes like this again.
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I'm with Marty on this one. Ah, yes, the Penn Central years, I heard so much!
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| Posted by Sport! on September 9, 2011 | |
Two diesel units per 4 car train?
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From what I've read, the FL9 was underpowered, in electric mode at least. Two engines may have been necessary.
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| Posted by on September 11, 2011 | |
A time I'm glad I never got a chance to live in, it looks just too depressing to railfan in. Very intriguing photo!
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Someone posted "I'm glad its a time i never lived in"? Depressing? A time when there was NO graffiti on every rail car and rail cars from many different rr's abounded plus first generation diesels from many different rr's was not a depressing time in railroading. I miss those "depressing" days, even Penn Central!
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Despite the occasional puff of steam, something about this shot says post-apocalypse abandonment, well done.
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I agree with Wayne, today's railroading is way more depressing. All I see now is graffiti covered locomotives and RailBox box cars, boring double stack container cars and car carriers. This era here up to 1985 I think was full of diversity and color. With many railroad companies occupying so many tracks. Today's rails are just filled with UP, NS, CSXT, and BNSF. Although I'm greatfull for what we have now, it was much much better 25+ years ago. But that's just me.
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Thank You Conrail-Kid. I was researching NYC boxcars recently and found nothing but obsessive posting of redundant "depressing" pics (hundreds) of "NYC" marked Conrail graffiti covered boxcars that went to CSX, posted to the real NYC web pages. Why? They are not New York Central. THAT'S depressing! Today's NS "heritage" locos are the only exciting railroading of today (from the colorful "depresssing" era). Sorry guys, I had to get that out....LOL
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