Ah, the vast valley between the appearance of these units and their performance. They looked great, but oh, my they gave the P-Company headaches.
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My favorite PRR diesels! My father got us into the Kearney shop for an informal tour, and inside was one of these very impressive passenger Sharks. That probably inspired me to start taking train pictures.
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Cmdrflake, indeed, but at least they weren't "Centipedes". (Sounds like the PRR had some issues with diesels that were nicknamed for animals.)
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And nobody notice the difference between the A nd B units. The A unit is in the as deliverd scheme with the 5 pin stripe and small Pennsylvania, and the B unit is in the single broad stripe, with the large Pennsylvania, and shadow keystone herald scheme. Some might say this was unmodel typical, but here is an image to prove it did happen.
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Not all the NY&LB trains bound for Penn Station changed power at South Amboy; some ran through to Rahway, where there was a "pocket" track where a GG1 would be waiting to forward the train. In days of K4's, I occasionally had cab rides to and from the engine change point.
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I would say that the majority of NY&LB trains changed motive power at South Amboy, NJ.
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