Lower Hack bridge provides a dramatic backdrop for a westbound crossing the river. Sunsets like this were few and far between!
We catch an eastbound just as she peeps out from the Bergen tunnels during the A.M. rush
We shot this "because it was there" as we were documenting the end of the EL MU's. Little did we think, then, that the U-boats would be gone, all too soon.
In '84 we not only shot the EL MU's at Lower Hack bridge, (Hackensack River) but got this tidbit as well.
759 leaning into a curve in this shot scanned and worked over from an Instamatic slide.
In a timeless scene except for the modernized board, train 643 waits to depart for Dover.
This was scanned from an Instamatic print, worked over with Photoshop & Neat Image.
When the paint was new, early 80's.
Eastbound coming out of the sunset; sun *just* came out between the clouds in time!
Called the "bubble car" because there was a plastic dome in the roof for catenary inspection.
NYSW actually ran two Mystery Express trips in April of 1983. Here is the first trip in the hole at Nobody's Switch, NY waiting for a freight to clear.
Eastbound Comet in the snow.
Shot this pair in the 80's at Morrisville, Pa. Thanks fellow members for the location ID!
Crew poses with last run in Dover yard. (sigh)
4167 waiting to shove east in the mid-80's.
