| Posted by Carl K on February 20, 2015 | |
Thanks for posting this great shot Greg.
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The last few days of the Lehigh Valley. I wish I could have witnessed the formation of Conrail firsthand. To see all the differing locomotives from all the different railroads would have been a treat. Thanks for posting this picture, Doug. It's a beauty.
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Steve,
Thanks for your comments. From my standpoint, the earliest days of Conrail were among the darkest in my railfanning. A week or two after this photo was taken, I convinced my father to let me take the car and visit the tracks for a few hours, thinking that status quo would prevail. I got to Bethlehem, and all of the road power was no longer LV red or RDG green/yellow; instead, it was grimy PC black! There were still LV RS3's and RS11's, as well as L&HR C420's around as local power, but that was it. Fortunately, the D&H had expanded their reach as part of the rail reorganization in the east. Their expanded roster now included C420's and GP38-2's from the LV, GP39-2's from the Reading, and their own lightning-stripe units. That made the Conrail transition bearable, but the early days were not what I considered to be a treat.
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Doug, I was a bit too young to remember all of these once great fallen flags in their prime. I realize that it was not a thrill for a large number of rail fans. Living in northern Utah & southern Idaho, growing up, Union Pacific was about all I saw. I did see a few D&RGW, WP, SP & SSW or Cotton Belt, that turns out now part of Union Pacific. I loved big Conrail blue, but I wish I could have enjoyed said fallen flags as well as you.
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My favorite era that I was just a bit to young to enjoy. Thanks for showing us what it looked like.
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| Posted by BobT on November 14, 2015 | |
Also known as Hazard Yard. Nice capture!
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