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Prototype screensaver PC in the 70's by J Henry Priebe jr.
Penn Central, EMD, SW1 #8417, sits, cannibalized for parts, with a big sister, GP40, at Beacon Park Enginehouse, Allston, (Boston) MA.
Penn Central GE U25B #2643, leading train VP4 to Providence in 1975. A friendly wave from the engineer typifies NH and NYC people!
Conrail EMD E8A #4256, Still adorned in PC Black, but wearing the brand of her new owner, speeds along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor with a Commuter Train in winter 1976.
Ex-Penn Central, nee' New Haven, EMD, GP9 #7272, with her steam boiler and walkway watertanks removed, works at Readville's #1 yard in winter 1976. Check the Hancock Whistles!
Ex-Penn Central, nee' New Haven, passenger GP9 #7530 races with an E8 companion, westbound on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor, with a commuter run.
ex-Penn Central , nee' New York Central, EMD SW9 #8997 and ex-NYC/NYO&W, EMD NW2 sit, idleing in North Framingham Yard in 1977.
CR, ex-PC/NYC SW9 at North Framingham in 1977. The Conductor checks the switch list as they works the yard.
ex-Penn Central Engine #9520, a 1972 EMD SW1500, bought new by the railroad works at Yard #1, Readville, MA. They're preparing to "fly a car by" (a no-no!) September 1977.
Ex-Penn Central Alco, RS3's 100 and 103, being used in Northeast Corridor, work train duty, enter the supply yard at Readville Ma. (Yard #5)
Train VP5, from Springfield MA to Providence Rhode Island is ready to leave yard #1, Readville, for the latter. Good looking train!
Conrail ex-Penn Central EMD 9556 on the Yard #2 lead at Readville in 1977. I Loved that interim marking scheme.
Penn Central, ec-New York Central S2 "motor" #4715, a long-time resident of The Harmon Shops, sits, boarded up, but preserved, at New Haven in 1986.
Train PV5, from Providence runs through Readvile yard #1. GE U25B #2633 (NH) and 2545, with a GP38 and Conrail Caboose, at the head end. 8/76
A PC snowplow, flanger, and gondola, sit ready for action in Framingham North Yard in 1975.
A Penn Central "boom truck" and machinists repair a car "in place" in Readville Yard in February 1975.
Penn Central, EMD SW1500 #9559 works yard 1 at Readville in 1975.
Penn Central men doing what they do best! They're repairing a 50' box, in place in Readville Yard #1. Winter 1975.
PC Alco Dl721 (RS32), a 2000hp, turbocharged, New York Central locomotive, sits proudly amongst CR engines, in the paint of her former owner. She was built in 1960, in response to EMD's 2000hp GP20! Dave Coleman sent this photo.
Penn Central and Conrail Commuter Power is lined up on a Sunday in April, 1976 at Beacon Park, Boston. EMD's GP9s and E8s.
The conductor switches the track in preparation to "fly a car by" at Readville #1 Yard in 3/1977.
EMD, SW1500 #9523 pulling a car along track 6 in Readville Yard. The pin will be pulled and the track thrown, to "fly it by" 3/77.
A nice view of EMD, SW1500 #9526, pulling a cut of cars from Yard #1 to Yard #2. This scene predates the Northeast Corridor improvements and Conrail! March 1976.
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