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(erielack) The "ah-ha!" moment
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Hi folks,
I just acquired the attached slide that shows train BC-2 arriving at Croxton in October 1975. It's interested to me since it shows a rarely seen view off the Penn Central interchange bridge at KW looking to the south (most shots from this bridge are showing the more interesting yard area to the north). The train is coming off the "New Loop", the EL/PC interchange can be seen swinging off to the right, and there's a neat lone boxcar at North Americal Plywood at the left. The way to the Bergen Archways and Erie Bergen Tunnel is underneath the Routes 1-9 (Tonnelle Ave.) bridge at the distant left, with all the rush-hour traffic on top of it. Also note former D&H 802 leading the train (the higher fans and inertial dust filter bin indicating it's not an EL unit), and the neat consist of cars - a brace of CN boxcars up front, several GT boxcars further back, general New England interchange traffic....
And then it struck me that I've seen similar newsprint cars in EL trains elsewhere. I finally remembered where: Joe Jordan sent me a videotape with some EL footage he shot in the early 1970s, and one of the clips can be seen here:
http://el-list.railfan.net/videos/btn-2.avi
At first, I thought it was just another train with newsprint cars, but... It's the same train!!! Same consist, same cars, and from the sun angle, it looks like the correct time. Who would have thunk it!
Enjoy....
- Paul
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