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PC 6966 and 6974
Title:  PC 6966 and 6974
Description:  George W. Turnbull photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/14/1971  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 9:25:08 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George W. Turnbull
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 6966(AS616) PC 6974(AS616)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
PC 6974, AS-616, 1971
Title:  PC 6974, AS-616, 1971
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Wilmington, Delaware, on 18 June 1971. Photo Caption: "AS-616, Penn Central No. 6974. Wilmington, Del. June 18, 1971." PC #6974 is an AS-616 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton as Pennsylvania Railroad number "8974" in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and renumbered "6974" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Baldwins in Action ~ On North-Eastern Railroads" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (892-39).
Photo Date:  6/18/1971  Upload Date: 9/9/2023 9:16:09 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6974(AS616)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
RDG 1514(SW-900m)
Title:  RDG 1514(SW-900m)
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1972  Upload Date: 9/13/2011 9:37:40 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 1514(SW900)
Views:  807   Comments: 0
GECX 100
Title:  GECX 100
Description:  GE no. 100 is its Locomotive Laboratory car and is coupled to a GG1 today. Day approximate. Gerald H. Landau photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  3/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/6/2022 1:13:39 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Gerald H. Landau
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  248   Comments: 0
What number am I?
Title:  What number am I?
Description:  The cab number says 5506, the classification light number is 128. Best guess date 1975
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 10:23:20 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 5506(RS3) AMTK 128(RS3)
Views:  997   Comments: 1
I think she's done for
Title:  I think she's done for
Description:  Penn Central 5516 looks to have seen better days at Wilmington shops. Best guess date 1975
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 7/26/2010 9:44:50 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 5516(RS3)
Views:  685   Comments: 0
Looking out the back of Train 331, "The National Limited"
Title:  Looking out the back of Train 331, "The National Limited"
Description:  A southbound Metroliner on the Wilmington viaduct
Photo Date:  8/15/1975  Upload Date: 9/26/2014 4:30:14 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 884(Electric M.U.)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
B&O/Chessie 4162
Title:  B&O/Chessie 4162
Description:  #85 powered by a GP40-2 and two GP40's enters Elsmere Yard Limits on 11/11/75
Photo Date:  11/11/1975  Upload Date: 1/4/2005 9:06:11 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 4020(GP40) BO 4017(GP40) BO 4162(GP40-2)
Views:  1611   Comments: 1
Penn Central 8324
Title:  Penn Central 8324
Description:  An elderly Baldwin at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976. This was another of PCs dead and dying Baldwin locomotives that migrated to Wilmington. It was an ex-PRR BLW S12 built in 1952.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:36:45 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8324(S12)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
Penn Central 8330
Title:  Penn Central 8330
Description:  A Baldwin S12 at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976. In the final days of the Penn Central, old locomotives were stored in a variety of locations and Wilmington became the home to a variety of Baldwins.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 4:19:44 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8330(S12)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
Penn Central 6556
Title:  Penn Central 6556
Description:  A GE U33C at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 4:21:15 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6556(U33C)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
Penn Central 9954
Title:  Penn Central 9954
Description:  This is an old ALCO RS3 that was rebuilt with an EMD prime mover (hence the hump) at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 7:21:33 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 9954(RS3M)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
Penn Central 9976
Title:  Penn Central 9976
Description:  An ALCO RS3 with a new EMD prime mover at Wilmington, DE, in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 7:23:07 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 9976(RS3M)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
Penn Central 8369
Title:  Penn Central 8369
Description:  A Baldwin at Edgemore in Wilmington in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 4:01:23 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8369(DS44-660)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Penn Central 9976
Title:  Penn Central 9976
Description:  An ALCO RS3 that was rebuilt with an EMD engine in Wilmington in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 4:04:52 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 9976(RS3M)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Penn Central 8268
Title:  Penn Central 8268
Description:  A Baldwin DS44-1000 in storage at Wilmington in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 7:39:17 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Penn Central 8300
Title:  Penn Central 8300
Description:  As the Penn Central wound down, many of the remaining Baldwins migrated to Wilmington, DE, where this DRS-44-1000, built for the PRR, was found in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 10:02:37 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8300(DRS4-4-1000)
Views:  845   Comments: 0
Penn Central 7103
Title:  Penn Central 7103
Description:  An EMD GP9 at Edgemore Yard, Wilmington, DE, February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:40:42 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 7103(GP9)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Penn Central 8325
Title:  Penn Central 8325
Description:  A Baldwin S12 at Edgemore in Wilmington in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 6:15:29 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8325(S12)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Penn Central 8303
Title:  Penn Central 8303
Description:  A Baldwin at Wilmington in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 6:16:58 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8303(DRS4-4-1000)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
A gathering of E's
Title:  A gathering of E's
Description:  E60's 958 and 965 and another unknown E60 on the yard at Wilmington shop.
Photo Date:  3/1/1976  Upload Date: 6/23/2010 6:04:28 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 958(E60) AMTK 965(E60)
Views:  969   Comments: 0
E60 trust plate
Title:  E60 trust plate
Description:  E60 trust plate
Photo Date:  4/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/23/2010 10:24:34 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  254   Comments: 0
Amtrak 885
Title:  Amtrak 885
Description:  Many of the Budd Metroliners had no logos -- either PC or Amtrak -- by the mid-1970s and heres one bearinz no claims of ownership between Wilmington and Philadelphia in May 1976.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:45:29 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 885(Electric M.U.)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
Inside Wilmington shops
Title:  Inside Wilmington shops
Description:  GG1's and E60's inside Wilmington shops. Best guess date 1976
Photo Date:  7/1/1976  Upload Date: 7/27/2010 10:08:50 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 957(E60)
Views:  854   Comments: 0
The new kid in town
Title:  The new kid in town
Description:  New E60CP 954 in Wilmington shop with veteran GG1's. Best guess date 1976.
Photo Date:  7/1/1976  Upload Date: 12/8/2010 9:57:22 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 954(E60)
Views:  644   Comments: 1
CR 4800, GG-1, 1976
Title:  CR 4800, GG-1, 1976
Description:  Old Rivets. Here is a postal card entitled "'Ol' Rivets' gussied-up for Bicentennial." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Called 'Ol' Rivets' because she was the first GG-1 built by the Pennsylvania RR, and the only one with riveted seams. Designer Raymond Loewy called for smooth, welded seams in the subsequent 139 copies. This view is from 1976. She now resides, wearing dignified vintage paint, in a proper museum." The photographer is not identified. #4800 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric as number "4899" during August of 1934, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and now at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  7/4/1976  Upload Date: 9/28/2018 2:39:14 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  636   Comments: 0
Reading 1505
Title:  Reading 1505
Description:  An EMD SW900 on a local freight at Wilmington, DE, in August 1976. The old Reading roundhouse is in the background. The locomotive is in the original, rather sombre Reading livery.
Photo Date:  8/11/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:29:57 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 1501(SW900)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
Penn Central 8558
Title:  Penn Central 8558
Description:  An EMD SW1 in Wilmington, DE, in September 1976. Photographed from the Amtrak Montrealer.
Photo Date:  9/11/1976  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 10:07:35 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 8558(SW1)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
She ain't going to run anymore
Title:  She ain't going to run anymore
Description:  Burned out cab of Amtrak GG1 4893 after transformer fire.
Photo Date:  9/15/1976  Upload Date: 12/9/2011 11:26:57 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  AMTK 4893(GG1)
Views:  737   Comments: 0
Conrail 4800 Bicentennial
Title:  Conrail 4800 Bicentennial
Description:  Bicentennial
Photo Date:  11/6/1976  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 8:46:35 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  3946   Comments: 1
CR 4800, GG-1, 1977
Title:  CR 4800, GG-1, 1977
Description:  Old Rivets. Here is an original 35mm color slide showing Conrail engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, owned successively by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  2/2/1977  Upload Date: 7/21/2021 8:18:03 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Beat out by the Swedes
Title:  Beat out by the Swedes
Description:  French built X996 at Wilmington shops between tests that would only prove that the AEM7 was the future locomotive for Amtrak. May, 1977
Photo Date:  5/1/1977  Upload Date: 2/24/2010 9:32:53 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK X996(UNKNOWN)
Views:  1748   Comments: 2
AMTK 4935, GG-1, 1977
Title:  AMTK 4935, GG-1, 1977
Description:  Here is a post card photo by Homer R. Hill of Amtrak engine #4935. Caption On Reverse: "Amtrak No. 4935 at Wilmington Shops on May 11, 1977, following restoration to original PRR livery ~ made possible by FOGG Committee, fans, Amtrak, and NRHS." Shown here is AMTK engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata as Pennsylvania Railroad #4935 during March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, later owned by Penn Central and Amtrak, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Photo Date:  5/11/1977  Upload Date: 1/19/2023 8:26:23 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  159   Comments: 0
Just never made the grade
Title:  Just never made the grade
Description:  French build X996 between test runs at Wilmington shops between test runs on Amtrak.
Photo Date:  5/20/1977  Upload Date: 9/25/2010 10:43:59 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  1383   Comments: 3
Amtrak 883
Title:  Amtrak 883
Description:  A northbound Budd Metroliner stops at Wilmington, DE, in June 1977. The small Amtrak logo was used on a small group of Metroliners.
Photo Date:  6/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 5:40:01 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 883(Electric M.U.)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
PC/SEPTA 366
Title:  PC/SEPTA 366
Description:  A SEPTA-funded local train to Philadelphia waiting at Wilmingtons station in June 1977.
Photo Date:  6/16/1977  Upload Date: 1/1/2014 8:05:14 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  260   Comments: 0
"Taking Of Amtrak 4935," Page 21, 1977
Title:  "Taking Of Amtrak 4935," Page 21, 1977
Description:  Here is page three of a six-page cover article by Howard Serig entitled "The Taking Of Amtrak 4935." It was published originally in the July 1977 issue of the "Passenger Train Journal," page 21. Partial Photo Caption: "The body work performed on 4935 was extensive, as Wilmington Shops forces not only gave the locomotive new paint but also cosmetically reconditioned the entire exterior." Photo by Ed Wojtas. Shown here is AMTK engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata as Pennsylvania Railroad #4935 during March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, later owned by Penn Central and Amtrak, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg in Strasburg.
Photo Date:  7/1/1977  Upload Date: 9/29/2022 8:17:24 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  143   Comments: 0
"Taking Of Amtrak 4935," Page 22, 1977
Title:  "Taking Of Amtrak 4935," Page 22, 1977
Description:  Here is page four of a six-page cover article by Howard Serig entitled "The Taking Of Amtrak 4935." It was published originally in the July 1977 issue of the "Passenger Train Journal," page 22. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "Were it not for the Conrail letters in the background and the Amtrak paint scheme in the foreground, this scene could be one from 1943, the year that 4935 was turned out by Altoona." Photo by Ed Wojtas. Shown here is AMTK engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata as Pennsylvania Railroad #4935 during March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, later owned by Penn Central and Amtrak, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Photo Date:  7/1/1977  Upload Date: 9/29/2022 8:19:49 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Amtrak 964
Title:  Amtrak 964
Description:  1970s modernity: A new GE E60CP heads a train of newish Amfleet coaches onto the newer high platform (built for the Metroliners) at Wilmingtons station in June 1977. I was waiting for the ConRail/SEPTA local to Philadelphia.
Photo Date:  7/24/1977  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 9:20:59 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 964(E60)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
CR 4889
Title:  CR 4889
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1977  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 7:41:22 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4889(GG1) CR 4808(GG1) AMTK 4934(GG1) AMTK 4895(GG1) AMTK 142(RS3)
Views:  1165   Comments: 0
1/2 GG1 x4873
Title:  1/2 GG1 x4873
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/8/1977  Upload Date: 6/21/2003 4:06:49 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Harv Kahn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4873(GG1)
Views:  1009   Comments: 0
Mets at the table
Title:  Mets at the table
Description:  Metroliner cars next to the transfer table at Wilmington shops. Best guess date 1978.
Photo Date:  4/1/1978  Upload Date: 7/21/2010 1:43:12 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  519   Comments: 0
Amtrak GP10 #768
Title:  Amtrak GP10 #768
Description:  Digital image from Kim E.Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Wilmington, DE Yard.
Photo Date:  6/11/1978  Upload Date: 9/22/2006 11:41:23 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Kim Pieruol
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 768(GP10)
Views:  637   Comments: 0
B&O 8406
Title:  B&O 8406
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 12/24/2024 2:42:34 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Patrick Brown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 8406(SW1)
Views:  21   Comments: 0
AMTK 905
Title:  AMTK 905
Description:  Basking in the sun between runs. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 8:39:19 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 905(GG1)
Views:  621   Comments: 2
Waiting For Shops
Title:  Waiting For Shops
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/8/1978  Upload Date: 7/14/2021 7:44:51 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 921(GG1)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
At the Shops
Title:  At the Shops
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/8/1978  Upload Date: 7/14/2021 7:46:10 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4828(GG1)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Triple Gee Gees
Title:  Triple Gee Gees
Description:  A three horse race
Photo Date:  10/8/1978  Upload Date: 7/14/2021 7:25:41 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4852(GG1) CR 4859(GG1) CR 4868(GG1)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
Back from Amtrak to Conrail
Title:  Back from Amtrak to Conrail
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/8/1978  Upload Date: 7/14/2021 7:31:53 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4934(GG1)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
GG1 CR 4800
Title:  GG1 CR 4800
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/1978  Upload Date: 6/21/2003 4:06:48 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Harv Kahn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1551   Comments: 0

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