The DL files

CNJ 1091 is a Phase I SW9 built 12/51. She was later Conrail 8958, P&BR 205. Date of photo approximate.

Lehigh Valley 119 is a Phase IV SW1, built 12/50. Date of photo approximate.

A westbound manifest with a couple of high & wide loads gets underway out of Allentown. RDG 3639 was later Conrail 3639, scrapped at Hollidaysburg 11/86. Date of photo approximate.

A paiq of MEC RS2s switch a bulk oil facility. Can someone help out with the location? I've fillei in "Rockland" based on some of Dave's other slides from this era, but that very likely could be wrong. Date approximate.

A quartet of Reading RS3s pulls by Spring Street tower in their hometown. Date approximate.

CNJ 9231 was ex-B&O 9231, nee-B&O 444, a DS4-4-1000 built in 1948. Date of photo approximate.

GP35 3628 works a derailment on the Port Reading branch at Bound Brook, NJ. Date approximate.

MEC 257 was later CDOT 257, UP 2382, UP 882, GMTX 2101. Date of photo approximate.

Believe this is at (or near) Bangor, ME based on the numbers on the block signal. Date of photo approximate.

Ooe of three Alco S2s on MEC's roster, the 303 works at an unknown location in 1972. I've filled "Rockland" for the location bJt I really don't have a clue. Date approximate.

MEC switchers in three paint schemes under the sanding tower at Bangor. MEC 333 was later MEC 933, ST 1432. Date of photo approximate.

Two MEC RS2s model variations on the green and gold paint scheme. Date of photo approximate.

Three GG1s on a southbound freight at Elizabeth. Date approximate.

Searsport job at the depot. BL2 gets some attention.

Uh oh, look alive, the brass is here! Long Island Rail Road officials and their inspection train in the yard at Oyster Bay. Date of photo approximate.

WB between Mill Neck and Locust Valley on the Oyster Bay branch. Date approximate.

WB between Mill Neck and Locust Valley on the Oyster Bay branch FA2m 610 was ex-WM 302. Date approximate.

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Long Island RR push-pull commuter train ready to depart from the Oyster Bay depot for the trip to Jamaica. The Long Island now has a new high-level platform station located west of the original depot, which is no longer used by the railroad, but has been preserved by the Town of Oyster Bay. LI 601 was originally L&N 317. Date of photo approximate.

An eastbound push-pull passenger train in "pull" mode departs Long Island's picturesque Mill Neck station on the Oyster Bay branch. That's Dave's '66 Plymouth Belvedere parked by the platform. The station was closed by the railroad 3/16/98 and now houses a post office and police substation. Date of photo approximate.

This is a steam generator car. NYC had a number of these to allow freight electric locomotives to handle passenger trains in the New York electrified zones. I believe they were built on the frames of old steam locomotive tenders. Date of photo approximate.

C425s and GP38s at Harrisburg. PC 2434 was ex-PRR 2434, later became Conrail 2434, was retired 2/14/79. Date of photo approximate.

Gathering of E-units behind the diesel shop at Harrisburg. PC 4244 was later CR 4244, NJTR 4244. Date of photo approximate.

One of Reading's "Bee Line" U30Cs lays over at Steel Tower in Bethlehem. Date approximate.

EB Apollo enters Allentown behind a C420/RS11/C420 Alco lash-up.

On lease to the Lehigh Valley, at Steel Tower in Bethlehem.

Reading's original GP30 at Allentown. I believe this was the first "production" GP30 built, following the "GP22" demonstrator. Later Conrail 2168.

Reading freight departs Allentown westbound as D&H looks on.

Big Reading Alco with a CNJ caboose in front of the old coaling tower at Bethlehem.

Reading had the smallest SD45 fleet - five units, all built with an extended front cab wall to accomodate a "walk around" control stand. RDG 7602 was later Conrail 6102.

One of three U33Cs D&H obtained in a trade with EL for the ex-demo SD45s 801-803.

A pair of leased BAR Geeps power a Long Island RR freight onto the former New Haven (New York Connecting Railroad) at Fresh Pond Jct., in Queens, NY.

An eastbound CNJ Raritan line train at the Bound Brook depot, as the local freight works in the background. CNJ 1522 was later NJTR 5681. Date of photo approximate.

A Long Island push-pull commuter train passes the picturesque Mill Neck depot on the Oyster Bay branch. I always thought this depot would have looked right at home in the UK. It was closed by the railroad 3/16/1998 and now houses a post office and police substation. Looks like Dave borrowed his Mom's '66 Pontiac Bonneville for this photo expedition. LI 612 was ex-BN 4100, nee-SP&S 856. Date of photo approximate.

Catching the F was nice; too bad that RS3 was tucked away inside the shop.

LV 319 was later D&H 7319, D&H 225. Date of photo approximate.

Southbound D&H train approaches R tower at Allentown. Date of photo approximate.

"Old Ironsides II" is read} to depart Allentown with a WB freight. She was later Conrail 2049. Date of photo approximate.

WB freight departs Allentown at R tower. RDG 5302 was later Conrail 6755. Date of photo approximate.

All four of LV's GP18s on an eastbound approaching Allentown Yard. LV 304 was wrecked E/72, rebuilt at ICG Paducah with chopped nose and ox-yoke airfilter housing. Date of photo approximate.

A quartet of LV C628s, two of each flavor, approach Allentown Yard. LV 635 was originally Monon 402, later Conrail 6731. Date of photo approximate.

"Old Ironsides II" leads a westbound freight out of Allentown. Date approximate.

A short eastbound freight behind an SD35/SD40 combination on the once-proud CNJ four-track mainline at Elizabeth. CNJ 2506 later became Conrail 6045. Date of photo approximate.

LI 1519 gives a graphic demonstration of Alco turbo lag as she makes a switching move in Greenlawn, NY on the Port Jefferson branch. She was sold to NI&M and cut up at Morris Park 4/76. Date of photo approximate.

LIRR RS3s reflected in a puddle at the enginehouse in Ronkonkoma, NY. Delivery of this group of RS3s in 1955 killed off the last of LIRR steam. Date approximate.

Nearly new RDG SW1001 handles a short local freight on the Port Reading branch. Date approximate.

This is actually LV 212:2, a Phase III RS3 built 12/55 as Pennsy 8601. LV 212:1 was an RS2 built 3/50. Date of photo approximate.

LI 229 teamed up with BAR 62 at Montauk. Date of photo approximate.