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Reviving an old thread! Let's go back to the mid 80's to I believe mid to late 1990's.... with the older NJ Transit seat checks. As a kid I used to collect them. Does anyone remember all the colors? I know they had: Brown Orange Blue (dark blue I believe) Maroon Wasn't there purple, green? Light blu...

You guys are 100% correct (I think I worded it confusingly)... my apologies. Current form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldene_Connection#/media/File:Aldene.jpg http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=624551 earlier Aldene. Correct it was always one track (although graded for two) up t...

Hello all, Would anyone have information regarding when NJ Transit updated the Aldene tracks from what it used to be (looks like it was around when the bracket-type signals were put in) to the current configuration? I seem to remember the older CNJ bracket 6 light signal immediately east of the Gard...

Hello all! My questions (and focus) are in relation to Conrail ops along the Elizabeth Secondary (former CNJ) in the mid to late 1980's. From what I have gathered, there really was only 1 customer (Roselle Paper) by the Linden Road grade crossing and that was rare. Some sources place this drill runn...

Reviving an old thread. Does anyone have a picture of the actual Linden Road grade crossing (like from the roadway or street view) showing the crossbucks and tracks crossing the roadway? I seem to remember two standard mast-style crossbucks with flashers and gates (mid-1980's). I think there was sti...

For a bit I have found it rather odd that Walthers did not announce a 2019 named passenger train this time around. A colleague who went to Amherst and spoke with a Walthers rep in regards to this, revealed no definitive answers either. Not to stray too far off topic here but it seems that Walthers h...

I stand corrected, looks like I was going off an old Wikipedia article!

Thanks for pointing it out hahaha. That being said, anyone think the finish could have been done better?

Tom

This covers Series #1 of the "MODERN COMMUTER TRAINS" from Atlas featuring NJ Transit's ALP-45DP engines and Multilevel cars. (For anyone with a Trainorders.com account, please copy below and post it on their Model Railroading forum. You have my permission.) Background As much as I would l...

I agree on this, the grabs should have been pre-installed from the factory. For the price of these engines, I feel that should have been standard (as with most offerings nowadays.) Just look at what Rapido does.

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Okay thank you everyone for contributing. I guess this stemmed sometging I had never thought of and that was how the Lake Shore was serviced at Grand Central. Keep the memories coming, this information is gold!!

Tom

Now that's a GREAT point! I didn't even think of that, that going into NYG instead of Penn Sta, 49/48 did not use Sunnyside Yard. How did that work anyway? Did the set just layover in the sta. or was it serviced at perhaps a former NYC facility?

Thanks for that interesting note!

Tom

Hogger thank you SO much for that, it's these little tidbits I find so interesting.

Rockingham... I believe the first order of F40's (#200-229), the ones assigned to the northeast had the ghetto grates installed. In fact #203 had them well into the 80's (along with her Phase II scheme.)

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Hello all! Let's take a step back in time shall we, to the 1980's. My question has to do with Slumbercoach assignments for 49/48 (Lake Shore Limited) but I guess can be applied to 41/40 (Broadway Limited) as well. I have seen two types, the 24-8 Slumbercoach (former NP), and the 16-10 Slumbercoach (...

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ENJOY boys...

Tom

Horizons are coming, stay tuned...

(I am sure the Viewliner I and II models will be released as well, but nothing so far.)


Tom