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i remain confused. would not opening the angle cock on the leading engine put all cars into emergency status? the brakes would be set throughout the consist. no need to set mechanical brakes. i understand that bleed-off will occur but slowly. could the reason to have an engine running be simply to ...

Well,my comment will pre-date all the ones posted here by 30 some years.I was a clerk at Millville yard office in the early to mid 70's.There were I think 3 or 4 locals then that serviced the local Millville industries and the different sand companies daily.We received a daily double header from Pav...

Looking for old friends from back in the 70's from Millville and 2 locations in Bridgeton,NJ. Clerks,agents and trainmaster/yardmaster mainly,some trainmen.

If you go a block or two further east on the tracks from Rowan the historic WJS station still stands, the last I was there it was in a serious state of neglect and disrepair, although I heard the town/county had a desire to restore it. In today's edition of the South Jersey Times 7/12/13 http://www...

Ah yes,I remember Midvale yard office well when I was a traveling janitor making a weekly stop there.I believe the Yardmaster was a Dan O'Hara or something close to that. Good old days as they say. Starting from Greenwich yard in S.Phila,going to Frankford yard,making mail runs to 32nd St.

HELP anyone, when I first went to this website about 15 minutes ago,I was directed to a page with about 10 or 12 new pictures of the big gun sitting either in Harrington or Georgetown and now I can't find them,can someone direct me to those pics again,thanks. I am new to the site,registered as OldRe...