CNJ 1605 with a NYSW GP18

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cnj/cnj1605aag.jpg

does anyone know when, where, and perhaps more important, why?

was the GP18 on a lease or something?

cheers, ben

Where - CNJ Elizabethport shops.
When - hard to say..probably late 60's..(if someone knew when CNJ 1605 was taken OOS, that would narrow it down)
Why - probably the NYSW unit being worked on at the shops for some reason..

Scot

http://whyrailroadiana.info/Alco-Builde ... 2091920120

this is kind of convenient!

so, 1972 or before. the RSD4s were based on the pennsylvania end of the CNJ/CRP and lost their roles when CNJ pulled out of pennsylvania that year.

i'd assumed the NYS&W did their own repair work.

regards, ben

The unit could have come down from the NYSW via the W&N to E'port for wheel work,the NYSW didn't have a wheel lathe at Little Ferry and maybe had the CNJ do it for a price.

thanks. i've not been able to dig up a map of their east end connections in the pre-DO era - but i assume there wasn't one with CNJ if they would have delivered the unit via the W&N. apart from the baldwins and pairs of F7s, did anything else work the W&N job?

regards, ben

Just to chime in, some of those big foots lasted longer than 72.. One or two were sold to the Santa Fe for trade-in credits, and one was sold to the Utah Railway and ran through at least 1980..

-Micah

thanks. CNJ actually kept a lot of RS3s around till late and even got some secondhand leased units in either the late 60s or 70s, so i imagine if they had a use for the RSD4s they probably would have retained them. possibly once CNJ pulled out of PA there was no work for them.

ben