When I was on the EL in the late 60's I used to hope to catch the Winter Friday nite job that Started out of Croxton with a couple of units and collected the commuter engines, usually 7 or 8 from Waldwick, and another 7 or 8 more from Suffern, and then take the whole string to Port Jervis where they would be serviced and cycled back east on the weekends freight trains. This allowed the road units (SD-45's U33's and 36's and the Alco Centturys) to turn back west at Port Jervis for better utilization. It was quite a sight....a pair of SD-45's with 15 or 16 RS-2's and 3's, GP-7's and E-8's stretched over what seemed like a quarter of a mile. As a kid, I remember the Susquehanna would always deadhead an engine crew to Butler on the last passenger train on Friday nights to MU the passenger engines and take them back to Little Ferry for use over the weekend on freights.
Hard work is never easy
