More 1970s New York and Long Branch RR Photos

Scroll down below. The links have been done correctly now and photos are viewable....

....also need help here on linkage.

Hi Tom,
When I click on the links above, they work. Anyone else finding that the links to the photos are working - or not working?

It looks like the links you paste are the ones for when you're logged into your own account.

So, that's it!

OK:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/519 ... 6462rxrFEy

and:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/519 ... 5628xCHCKL

While I'm at it, might as well put the other ones up here from my previous post:

Some Penn Central E7s:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/519 ... 6250qXWuEt

http://community.webshots.com/photo/519 ... 2439azTFMG

And here is an example of photo retouching work.
Removing a foreground object from an otherwise good photo.

Before:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/470 ... 4492cXyPgl

After:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/470 ... 4706eFoLWn

Thanks again for the tip on how to correctly post the links to the photos.

The CNJ photos are classics. The Trainmaster on the span and the GP40P/GP7 lashup in the yard. The latter is my favorite.

Awesome shots E.Seven. They bring back lots of good memories. Thanks for sharing them.

Seven -

http://community.webshots.com/photo/519 ... 6462rxrFEy

I'm pretty sure that the coach in the left background is the ex-CNJ 'Blue Comet' Ob ( 'Divico' ? ) that functioned as a quasi yard office in Bay Head for years.

AIR, it later became NJTransit's business car 'NJT-1' and I think is currently stored in Morristown.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/njdot/njt4111arc.jpg

Here's one of many shots of the NY&LB on the Fallen Flags site. I count 4 different paint schemes on the coaches.

Wow that pic on the Manasquan river bridge really brought back the memories. Around that time I was the regular fireman on that assignment. That has to be train # 1103. The job signed up in South Amboy around 6:15 am and passed over the bridge at 8:10 am. We would go around the loop and turn for #1120 getting back to South Amboy at 10:13 am. We would then lay over until 3 pm or official NY & LB time of 1500 and then grab a GG-1 and run Train # 1126 up to NY and then over to Sunnyside yard in Queens. Red Hilliard was the regular engineer on the job for many years including this time period. He hired out on the PRR in 1941 and could tell you many a story running double headed K-4s to Exchange Place out of Bay Head. During the early 70's the CNJ/ NY & LB was useing the military standard 24 hour clock so all times ie; Train orders, Bulletin orders, sign up times for crews and employee schedules had the four digit designation. Although we were Penn Central employees the NY & LB book of rules prevailed from WC/WOOD tower westward to Bay Head. Most of the old timers still referred to Bay Head as HD it's old telegraph designation. Those ex Pennsy E-7 s could really roll, I think they were geared for 117. The speed limit on The Branch, as we referred to it back then, was 60 mph and only 40 below Elberon. All E-units were maintained in Harrisburg and would shuttle back and forth on Mail 11 and Mail 10 to get back to South Amboy engine house. SA engine house would do running repairs but Monthly inspection and heavy repairs were Harrisburg Diesel Terminals purview. Six of them MU-ed and coupled to a 30 car Flexi-van train, Hang on ! I remember old Benny Eckman running them 110 mph between Harrisburg and Lancaster one fine spring Sunday morning and notching the throttle back to idle.

Ken S. wrote:http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/njdot/njt4111arc.jpg

Here's one of many shots of the NY&LB on the Fallen Flags site. I count 4 different paint schemes on the coaches.

The original 4111 pre-disco scheme doing the honors, LHF too. Good photograph.