Ah, the old days. Back in the 50's Browns Yard was used as an auxiliary storage for the loaded coal cars for the
Seaboard dumpers. The place was full of them. I think you could still find lumps of coal around the tracks there.
The catenary there provided a wealth of electric engines running around.
As I grew up on Raritan Street, watching the engines pulling the long trains was a lot of fun.
I saw my first E44 there.
Many a long winters night, in a heavy snow storm was punctuated by the arcing of a hard working GG1's
pantograph bouncing off the catenary due to heavy sleet on the wire. It was just like being at ground zero for a lightning strike.
Brown's yard has a long history of use. I suspect it will be there long after I'm gone.
Pennsyjohn
Seaboard dumpers. The place was full of them. I think you could still find lumps of coal around the tracks there.
The catenary there provided a wealth of electric engines running around.
As I grew up on Raritan Street, watching the engines pulling the long trains was a lot of fun.
I saw my first E44 there.
Many a long winters night, in a heavy snow storm was punctuated by the arcing of a hard working GG1's
pantograph bouncing off the catenary due to heavy sleet on the wire. It was just like being at ground zero for a lightning strike.
Brown's yard has a long history of use. I suspect it will be there long after I'm gone.
Pennsyjohn