It is 1977, and I am out with my Kodak Super 8mm sound movie camera. This was state of the art technology at the time. Movie film with sound. Only problem, was that the film cartridge only held 3-1/2 minutes of film. It usually always ran out in the middle of a subject. These old films have been digitalized, and preserved for all to see these early days of Conrail.
In Part I, you will see locomotives that make up the newly formed Conrail of April 1976. Units from Penn Central, Reading, Erie Lackawanna, and newly painted Conrail. The locations covered will be in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and filmed on the old Erie Mainline, the NYC River line, and out in the Allentown area of CNJ and the Reading lines.
Another neat thing to watch for in these old clips, are the classic freight cars. 40 and 50 footers, open side and open top auto racks, old tank cars, and reefers. What's really nice! No graffiti on any of it! Those where the days!!!
Hope you enjoy some of these classic images, even though the quality isn't the greatest with the antiquated system of filming back in the 70's...
Here is the link for "Early years Conrail Part II"
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