I recognized all the locations in this film. South Amboy, Morgan creek bridge, and the loop in Bay Head, all in NJ. on the North Jersey Coast Line, Now NJ Transit. I was a Signal Maintainer on the NJCL from 1982 to 2013, I walked those tracks hundreds off times and spent a many a cold night out on the bridges. There was a big boat up on the span at Morgan bridge, washed up during hurricane Sandy, Large sections of track washed out. That bridge is still in service today. I started with the Penn Central, in 1976 missed the Pennsylvania by eight years.

Some have commented that there is melancholy in this. Absolutely. This is steam in the mid ‘50s - twilight. But it also is twilight for the railroads. Note how many sidings are starting to get grassy. The “deferred maintenance” already is creeping. There is countless evidence of change, and not all of it good. It’s subtle, but look closely; it’s there.

My. Grandfather worked for the P.R.R. I miss him

My Uncle Charles ran those GP-7,s right in front of our house. Coal run at Grampian. One day in 1960 he stopped the train and me and my Dad

GREAT video, thanks.....GREAT choice of music too, much better than the usual rail vid mucis

Both are great: Rossinis William Tell and the PRR!

Plenty of NYLB action!!

Color film wasn't needed back then, because everything was either painted black, or covered in coal soot. Well, except out at sea, where based on my dad's old film rolls, everything was a shade of gray, even the water !

The Pennsylvania Railroad was The Standard Railroad of The World. That means that it was the best of the best of the best.

Miss the old PRR 😪😪😪😢

P.R.R is my favorite steam locomotives

EXCELLENT footage. Good stuff.

Love the choice of music, (William Tell Overture), cheers.

There's something very melancholy about this. The sad fact that PRR went belly up and got folded into Penn Central (along the New Haven, I believe they have a far more filthy word for what Penn Central was). That these giants of steam were sadly sent to the scrap heap and not many were preserved is a tragic waste. It took an accident for one of the K4's to be saved, and none of the GG1's are in operable condition.

I was born 50 years too late.

Great video

Anyone know if there is a good PRR color 16 mm film on youtube of two PRR steam engines passing each other back in the day?

Got on the train. I sat in the caboose on the way back.

Looks depressing for some unknown reseaon

Nice video!

Footage like this is priceless. Thanks for sharing. Looks like New Jersey?

Steam Action.

10:25 Not that guy bout to cause rail-rage by flipping someone off

What awe the world must have had for the good ol' U S of A as compared to this age

Too bad they didnt have cell phones back then. lol

*In Sepia

I prefer a little ramblin' banjo music with my train vids.

Diesel ization repaid the railroads with bankruptcy the hold for tonnage crew destroyed customer service