CONRAIL... 1976, "THE COLORFUL YEARS", Part II

It is 1976, 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 II, you will see locomotives that make up the newly formed Conrail of April 1976. Units from Penn Central, Reading, Erie Lackawanna, and the 1st newly painted Conrail unit will show up. The locations covered will be in northern New Jersey, and filmed on the old Erie Mainline.
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. Sorry for the shaky cameral. I was truly an amateur photographer in these early years of Conrail. But history has been documented..

Thanks for watching...

Here is the link for Conrail Early Years Part I----
   • CONRAIL... 1977, "THE COLORFUL YEARS"...  

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