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RE: (erielack) Independence Day 1976

I was on the Dover extra (operator) board around '76, '77; and there was
talk then of running passenger trains to Scranton again. (It didn't sound
likely to happen in my lifetime.)  We still ran engines to Scranton, for
maintenance then.
A couple of years ago, I was on a Hoboken - New York ferry, and we passed
some sailing ships going up the Hudson.  They looked good to me.  Besides
being a railfan, I'm a sail fan.  Anybody remember Kalmbach's magazines,
"Trains and Travel", and "Ships and Sailing?"

Philip Martin
martinpl3_@_earthlink.net



> [Original Message]
> From: Montgomery, Edward T <Edward.Montgomery_@_fcps.edu>
> To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 7/3/2004 10:39:45 PM
> Subject: (erielack) Independence Day 1976
>
> Here's a thought:  2004 tracks day-for-day with 1976 the year Conrail
came into existence--the year NJDOT should have started thinking about the
cut-off as a commuter route long before the rails came out.
>  
> Anyway, Independence Day '76 was the parade of tall ships in the New York
Harbor.  In the middle of all that a nasty thunderstorm blew in creating a
lot of problems for a short period of time.  NJDOT and CR probably under
former EL management ran special trains to Hoboken that Sunday.  There were
trains running late into the evening that Sunday night.  Anybody remember
that?
>  
> The next day I went into the city to tour the tall ships.  EL had painted
one of the U34's in patriotic colors similar to the way SCL did one of
their engines.  It was a special time but one that signaled the end of the
EL even at that early date.  CR ran the trains under NJDOT contract.  The
old MU's started to fail.  Things began to change.
>  
> Ed Montgomery

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