Re: A Lost E8 Running Light
Author: Freericks
Date: 01-12-2009 - 21:00
Jason Kuehn Wrote:
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> I am not sure this is a CR E-8. There are no PC
> or CR markings on the unit, and there is a New
> Jersey Transit decal on the rear flank of the
> locomotive. I suspect by this is really an NJT E
> unit.
Jason, there was no such thing as New Jersey Transit in 1978. It was a NJDOT owned E8, you are correct, but NJDOT was not a railroad, like NJT. Conrail actually ran the trains. NJDOT just owned the equipment (sort of like the State of California today with the Amtrak Capitols).