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Re: C420s in 1975
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 11-02-2010 - 23:57
George Andrews Wrote:
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> WOW -- Cool!!! I've read in several of my East
> Coast RR books that L & HR was at one time part of
> a roundabout routing to avoid the New York /
> Newark areas, but later on became basically a
> shortline ecking out a living on local lead &
> cement shipments.
Yup. The PC merger (and subsequent NH inclusion) resulted in a lot of diversion of L&HR's traditional overhead traffic base, then the burning of the Poughkeepsie Bridge mostly sealed its fate.
> Very little of it is still
> operated today.
On the other hand, now you can walk across the bridge. [www.walkway.org]
> Also, several of their C - 420's
> were wrecked ( on LV ?) while being delivered, and
> had to return to Alco for repairs.
The 24 (pictured) and the 23 were severely damaged while being delivered. They were moving dead-in-train behind the road power of an eastbound CNJ train that collided head on with a westbound LV train while on the LV at Laurel Run, PA, the day after Christmas 1965. Both were returned to Alco for repairs.
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> WOW -- Cool!!! I've read in several of my East
> Coast RR books that L & HR was at one time part of
> a roundabout routing to avoid the New York /
> Newark areas, but later on became basically a
> shortline ecking out a living on local lead &
> cement shipments.
Yup. The PC merger (and subsequent NH inclusion) resulted in a lot of diversion of L&HR's traditional overhead traffic base, then the burning of the Poughkeepsie Bridge mostly sealed its fate.
> Very little of it is still
> operated today.
On the other hand, now you can walk across the bridge. [www.walkway.org]
> Also, several of their C - 420's
> were wrecked ( on LV ?) while being delivered, and
> had to return to Alco for repairs.
The 24 (pictured) and the 23 were severely damaged while being delivered. They were moving dead-in-train behind the road power of an eastbound CNJ train that collided head on with a westbound LV train while on the LV at Laurel Run, PA, the day after Christmas 1965. Both were returned to Alco for repairs.
| Subject | Written By | Date/Time (PST) |
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 C420s in 1975
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Freericks | 11-02-2010 - 20:30 |
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Re: C420s in 1975
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George Andrews | 11-02-2010 - 23:03 |
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Re: C420s in 1975 |
OPRRMS | 11-02-2010 - 23:57 |