Any ideas what route this is?
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Interesting, Penn Central out of detroit, can't nail down the location, though. Maybe somebody else recognizes this line.....
Looks like U25B's for power .. PC racks .. former NYC bay window protecting the rear. Love the cars, too! Good stuff!
Penn-Pacific posted:Interesting, Penn Central out of detroit, can't nail down the location, though. Maybe somebody else recognizes this line.....
It would be cool to model this location on a layout.
I remember that commercial, I also remember a dispatcher routing a similar train being routed to the wrong track going throw a single high stack train hight tunnel. took out a large amount of cars before it wedged itself inside the tunnel, great job PC.
Nice MOPAR Collection too!
WAY COOL !
Gee, remember those days when new cars could be transported on open rail car-carriers without the worry of being tagged with spray paint, or become targets for rock-throwers or people with guns firing at them for moving target practice. It probably happened occasionally, but apparently no need back then for fully enclosed carriers like today.
This is the Wilbur Bridge, crossing Rondout Creek in Kingston,NY; X-NYC,PC,CR, now CSX. The last 12 seconds are pretty obviously the West Shore line along the Hudson, so I went to the Bridgehunter.com site and looked in Ulster County. There it was, with a link to an older (posted 2006) video of the one posted, along with the usual gaggle of comments from the peanut gallery. I guess there aren't any informed NYC enthusiasts on here.
My dad saved up and bought a brand new, bright red, 69 Plymouth Fury III four door sedan. Over the course of the years, everything on the left side fell off. It was one of those "only one screw in a two screw attachment" things. he was bummed.
My 71 Fury III sport coupe held up well, but refused to stay in alignment. Drum brakes and bias ply tires added to the excitement of high speed driving.
Those were the days. 
How come the first car shown didn't have windshield wipers? I think it's a model. 
The 1969 Plymouth Fury wipers are well below the hood line...just looking at others pics you can't see them either.
Recessed wipers were a styling trend around 68-69 and if one car has it, all the others have to as well. The Corvette had a little hatch that popped up when the wipers came out. That probably worked out well in the ice and snow of the frozen North land.
what a hoot.
my first car was a hand-me-down 1970 Fury III in puke metallic green and black vinyl roof. big box of sheet metal with no weight. got blown all over the road crossing big bridges.
was a great car for dates, lots of room inside.
PRR Man posted:what a hoot.
my first car was a hand-me-down 1970 Fury III in puke metallic green and black vinyl roof. big box of sheet metal with no weight. got blown all over the road crossing big bridges.
was a great car for dates, lots of room inside.
That's what happens when you date thin girls, a 3,700 pound car with driver only gains an additional 100 pounds. Were BOTH hands on the wheel????
