Cedar Hill Rail Yard: 1971

Photos from a 1971 excursion to Cedar Hill Yard, a sprawling 880-acre facility in Connecticut built by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad that was once the largest railroad classification yard in the Northeast.
Slideshow begins with Cedar Hill locomotive service area with coal tower. Loco lineup includes Alco RS-3s, Fs, and GE U-Boats in fading McGinness livery.
Then we move on to the hump yard.
Although Cedar Hill was being gradually downgraded due to the advent of the more efficient Selkirk Yard facility upstate, morale was still high in the yard in1971, and everyone was friendly once we produced the right paperwork (my father, Carl R. Baldwin, had the foresight to secure a release from the railroad immunizing it from any liability should any of our group be injured while on site (Even in those declining days, Penn Central wanted good PR, and did nothing to discourage railfans as long as we abided by the (written) rules.
Slideshow continues with loco service yard at New Haven station. with including vintage NH power (GP9s, FL9s, EP5s, RDCs) plus interloper GG1s from merger partner PRR. At end, PC/NH "washboard" MU units make an appearance along with an Alco RS-3 in the Bronx.