you ain't wrong. I visited Cresson and Horseshoe Curve for the first time when I was a kid in 1998 during the Conrail split. First time I ever saw helper operations. I"ll never forget it. I grew up in Ohio , so mountain operation isn't a thing
That was a really good era. The crews and workers were so friendly. I was invited up into Alto tower in Altoona and spent the afternoon watching the behind the scene activity. I really miss "Big Blue". It was a great time to be a Railfan.
Oh yeah a time period when American Railroading was still Great, given the GE Dash 9 units and Quality logo on the hoods I would say 1992-time frame given it only took 2 years for the Gallitzin New Portal Tunnel to be complete. As at that point I was working at Enola Yard Harrisburg PA 130 miles North of Altoona. Greatest days of my life working on Conrail. SD40-2 and SD45-2 were Conrail's work horse of Helper Power on the Curve. Good to see MG Tower looking so Healthy sadly that can't be said now a days such a shame looks now. 52:45 Helper Cut-off run around track to AR-Tower to track 1 aka the "Slide". Great Video Thanks means a lot.
All the guys in Altoona who were around for the Conrail days prefer Conrail over NS. NS does a lot of head-scratching moves that makes people not want to work there. Working on the RR is not for everyone.
This is what I call EPIC!! The 90's was just the best time for railroading and being a huge fan!! The fact that you have this is absolutely priceless. A memory you will cherish forever!! What is even more astounding is that you have a brand new Juniata built and painted SD60I 5648 in your consist which that locomotive was completed there on 08-11-1995 the day before you filmed this. That is what I call spectacular!! You visited the best locomotive facility in the country at the time ran by the greatest class one railroad to exist. The days of CONRAIL are sadly missed and this depicts what a class act they were. The people of CONRAIL made CONRAIL and railfanning great!! Depressing to see what it is today.
I had the opportunity to ride a coal shove out of Brunswick Maryland to Mt Airy,we had 4 GP units on the rear,where I was riding.As we approached the tunnel through Mt ,Airy two head end units failed.The helper crew ran out of time and we had to take a cab back to Brunswick.
Fantastic video Brings back memories. I use to ride in cr csx and ns . Got to operate them sometimes in the northern ohio territory. Went to Chicago and numerous times Was in many towers ware I helped out and operate draw bridges if they had em.
Awesome video and enjoyed watching. Miss that Conrail blue wnd the days of getting all sorts of cab rides on the CNW back home here in SE Wisconsin. Have a wonderful rest of your Tuesday. Steve
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I miss the Conrail days
This might be as close to a time machine as we'll ever get. Please, if you have more footage upload it! This is absolutely fantastic stuff
I have over 60 VHS tapes 2hr long each plus over 50 or more HI 8 tapes so there will be plenty more to come!
Did they partner up with CSX
you ain't wrong. I visited Cresson and Horseshoe Curve for the first time when I was a kid in 1998 during the Conrail split. First time I ever saw helper operations. I"ll never forget it. I grew up in Ohio , so mountain operation isn't a thing
That was a really good era. The crews and workers were so friendly. I was invited up into Alto tower in Altoona and spent the afternoon watching the behind the scene activity. I really miss "Big Blue". It was a great time to be a Railfan.
Those were the days when the crew would say come on up!!!!
I came here to listen to some EMDs... I was not disappointed. Excellent video.
@@amessman Glad you enjoyed!
That 2-cycle EMD 645 sound never gets old. So nice to see spartan cab EMDs here, instead of today's non visually appealing widecab GE/Wabtec locos.
Oh yeah a time period when American Railroading was still Great, given the GE Dash 9 units and Quality logo on the hoods I would say 1992-time frame given it only took 2 years for the Gallitzin New Portal Tunnel to be complete. As at that point I was working at Enola Yard Harrisburg PA 130 miles North of Altoona. Greatest days of my life working on Conrail. SD40-2 and SD45-2 were Conrail's work horse of Helper Power on the Curve. Good to see MG Tower looking so Healthy sadly that can't be said now a days such a shame looks now. 52:45 Helper Cut-off run around track to AR-Tower to track 1 aka the "Slide". Great Video Thanks means a lot.
Conrail never ordered any dash 9s
All the guys in Altoona who were around for the Conrail days prefer Conrail over NS. NS does a lot of head-scratching moves that makes people not want to work there. Working on the RR is not for everyone.
Conrail was a better RR than NS is, on a number of measures.
Good stuff, I was out there over Labor Day weekend that year and saw a RDG GP35 at the shops!
Love the older footage thanks for sharing
This is what I call EPIC!! The 90's was just the best time for railroading and being a huge fan!! The fact that you have this is absolutely priceless. A memory you will cherish forever!! What is even more astounding is that you have a brand new Juniata built and painted SD60I 5648 in your consist which that locomotive was completed there on 08-11-1995 the day before you filmed this. That is what I call spectacular!! You visited the best locomotive facility in the country at the time ran by the greatest class one railroad to exist. The days of CONRAIL are sadly missed and this depicts what a class act they were. The people of CONRAIL made CONRAIL and railfanning great!! Depressing to see what it is today.
Great footage from a legendary rail line! Thanks for sharing this!!
I had the opportunity to ride a coal shove out of Brunswick Maryland to Mt Airy,we had 4 GP units on the rear,where I was riding.As we approached the tunnel through Mt ,Airy two head end units failed.The helper crew ran out of time and we had to take a cab back to Brunswick.
It was very entertaining listening to all the BSing going on in the cab.
FANTASTIC!!!! Love the Geometry train at the 7:00 mark
Dude this footage is awesome.
Fantastic video
Brings back memories. I use to ride in cr csx and ns
. Got to operate them sometimes in the northern ohio territory. Went to Chicago and numerous times
Was in many towers ware I helped out and operate draw bridges if they had em.
😲It's the greatest TH-cam video ever..thank you for posting 🥲
I just came across this video ... Subscribed!!! 👍
Amazing video. All those engines coming in and out of the busy yard. All the activity, and the almighty struggle to get that train up the terrain.
Wow! This is very unique footage. Thanks for sharing.
Wonder why the whole town was on that bridge 😊
A very precious video. I hope to see more of it
Wow. Great video!
Great views!
What year was this great video thanks for sharing
Aug 12th 1995
Awesome video and enjoyed watching. Miss that Conrail blue wnd the days of getting all sorts of cab rides on the CNW back home here in SE Wisconsin. Have a wonderful rest of your Tuesday. Steve
Awesome footage!
This video is amazing
Back when ConRail finally got things fixed up and running good.
Now Norfolk Southern happened. Penn Central 2.0.
they still had my swithcers and caboose then
I was wondering my farther work for erie conrail and njt see two boats sitting in siding
NJT 4301 right at the beginning
1:41:24 Did Wikes PA (MP 241.0/240.7) not have a Defect Detector at this time?