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By:John Hepp
Dates:1/1/1975 - 12/31/1979
Album Info:I always liked the Erie-Lackawanna. It was a friendly railroad, that unlike the Penn Central, had clean trains and good tracks. As these photos illustrate, I spent a lot of time at Hoboken Terminal and riding the local lines that radiated from there.
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E-L 1241
Title:  E-L 1241
Description:  An!EMD GP7 at Port Jervis, NY, in January 1976.
Photo Date:  1/10/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:08:13 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  234   Comments: 0
E-L 420
Title:  E-L 420
Description:  An EMD NW2 at Hoboken Terminal in!January 1976.
Photo Date:  1/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:03:24 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 420(NW2)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
E-L 3664
Title:  E-L 3664
Description:  An E-L freight heads east through Suffern, NY, in January 1976.
Photo Date:  1/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:45:17 AM
Location:  Suffern, NY
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EL 3664(SDP45)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
E-L 3672
Title:  E-L 3672
Description:  An EMD SD45-2 leads an eastbound piggyback train at Suffern, NY, in January 1976.
Photo Date:  1/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 7:56:52 PM
Location:  Suffern, NY
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EL 3672(SD45-2)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
E-L 3354
Title:  E-L 3354
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken, NJ, in January 1976.
Photo Date:  1/19/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2013 10:58:40 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3354(U34CH) EL 3376(U34CH)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
E-L 3655
Title:  E-L 3655
Description:  An EMD SDP45 at Port Jervis, NY, in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2013 10:48:10 PM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3655(SDP45)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
E-L 3655
Title:  E-L 3655
Description:  An EMD SDP45 at Port Jervis, NY, in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:46:59 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EL 3655(SDP45)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
E-L 3603
Title:  E-L 3603
Description:  An EMD SD45 at the engine terminal in Port Jervis, NY, in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 7:55:34 PM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  EL 3603(SD45)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
E-L 3359
Title:  E-L 3359
Description:  At Hoboken Terminal, a NJDOT-owned GE U34CH, awaits its next run in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/23/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2013 10:38:11 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3359(U34CH)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
E-L 460
Title:  E-L 460
Description:  An Erie-Lackawanna EMD SW1200 switcher in Secaucus, NJ, March 1976.
Photo Date:  3/13/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2013 10:36:13 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EL 460(SW1200)
Views:  267   Comments: 1
E-L 1237
Title:  E-L 1237
Description:  An EMD GP7 at Croxton Yard in March 1976 on the eve of Conrail.
Photo Date:  3/20/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:07:22 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  EL 1237(GP7)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
E-L 3308
Title:  E-L 3308
Description:  The powerful GE U33Cs always looked very big to me, larger than their EMD counterparts even though they were not so in fact, and this image captured that feel for me. Croxton Yard, March 1976.
Photo Date:  3/20/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:27:11 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EL 3308(U33C)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
E-L 2503
Title:  E-L 2503
Description:  A GE U25B at Croxton Yard in March 1976 on the eve of Conrail.
Photo Date:  3/20/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 8:03:55 AM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 2503(U25B) EL 3655(SDP45) EL 1223(GP7)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
E-L Croxton engine house
Title:  E-L Croxton engine house
Description:  E-L 457, 1232 and 1230 inside the engine house at#Croxton Yard in March 1976.
Photo Date:  3/20/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 8:09:34 AM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 457(SW1200) EL 1232(GP7) EL 1230(GP7)
Views:  704   Comments: 0
E-L 3308
Title:  E-L 3308
Description:  A GE U33C waits its next duty at Croxton Yard in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/17/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 4:16:21 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3308(U33C)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
E-L 3602
Title:  E-L 3602
Description:  Two ex-E-L units head a westbound Conrail freight train at Abrams Yard in May 1976. The first few months on Conrail were exciting as odd motive power like this showed up all over the system as adjustments were made to where locomotives were stationed.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2013 10:41:32 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3602(SD45) EL 3311(U33C)
Views:  358   Comments: 2
E-L 421
Title:  E-L 421
Description:  An EMD SW7 at Croxton Yard in May 1976.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2013 10:52:21 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  EL 421(NW2)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
E-L 1404
Title:  E-L 1404
Description:  A branch of the Erie-Lackawanna served Phillipsburg, NJ, and there was"a small yard and engine terminal there. A few months into Conrail, May 1976, things were unchanged.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 8:06:17 AM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  EL 1404(GP7)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
E-L 428
Title:  E-L 428
Description:  An EMD TW7 at Croxton Yard in May 1976.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:06:03 AM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 428(SW7)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
E-L 3602
Title:  E-L 3602
Description:  An EMD SD45 at Abrams Yard in May 1976.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 4:29:31 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EL 3602(SD45)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
E-L 3372
Title:  E-L 3372
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken Terminal in June 1976.
Photo Date:  6/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:14:19 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3372(U34CH)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
E-L 3327
Title:  E-L 3327
Description:  A GE U33C on a Conrail freight train at Harrisburg in June 1976.
Photo Date:  6/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:29:44 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EL 3327(U36C)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
E-L 3382
Title:  E-L 3382
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken in June 1976.
Photo Date:  6/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 8:11:36 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3382(U34CH)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
E-L 3376
Title:  E-L 3376
Description:  An inbound commuter train at Hoboken in June 1976.
Photo Date:  6/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 4:24:07 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EL 3376(U34CH)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
E-L 3377
Title:  E-L 3377
Description:  A GE U34CH rests at Hoboken Terminal in June 1976.
Photo Date:  6/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 4:25:23 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3377(U34CH)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
E-L 3638
Title:  E-L 3638
Description:  One of the Erie-Lackawanna Bicentennial units, an EMD SDP45, on a Conrail freight train in July 1976.
Photo Date:  7/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:11:51 PM
Location:  Port Kennedy, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EL 3638(SDP45)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
E-L 3378
Title:  E-L 3378
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken Terminal on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:15:51 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  EL 3378(U34CH)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
E-L 3369
Title:  E-L 3369
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken Terminal on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:17:17 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  EL 3369(U34CH)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
E-L 3362
Title:  E-L 3362
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken Terminal on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:18:54 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3362(U34CH)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
E-L 3360
Title:  E-L 3360
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken Terminal on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:20:19 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3360(U34CH)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
E-L 3353
Title:  E-L 3353
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken Terminal on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:21:42 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  EL 3353(U34CH)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
E-L 3357
Title:  E-L 3357
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken Terminal on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:23:13 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3357(U34CH)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
E-L 3355
Title:  E-L 3355
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken Terminal on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:24:34 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3355(U34CH)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
E-L 3374
Title:  E-L 3374
Description:  A GE U34CH on track 3 at Hoboken on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 1/23/2193 8:14:41 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3374(U34CH)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
E-L 3365
Title:  E-L 3365
Description:  A GE U34CH rests at Hoboken on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 8:43:52 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3365(U34CH)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
E-L 3382
Title:  E-L 3382
Description:  A GE U34CH rests at Hoboken on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 8:45:22 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3382(U34CH)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
E-L 3352
Title:  E-L 3352
Description:  A GE U34CH backs into Hoboken Terminal with a supervisor on its rear platform on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 7:46:33 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  EL 3352(U34CH)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
E-L 3358 and 3366
Title:  E-L 3358 and 3366
Description:  Two big GE U34CHs await their next runs at Hoboken Terminal on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/30/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 7:48:07 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3366(U34CH) EL 3358(U34CH)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
E-L 3374
Title:  E-L 3374
Description:  A GE U34CH at Hoboken on July 30, 1976.
Photo Date:  7/31/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 6:40:58 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  EL 3374(U34CH)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
E-L 3362
Title:  E-L 3362
Description:  The big GE U34CHs sometimes headed short trains and would end up in the well-maintained early-20th-century splendor of Hoboken Terminal. August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 8:13:07 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3362(U34CH)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
E-L 422
Title:  E-L 422
Description:  This EMD NW2 was working Hoboken Terminal on another visit in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 6:42:34 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  EL 422(NW2)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
E-L 3358
Title:  E-L 3358
Description:  Hoboken Terminal, August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 6:48:41 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3358(U34CH)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
E-L 424
Title:  E-L 424
Description:  There always seemed to be a switcher or two working Hoboken Terminal and in August 1976 it was this EMD NW2.
Photo Date:  8/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 6:50:25 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EL 424(NW2)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
CR 1776 and E-L 3376
Title:  CR 1776 and E-L 3376
Description:  GE U34CHs at Hoboken Terminal in August 1977. CR Bicentennial 1776 had been E-L 3351 and was the only GE U34CH to receive Conrail lettering. It had been rebuilt by GE following a wreck and returned painted in a Bicentennial paint scheme with Conrail lettering and the number 1776.
Photo Date:  8/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 7:51:00 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CR 1776(U34CH) EL 3376(U34CH)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
E-L B65
Title:  E-L B65
Description:  A slug built from a Baldwin (DRS-66-1500) at Croxton Yard in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 4:21:55 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EL B65(Yard Slug)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
E-L 1241 and PC 6558
Title:  E-L 1241 and PC 6558
Description:  A Penn Central interloper at Croxton Yard in the early days of Conrail in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 6:52:24 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  EL 443(NW2) PC 6558(U33C)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
E-L 424
Title:  E-L 424
Description:  The Penn Centr`l caboose is the only evidence of Conrail in this September 1976 photograph of an EMD NW2 at Hoboken Terminal.
Photo Date:  9/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 8:58:10 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EL 424(NW2)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
E-L 1241
Title:  E-L 1241
Description:  Croxton Yard, September 1976
Photo Date:  9/18/1976  Upload Date: 2/12/2010 10:53:37 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John He{p
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  EL B66(Yard Slug)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
E-L 443
Title:  E-L 443
Description:  An EMD NW2 at Croxton Yard in September 1976.
Photo Date:  9/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:09:58 AM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  EL 443(NW2)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
E-L 1243
Title:  E-L 1243
Description:  Dover, NJ, December 31, 1976.
Photo Date:  12/31/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2013 10:56:45 PM
Location:  Dover, NJ
Author:  John Hep
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  218   Comments: 1


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