Penn Central Volume5-HD

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The Penn Central was a railroad suspended in financial limbo when Emery Gulash shot these scenes in the mid-1970s. Bankrupt since 1970, the re-organization court had decided in May 1974 that, based on its income, the PC was not re-organizable. The future of the PC and a number of other bankrupt railroads in the Northeast was placed in the hands of a government agency, the United States Railway Association.
The middle of the decade was the worst of times for the PC. It may not have been the best of times for the trackside observers watching the Penn Central's trains in action but the urgency was there to record on film all that they could before the curtain dropped on the large fleet of Brunswick Green locomotives, even as their appearance became a little shabbier.
The rail action on the PC was definitely dynamic. Eventually, Conrail picked up the pieces -- but that is for the next program in our Penn Central series.
Locations include:
Ypsilanti, MI., Ann Arbor, MI., Huntingdon, PA., Juniata River Valley, Horseshoe Curve, Conemaugh Jct., Carleton, Town Line, Advance Departure Yard, River Raisin, Lima, OH., US RT-23 Bridges, Westland, MI., Mich. Central Depot, Kalamazoo, MI., Maumee River Bridge, Trenton, MI., Dearborn, MI., W. Detroit, Wayne Jct., and South Bend.
Equipment Includes:
GP-40s, GE U Boats, Alcos such as - C-636s & C-628, GP-35s, GP-38s, Budd Rail Diesel Car, SDP-40-Fs, E-units, Amtrak, French Turboliner, GP-9, F-40-PHs.
The 16mm film on this program was scanned with a state of the art Frame by Frame film scanner in Full 1080i High Definition.
From the Camera of Emery Gulash -- From 16mm Color Film
Approx. 73 Minutes

[@ThePainTrain765]

2:28 Earliest know footage of Foamers in their natural habitat.

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

1:45 that loco and horn were brand mew at that time and yet its so fouled cant even tell what horn it is and aslo why did they hardly ever blow the horn going through crossings?

[@W4RR3N-AX]

Cool RS3L

[@TheGMan.]

That footage in the snow is really dreary

[@anb7408]

Perfectly sums up PC’s entire existence.

[@geoffreylee5199]

I wonder about trains going up and down.

[@xstraightedgefishingx]

Come on, they're just kiddys.

[@raxxtango]

That was not a GP40...more like a U23B

[@sharkheadism]

Lead unit was a GP

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

raxxtango that was a GP40 theres a big differance.

[@W4RR3N-AX]

Penn central: We are a huge failure.
Amtrak & Conrail: Not for long

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

Karen Rivera CR wasn't a failure at all

[@W4RR3N-AX]

@@ReadingAreaRailfan No I’m saying penn central is a failure and when Conrail came about their were like-:not for long

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

@@W4RR3N-AX uhhh do you research, CR became one of the biggest roads in the US, they were around for almost 30 years. In the behind they weren't good but they got new engines and fixed everything and they were great.

[@W4RR3N-AX]

@@ReadingAreaRailfan I know Conrail isn’t a failure

[@americanrf5925]

Hey whats type emd #2656?

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

PAK TUA DAN PAK MUDA that's a GE. It's a U25B