Your funny... The guy with the cart lol. Hey THANK YOU for sharing these videos I'm 58 and love the old trains which I have a layout of 50's to 79... Even hade old cars have a 64 Olds 98 right now... Nothing better then the older day's . These days are crap... Again thank you Pennsylvania is a beautiful state specially railroads
@@kurt8986it’s mostly all still there, only the mainline from South Amboy to about Parlin is severed and long gone, also no longer goes into New Brunswick track ends just before Rt1.
@5:42 Big Mike has it wrong. At that time it was Consolidated Gas Transmission Corp. Dominion did buy them later and is still in operation. The hay fields and pasture in the background was part of the family farm. About a 1/4 mile behind the train there is still, today, rail in the ground to prevent washout from Mill Creek.
Thank you for your feedback. When we produce these programs, we seek out qualified parties to provide information that is as accurate as can be. We can only go by the information supplied to us. Chris Bigham supplied all the detail information for the WAG section of the program, and Chris is regarded as a knowledgeable individual on the WAG by the railfan community. Some of the information you mention would not be known by many, only those who reside or used to live in the area.
@JPMediaRR yes Chris does know his stuff for the most part. It's got to be more than 20 years now that I met him and gave him a tour of where the line was. From this shot @5:42 a half mile north or so, I was still a kid as I stood with a foot on each side of a rail as it slowly slid away between my feet when they scrapped the track.
Fantastic coverage sadly I was in high school when they folded or merged away and being in the Midwest travels were limited. Sure do miss those old Freight cars
I wonder if any vendor will have this at the train show tomorrow? I work in Niagara Falls and always try to figure out where the old nj was when I drive up and down Buffalo ave
train crews have to pick up firewood?back in those days train crews were making about $20 per hour with lots of overtime but heating oil is diesel fuel so the train crews could fill up fuel cans at the fuel pad with almost no cameras back then and back then the federal minimum was was only five dollars per hour for people not lucky enough to get a railroad job.
Those were the days, I always loved the Boxcars, especially with no graffiti, commentary is excellent 👍🏻 thank you for posting
Your funny... The guy with the cart lol. Hey THANK YOU for sharing these videos I'm 58 and love the old trains which I have a layout of 50's to 79... Even hade old cars have a 64 Olds 98 right now... Nothing better then the older day's . These days are crap... Again thank you Pennsylvania is a beautiful state specially railroads
Nice to see clean cars without all the graffiti.
The only video I have ever seen of my hometown shortline (RRRR) that I was born "just too late" to see myself. Will be sure to order a copy!
any active tracks left now
@@kurt8986it’s mostly all still there, only the mainline from South Amboy to about Parlin is severed and long gone, also no longer goes into New Brunswick track ends just before Rt1.
Terrific video!
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Thanks for the video love the old stuff especially the caboose.
Nice video thanks
Love the Becnar series !!
2 of the WAG F7's are now at the Golden gate railroad Museum
Always the best videos with narration.
There is one of the WAG centercabs at Northeast RR museum in Northeast, Pa.
Timeless 👍
Excellent!
@5:42 Big Mike has it wrong. At that time it was Consolidated Gas Transmission Corp. Dominion did buy them later and is still in operation. The hay fields and pasture in the background was part of the family farm. About a 1/4 mile behind the train there is still, today, rail in the ground to prevent washout from Mill Creek.
Thank you for your feedback. When we produce these programs, we seek out qualified parties to provide information that is as accurate as can be. We can only go by the information supplied to us. Chris Bigham supplied all the detail information for the WAG section of the program, and Chris is regarded as a knowledgeable individual on the WAG by the railfan community. Some of the information you mention would not be known by many, only those who reside or used to live in the area.
@JPMediaRR yes Chris does know his stuff for the most part. It's got to be more than 20 years now that I met him and gave him a tour of where the line was.
From this shot @5:42 a half mile north or so, I was still a kid as I stood with a foot on each side of a rail as it slowly slid away between my feet when they scrapped the track.
I think I will put this one on my list
Love it!
The Raritan River RR. only had 6 SW900's. 1 thru 6. There was no #8 engine. Great video!
Correct. The opening scene at the engine house, it SOUNDS like 6 eight 3, but Mike says 6 AND 3
Fantastic coverage sadly I was in high school when they folded or merged away and being in the Midwest travels were limited. Sure do miss those old Freight cars
Such a shame that every last inch of the WAG was torn up.
Nice video 👍
I wonder if any vendor will have this at the train show tomorrow? I work in Niagara Falls and always try to figure out where the old nj was when I drive up and down Buffalo ave
This was JUST released today, so no one has these in their hands yet. We expect dealers to have these in stock within a week or so
Is the chemical plant still in operation.
Do a Lehigh and new England volume 1&2 collection
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train crews have to pick up firewood?back in those days train crews were making about $20 per hour with lots of overtime but heating oil is diesel fuel so the train crews could fill up fuel cans at the fuel pad with almost no cameras back then and back then the federal minimum was was only five dollars per hour for people not lucky enough to get a railroad job.
I presume you worked for the Raritan River Railroad to know this information first-hand?