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Viewing Album: PC E-units and NJDOT-stenciled GG1’s served the NY&LB at South Amboy

By:	Alan Page
Dates:	11/18/1978 - 11/18/1978
Album Info:	As part of Conrail-contracted commuter operations for NJDOT, many former PC E-8's, ex-EL E-8 4014, and CR blue E-8 4022 joined the NJDOT stenciled GG1’s to serve the NY&LB at South Amboy in November, 1978. The few remaining PC E-7’s seen in March, 1978 were now gone.

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PC E-8A 4326

Title:	PC E-8A 4326
Description:	PC E-8A 4326 rests between runs on the NY&LB outside the South Amboy engine facility.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 8:22:15 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	PC 4326(E8A)
Views:	209 Comments: 0

NJDOT GG1 4876

Title:	NJDOT GG1 4876
Description:	NJDOT GG1 4876 waits for assignment in a line of former PRR GG1's at South Amboy. This same GG1 was the famous runaway that crashed through the concourse of Washington's Union Station in 1953, and was back on the rails 10 months later, rebuilt from 3 cutup sections by the Altoona shops. 4876 was one of the last remaining operating GG1's in October, 1983 when the final curtain fell by NJ Transit on the ageless electrics.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 11:10:35 AM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4876(GG1)
Views:	793 Comments: 0

NJDOT GG1 4877

Title:	NJDOT GG1 4877
Description:	NJDOT GG1 4877 rests in a line of the ageless electrics at South Amboy in November, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 11:14:53 AM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4877(GG1)
Views:	290 Comments: 0

NJDOT GG1 4873

Title:	NJDOT GG1 4873
Description:	NJDOT GG1 4873 rests in a line of the ageless electrics at South Amboy in November, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 11:56:12 AM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4873(GG1)
Views:	429 Comments: 0

NJDOT E-8A 4320

Title:	NJDOT E-8A 4320
Description:	NJDOT E-8A 4320 rests outside the South Amboy engine facility in November, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 12:00:54 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4320(E8A)
Views:	238 Comments: 0

NJDOT GG1 4880

Title:	NJDOT GG1 4880
Description:	With it's PRR yellow stripe intact, NJDOT GG1 4880 rests at the end of a line of Gs at South Amboy.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 12:06:04 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4880(GG1)
Views:	310 Comments: 0

CR E-8A 4022

Title:	CR E-8A 4022
Description:	CR blue E-8A 4022 rests between runs on the NY&LB at the South Amboy engine facility.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 12:11:40 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	CR 4022(E8A)
Views:	468 Comments: 0

CR E-8A 4022

Title:	CR E-8A 4022
Description:	The roughened nose of an aged warrior. CR blue E-8A 4022 rests between runs on the NY&LB at the South Amboy engine facility.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:13:14 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	CR 4022(E8A)
Views:	452 Comments: 0

CR E-8A 4022

Title:	CR E-8A 4022
Description:	CR blue E-8A 4022 rests between runs on the NY&LB with NJDOT 4258 at South Amboy in November, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:25:51 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	CR 4022(E8A)
Views:	463 Comments: 0

CR E-8A 4014

Title:	CR E-8A 4014
Description:	CR E-8A 4014(ex-EL 825) rests outside the South Amboy engine facility with PC E-8A 4321 in November, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:30:41 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	CR 4014(E8A)
Views:	243 Comments: 0

NJDOT E-8A 4258

Title:	NJDOT E-8A 4258
Description:	NJDOT E-8A 4258 rests outside the South Amboy engine facility with CR blue E-8A 4022 in November, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:33:05 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4258(E8A)
Views:	476 Comments: 0

PC E-8A 4321

Title:	PC E-8A 4321
Description:	PC E-8A 4321 rests between runs on the NY&LB along with former EL E-8A (CR 4014) outside the South Amboy engine facility.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:35:49 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	PC 4321(E8A)
Views:	459 Comments: 0

NJDOT E-8A 4305

Title:	NJDOT E-8A 4305
Description:	NJDOT E-8A 4305 rests between runs on the NY&LB at South Amboy in November, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:41:01 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4305(E8A)
Views:	213 Comments: 0

PC E-8A 4326

Title:	PC E-8A 4326
Description:	PC E-8A 4326 rests between runs on the NY&LB outside the South Amboy engine facility.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:46:27 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	PC 4326(E8A)
Views:	237 Comments: 0

Former B&O Alco S2 9076

Title:	Former B&O Alco S2 9076
Description:	Former B&O Alco S2 9076 rests between switching duties at South Amboy in NOvember, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:48:43 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	BO 9076(S2)
Views:	393 Comments: 0

Former B&O S2 9076

Title:	Former B&O S2 9076
Description:	Former B&O Alco S2 9076 rests between switching duties at South Amboy in NOvember, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:59:11 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	BO 9076(S2)
Views:	339 Comments: 0

NJDOT E-8A 4305

Title:	NJDOT E-8A 4305
Description:	NJDOT E-8A 4305 moves into position at South Amboy station in November, 1978.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 3:03:22 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Action
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4305(E8A)
Views:	233 Comments: 0

NJDOT GP40P 4102

Title:	NJDOT GP40P 4102
Description:	NJDOT GP40P 4102(ex-CNJ 3673) with former Great Northern passenger equipment at South Amboy station.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 3:05:32 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Action
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4102(GP40P)
Views:	336 Comments: 0

NJDOT GG1 4879

Title:	NJDOT GG1 4879
Description:	NJDOT GG1 4879 ready to go late in the day at South Amboy. Still reliable after all these years! 4879 would ultimately be one of 3 operable GG1's at the end of their seemingly endless career in late October, 1983.
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 4:48:09 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4879(GG1)
Views:	236 Comments: 0

NJDOT GG1 4879

Title:	NJDOT GG1 4879
Description:	Light was almost gone for NJDOT GG1 4879 at South Amboy in November 18, 1978..
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 5:00:45 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster,Night
Locomotives:	NJDOT 4879(GG1)
Views:	186 Comments: 0

Former PC E-8A 4323

Title:	Former PC E-8A 4323
Description:	Late in the day, former PC E-8A 4323 rests outside the South Amboy engine facility in November, 1978. This E-unit would later become one of two CR-operated E-8As painted in white NJ Transit colors,
Photo Date:	11/18/1978 Upload Date: 12/7/2018 1:43:01 PM
Location:	South Amboy, NJ
Author:	Alan Page
Categories:	Roster
Locomotives:	PC 4323(E8A)
Views:	172 Comments: 1

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