Penn Central GG-1's & PC E8's on the NY&LB, 1976...

[BNforever2009]

Nice. Thats awesome to hear those E units roar again

[fredstuckmann]

Nice stuff Jack, thanks.

[mistersnapon]

Great clip....thanks for posting!!!

[kjrehberg]

I think we should go back to those classic GG1 horns.

[gitrplaya4u]

lol this sounds amazingly badly amazing

[grizzleybearz282004]

GREAT VIDEO I REMEMBER AT A KID WHEN THIS ENGINES HIT THE END IF THE RAILS AROUND 1984-85 IF IT WASNT FOR AMTRAK & PENN CENTRAL THAY WOULD HAVE BEEN RETIRED LONG BEFORE THAT BUT THAY SAY THESE GG1s WERE FIRST NEW WITH THE PRR IN BRUNSWICK GREEN AND TUSCAN RED AND WERE VERY WELL LIKED BY DRIVERS AND PASSEGERS I FINALY WHENT AND GOT A GG1 SET LIONEL MADE IN 1950 IN BRUNSWICK GREEN GOING TO HAVE IT RESTORED THEN POST IT ON YOU TUBE WITH ALL THE OTHER LIONEL SETS I HAVE:}

[grizzleybearz282004]

GREAT VIDEO I REMEMBER AT A KID WHEN THIS ENGINES HIT THE END IF THE RAILS AROUND 1984-85 IF IT WASNT FOR AMTRAK & PENN CENTRAL THAY WOULD HAVE BEEN RETIRED LONG BEFORE THAT BUT THAY SAY THESE GG1s WERE FIRST NEW WITH THE PRR IN BRUNSWICK GREEN AND TUSCAN RED AND WERE VERY WELL LIKED BY DRIVERS AND PASSEGERS I FINALY WHENT AND GOT A GG1 SET LIONEL MADE IN 1950 IN BRUNSWICK GREEN GOING TO HAVE IT RESTORED THEN POST IT ON YOU TUBE WITH ALL THE OTHER LIONEL SETS I HAVE:}

[ProfessorIgor]

blat !!!!

[dpohunter]

Very few of the heavyweight cars that wore Pea Soup green paint received both Penn Central titles AND the mating worms; one shows up as the first coach on the last train shown. Great video! Thanks for posting this.

[free2rtmey]

was that sound dubbed?

[1jackdk]

@free2rtmey NO. Its live sound. The guy that transfered this to VHS for me did a terrible job.

[WhyAyeMann]

Ive heard tell that these GG1's had a horn that could blow you out of you shoes!

[renkn]

Spend many days back in the 70's as a kid watching the engine.

It was great seeing the GG1 going past the old JCP&L bridge and the Augusta street croosing.

Thank you

[buttercupthesweetnes]

Nice video! I sure do wish digital camcorders had been around for the past 100 years.

[cmans79tr7]

Great clips! Just what I was looking for! If anyone out there has 8mm sound of the NY&LB from Bay Head to Point Pleasant, I would love to see it. I remember the PRR horns sounding different than in these clips. They must have taken the nice horns off when they went Conrail. Sounds like they are giving a rasberry.

[TheZeke1974]

The first GG1 in the video sounds like a ruptured goose, LOL

[OthoUser01]

Funny at 1:13 the driver gave you a "two bits" but didn't signal for the crossing. Thanks for the vid.

[TheZepmeister]

Seeing that GG-1 with PC markings make me think of Bobby Kennedys funeral.

[bnsfMAN93]

Those were the good old days. I honestly would rather see those still around than steam locomotives. Stupid taxes on overhead wire, but no taxes on diesel. I wonder why? Not like the government would have anything to do with it...

[GG1man]

@bnsfMAN93

Now you know why big oil made a PROFIT of $7,000,000.00 every hour of of every day, 365 days, last year. It will take a miracle to get us off that stuff.

[smwca123]

The electrification was extended from Perth amboy south to Matawan by 1983, the end of GG1s, and still later to Bay Head in the 1990s.

[1jackdk]

Thanks for the update. I new they electrified, but didn't realize they finally went all the way to Bay Head. Gee!!! When I was a kid on our yearly vacations to Ocean Grove. I remember the K4's big PRR Baldwins, and the double ended CNJ Baldwins. Wish I could go back in time with todays equipment. Thanks for watching. Jackmp294...

[gaycowboy31]

@1jackdk last year while in Kansas City on a private railcar we were to be switched off the Amtrak train and Kansas City Termenal did the swiching I almost fell over when the locomotive that showed up to swich us was still painted and letterd in the old Penn Central black with the white PC "worm" still very noticable faded of course but still in PC colors and the nose was faded enough to see the old PRR Tuscan Red and a faint trace of the on PRR Keystone still

[Amtrak1194]

@gaycowboy31 I would have died!

[gaycowboy31]

@Amtrak1194 LOL it was a bit supriseing to say the least I couldnt believe it when I saw it at first it was being used on the KCT as one of there locomotives complete with the yellow RS3L horn but it very clearlly was PC and former PRR I was suprised as hell to see it now KCT is owned by UP so most likelly it will be retired again if not allready there sadly but it was a cool site to see and hear that old 567 diesel working and that RS3L blowing Nestalgic like I am old but OH God I think I can

[niksiz]

@smwca123 The electrification was extended to Long Branch, not Bay Head. Passengers transfer to/from the diesel shuttle trains at Long Branch; some diesel trains operate all the way to Newark or Hoboken during rush hours.

[Modeltrainguy]

Impressive! 5 Stars!

It's a shame there are no GG1's stored away for 'Special Runs' and such. I would REALLY like to have seen one in operation.

[YoPhiladelphia]

Fantastic!!

[cbalducc]

The horn on that first train sounded kinda like a creature from a 1950s horror movie!

[JoJoJopete]

You insulted a GG1.

[GG1man]

@JoJoJopete

I believe the insult was made by Penn Central itself, when they repainted those beauties in black with two mating worms as a logo.

[paramusenglewood]

That's the South Amboy I remember from my first visits. Thanks for sharing.

[1jackdk]

That was truly a great place. I remember when I was real young about 1956, we would go to Asbury Park every summer. There was no GSPwy, just back roads to the sure. I remember well the PRR K4's, and the big Sharks running the Long Branch to BayHead. If I only had a camera. Glad you enjoyed the clip. Take care, Jack

[FrankRizzo6662]

I was 14 and living in South Amboy when this was filmed

[cbalducc]

It was great to hear the "one-note" air horns. Does anyone know what models they were? God bless.

[ACLTony]

Cbalducc, the single chime "honkers" on the GG1s were the Leslie A-200 series. They were commonly used on EMD locomotives from the 1940s thru the early 50s when multi-chimers became the preferred favorite from most of the Class 1 railroads. Though hard to find, a number of the A-200 horns survive today.

[generationll]

These are 2 of my favorite locomotives

[Isochest]

Thanks for sharing this one:-))))

[ACLTony]

So enjoyable seeing classic American motive power in action pulling passenger trains.

[OhioRails]

so sad to think that probably everything in this video is now long gone.

[ACLTony]

OhioRails, it's not a total loss.  Several GG1s are around, though unfortunately none are will likely be in running condition any time soon. A good number of streamlined and heavyweight passenger cars survive today in museums and tourist railroads. Ex New York Central, Pennsylvania, and New Haven Railroad cars are among the survivors.

[RichardRailroad]

Great stuff there!

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

Such A Beautfiul Video! The quality shows the old days and the true ways on how it was, the audio does the same! A truely fantastic job Jack!

[Catnip11147]

This is a railfan's dream. Those trais sure were noisy back then! Thanks for the memories!

[TheSubatomicCheese]

Great look back into the past!

[elrodjones]

Love the old CG's! Thanks for sharing.

[DrWeed1975]

Thank's for the video

I remerber those great Alco"s PA locomotive,and the old electrics one are very beutyfull

[jwerren78]

There is nothing wrong with that quality. Those vids are just classic! I wish there were more videos like that really. Thanks for sharing!

[iusetano]

Just AWESOME. Thanks for sharing.

[NJT4111]

very intresting, and accepting audio levels are fin, im just glad its not dubed sound like the proffesion movies, this is real! 5*****s

[trekg13]

Oh my God, I remember these.

Great Video. 5 stars!!

[1jackdk]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I can remember driving down to Ocean Grove as a kid. There was no Garden State Parkway, so we had to cross the railroad many times. I foundly remember the Pennsy K4 Steam locomotives until 1957, then the big Baldwin Sharks, and Alco PA's. Those where the days. Thanks for watching. Jack