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Here is a very rare color photo (dating from 1950) of one of CNJ's unique double-ended "Baby Face" Baldwins, seen here at Plainfield, always a very busy commuter stop on CNJ's Main Line (tod ...

The big, brawny GP-40s replaced CNJ's icomic "Trainmasters"in 1969; they were also the last new passenger power purchased by the CNJ.

By the 1970s, a number of second-hand through cars we ...

The LIRR and the CNJ ("The Last Mile")...........

Though quite a few retired LIRR MP-54s were scrappedin New York, many were also scrapped by Nopirano in Newark;railfans loathed this scra ...

LIRR ferryboats.........

It is also interesting to recall that, until 1925, the LIRR also operated ferryboats across the East River, from the foot to of W. 34th Street, Manhattan, to Long Island Ci ...

"Noo Yawk "baseball" nooze" for Tuesday......

From the scores I just glimpsed, it's pretty much "rinse and repeat" from last night......... Sad

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When the "Ks" began appearing on the 33rd Street line, post-1967, it marked a throwback to the "Black Car" era, as the "Ks" also had single-panel doors and incan ...

For comparison,here is one of the original "INTERBOROUGH" subway cars........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45182

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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The LIRR's first MUs, the MP-41s, predated the MP-54s by serveral years.

They were virtual clones of the the original INTERBOROUGH subway cars of 1904.

Unlike the INTERBOROUGH cars, the LIRR's M ...

Thanks, I actually am familiar with the various PRR Electrics because I have a book specifically on it as well as another that deals with all the RR's who adopted electric power. Fascinating stuff.
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PRR's fearsome, monstrous, oft-forgotten "L-5" electrics were the PRR's version of the famed Swiss "Crocodiles".....these were MONSTERS, indeed! :shoc ...

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_River_Tunnels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Tunnel_Extension

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Must have been back-to-back Centipedes that I saw. The PRR certainly had a lot of interesting equipment.

Cyberider:

One of the most eye-catching and distinctive PRR engines were the Jules Vern- ...

"TWILIGHT" (1957)........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?94153

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Thiis classic image was taken just prior to the last K-4s being retired; note, also, the ...

This timeless 1956 scene depicts a hard-workin ,barkin' K-4 heading for Bay Head Junction..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142345

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PRR "Shark" action on the NY&LB....................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142348

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Fittingly, "Sharks" were a most appropriate di ...