My Hometown

[doctorwayne]

Wayne,
Nice shots of the CR and EL GP35's, since the EL unit is still in full paint without a CR stencil on it, what year was the pic taken?

Thanks
Bruce

Bruce, I wasn't very conscientious about putting dates on my photos - I had always assumed this to be from 1976. However, I'm pretty sure that it was taken in March, partially based on this photo, the first of the three shot that day:


Unless Conrail had locos painted in blue before their April 1, 1976 start-up, that would mean that the photo is actually from 1977. My interest was mainly in the EL diesel, as it was the first that I'd seen in Hamilton - most days it was ex PC geeps, although I do recall some Reading locos on a day when I didn't have my camera with me. I didn't notice until looking at the photos much later that the third unit, as seen in the first photo, was an RS-11. Most of my TH&B photos were taken before I went into work on afternoon shift, or, as is the case with the three above, after night shift.

Wayne