My Last Week in Bethlehem

[Rudy Garbely]

This past week, I've been running around my area in eastern PA getting as much railfanning as possible in before I came home to northern NJ last night. Here are my shots from the past week:

Phillipsburg, NJ - Saturday:

Me in front of a Black River SW1200RS (ex-CP) :


NS train coming over the river from Easton:


Newport, PA - Sunday (Conrail Historical Society Rail-B-Que):

NS train on a curve:


Another NS train on the same curve:


Another NS train on the same curve:


Another NS train on the same curve (only CR blue engine all day!):


NS train from the other direction:


CRHS photo line on the same stone pile that all of my previous pictures were taken from. My dad (Rudy Sr.) is the guy in the green shirt and khaki shorts all the way on the right of the line:


Another NS train on the same curve, slightly different angle:


Enola, PA - Sunday (after the Rail-B-Que):

Genset switching the yard:


Milwaukee Road hopper on the hump:


OLD N&W hopper on the hump:


CR SD38 at the shops:


Port Clinton, PA - Sunday (on the way home from Enola):

R&N/Lehigh Gorge SD50 (with an R&N SD38 behind it):


R&N (ex-UP) SD40-2:


R&N SD40-2:


Bethlehem, PA - Wednesday:

BNSF SD70M with fire damage:


NS GP59 - Operation Lifesaver:



I start my job on the Morristown & Erie on Monday. I should have some great pictures for you guys next week!

[kcs1967]

Great shots.

I love that double line bridge on a single line, the unused rails look sad.

[Randy Earle]

Great pics! Good luck on the M&E.

[rdg5310]

Nice pictures Rudy, I'm sure you'll share lots of good photo's with us from the M&E. Detail shots of the C430 would be great!

[Rudy Garbely]

May 7, 2010 8:56:13 GMT -5 rdg5310 said:

Nice pictures Rudy, I'm sure you'll share lots of good photo's with us from the M&E. Detail shots of the C430 would be great!

They don't have either one of them anymore. Both of them are working up on the LAL in NY.

[rdg5310]

Now that's a bummer! I didn't realize they were off the property. Oh well.

[Rudy Garbely]

May 7, 2010 11:40:23 GMT -5 rdg5310 said:

Now that's a bummer! I didn't realize they were off the property. Oh well.

That's okay though. There's still the two ex-TP&W C424's, a pair of ex-CP C424's, an ex-Erie Mining RS11, an RS1, a pair of ex-Santa Fe SW1200 rebuilds, and the SW1500. And a little Plymouth. There's also an MK-rebuilt GP9 that's in pieces right now because they're putting an EMD engine back in it.

Then, you have to consider all the other equipment they work on. They own the Maine Eastern, meaning we'll also regularly see FL9's, F40PH's, and a GP7. And they're operating the Stourbridge Line, so we'll see the BL2 occasionally (although that was just in the shop for a month and left a few weeks ago, so I don't know that I'll see it again this summer).

The M&E also buys old ALCo's for parts. For a while they had an M630 outside the shop completely gutted. They've got at least one or two more ex-CP C424's laying around somewhere, and I think they still have another ex-Erie Mining RS11 somewhere.

[Randy Earle]

You'll have to trade in those shorty pants for some good heavy jeans now. Doyle McCormack saw me in shorts once and told me...."Hey Randy, I seen better lookin legs on a spider".

[icghogger]

Rudy, Great Photos, You be DA MAN!!

[m a y o r 79]

I like that Milwaukee hopper, not many still have the "Americas Resourceful Railroad" plate on the sides. That's an awesome catch! You don't have any more photos of that car do you?