61 Minutes
Conrail’s Kaleidoscope Years is a series covering the first
few years of operations featuring a wide variety of motive power color
schemes inherited from the former Anthracite Roads, as well as leased
foreign power. The random colorful lash-ups made for an interesting and
exciting time on the former northeast railroads
The
second volume in this series covers railroads in the upstate region of
New York on the ex-Lehigh Valley, Penn Central and Erie Lackawanna
lines, including D&H trains, operations in and around the Lehigh
Valley and on the former Penn Central middle division in western PA,
from April of 1976 to October 1976.
Footage in this volume comes from photographers Paul Cooledge, Doug Parmele and Jonathan Reck.
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
