Eastern US Railroad Anthracite Coal Story
67K views · Nov 22, 2023 · Autos & Vehicles
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@charlessmileyvideos · 2 years ago · pinned
This whole DVD "The Hard Coal Roads" is available at our website <a href="http://www.cspmovies.com/">www.cspmovies.com</a>
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@valerieumphenour3565 · 2 years ago
A bygone era. Nice footage with the right amount of information and no background music. Thank You.
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@RRose-ie8oh · 2 years ago
In the commentary, the year 1972 looms large. The roads fell into bankruptcy but the video doesn't tell the whole story. These railroads were still marginally profitable until Penn Central went bust. When Penn Central declared bankruptcy, it quit paying its bills on the interchange of freight cars to neighboring railroads. This forced these railroads into bankruptcy and was the catalyst for federal government action that ultimately created CONRAIL.
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@dirkradler532 · 2 years ago
Great footage of the Lehigh Valley in Lehighton. Both of my grandfathers worked in the yard. The white Alco engines were known as snowbirds.
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@bobsnyder3309 · 7 months ago
My Grandfather was a engineer on the LV between Jersey City and Lehighton
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@rogerrendzak8055 · 1 year ago
The first thing I noticed (and it was a pleasure), was the lack of graffiti, on all the rolling stock. We're so used to seeing that, that when you don't, you take notice. Love the vintage RSC–2's, and the F–7 units.
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@mjrodriguez8670 · 2 years ago
The Cornell Red looked AWESOME, even though I liked seeing the ALCo Century 628 in white.
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@davidmihevc3990 · 2 years ago
This is some great footage. Being on the west coast, I never got to see much of the east coast roads except in photos. <br>I really enjoy seeing all the multi colored freight cars. Some railroads had some cool colors, reds, greens and even yellows. <br>Also miss the non tagged rolling stock.
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@debra6438 · 1 year ago
I was eventually absorbed into Conrail also.
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@margiecooper6045 · 2 years ago
Love the old trains. Thank you.
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@hartmutlorentzen9659 · 2 years ago
Great video, thanks for presentation, from Germany
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@Retired88M · 2 years ago
I grew up with a friend whose father was a yard master on the Valley. I’m pretty sure his dad got him on when he graduated high school. He made it up to engineer with NS<br>Sadly he passed a few years ago
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