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Eastern US Railroad Anthracite Coal Story

67K views · Nov 22, 2023 · Autos & Vehicles

Comments · 35

  • @charlessmileyvideos · 2 years ago · pinned

    This whole DVD &quot;The Hard Coal Roads&quot; 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. &nbsp;The roads fell into bankruptcy but the video doesn&apos;t tell the whole story. &nbsp;These railroads were still marginally profitable until Penn Central went bust. &nbsp;When Penn Central declared bankruptcy, it quit paying its bills on the interchange of freight cars to neighboring railroads. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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&apos;re so used to seeing that, that when you don&apos;t, you take notice. Love the vintage RSC–2&apos;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. &nbsp;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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