This week appears to have operated off of a distinctly Northern Pacific Railway---the good NPR---flavor. Earlier in the week, I was browsing through an antiques store when the following popped up:

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By way of another blog, I've managed to find another Penn Central site:

UnlikelyPCRR.com

This fellow has done some really good work, including the scanning of various back issues of the PC Post, the company's newsletter from 1968 until 1976. There's also employee timetables for various operating areas, rulebooks, and a "Penn Central Diesel Spotter's Guide" that's accurate as of some time in 1974.

I'm very pleased to have found this site; it's less than a year old and seems to have a lot of promise. Much thanks to Gareth Bayer for leading me there. (Caution: Mr. Bayer's tastes may or may not necessarily align with your cultural standards; be advised and govern yourself accordingly.)

Paul Weiss, the site founder has the following to say about the Penn Central:

The Penn Central was a gritty, far flung railroad that in some people’s minds is very forgettable. It had neither the romance of the steam era nor the thrill of the streamliner era to allow it to take root in the hearts and minds of railfans. In fact, deferred maintenance resulted from a lack of profits, and “our” PC was one of noisy diesels belching thick black smoke, making a bunch of noise, and rarely did the paint disguise the former lineage of the unfortunate diesels that seemed so tired.

The above is probably an excellent little summation of the PC from a railfan perspective. I still run into railfans who recoil in horror or spew expletives when you mention the PC.

And to think of it, I was looking for a Soo Line autorack when I found all this.

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The Virginia Museum of Transportation's blog, VMT Musings, has announced 24th July, 2007, as the scheduled date of departure for NYC&StL S-2 763. The Berkshire-class locomotive will be moved over the Norfolk Southern Railway to Ohio Central property for potential restoration and return to service.

For further information, including an important disclaimer, see here for full details.

(Yes, I groused about the sale here and somewhat reconsidered here, so make of it what you will.)

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