When I was a kid, I would ride my bike to Frankford Junction to watch trains. I saw a lot of freight and passenger GG1's

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Cool! I used to catch them at Princeton Junction when I was a kid.

@keithanddianevanhorn241

3 ай бұрын

My father worked for the Pennsy. I got to ride a lot of trains, but never one pulled by a GG1.

The GG1's also ran to Potomac Yard in Virginia, as well as from Harrisburg to Perryville, Md. 4926 never wore Tuscan in her PRR days, all were delivered in DGLE ( Brunswick Green).

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Good info, thanks! The internet was wrong then about the Tuscan Red on 4926, but that somehow doesn't surprise me.

When the NY State Fair is going on you can walk through the passenger cars

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

Cool! I'll have to attend that someday.

So cool that you caught a train while filming the coaches. The Delaware and Hudson is my favorite. Awesome tour Jamie. Thank you.

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Kevin! I actually caught two trains out there; both will be in my April recap video. Glad you enjoyed that D&H car too. It was nice for me to explore and railfan some different stuff. I'd travel more often if gas wasn't so darned expensive!

Nice video! The D&H is one of my favorite railroads, so it was nice to see the D&H coach.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the D&H coach too.

Awesome Video Jamie! Man i love those GG1s! Coming from a family of Pennsylvania RR and Baldwin Workers these types of engines hit home for me, Its so amazing seeing some preserved! I really loved the little tonner there as well, Cant go wrong with those little things! Hope you enjoyed your little NY Vacation before heading back to work! Scott

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Scott! I enjoyed this road trip very much, and definitely needed the change of scenery. That's really awesome that this tied in so well with your family's background. Glad you enjoyed the video, hope you're having a nice week!

Glad I saw this. I'm about 1.5 hours south and will have to stop and check this out on my next trip through there

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

It's definitely neat to see in person if you're in the area. It's gated off most the time, but I asked the guard at Gate 2 if I could go back and he said yes.

You can take the train to the New York state fair. Amtrak has a temporary stop here during the fair.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

That's really cool, I didn't know that. Maybe I'll try to do that someday.

Hello Jamie! Road trip! I know you love the GG1's! I haven't been to Syracuse in about 40 years. Good times Jamie! "From 1839 on, Syracuse life for many years revolved around Vanderbilt Square, the magnet was the railroad station, and the hostelries that grew up around it. In the old station Henry Clay was welcomed on his visit to the New York State Fair in 1849. Daniel Webster, General Winfield Scott, Louis Kossuth, John Brown, Stephen A. Douglas, and other notables were greeted there."

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Hey there Dennis! So glad you enjoyed my road trip. I needed it more than I realized, and I know you get how a change of scenery can do wonders for us. That's some very cool info you share, especially the mention of Henry Clay considering there's a little steam engine that once bore his name that will be the subject of two upcoming videos.

I was at the last run of the GG-1 Oct. 31, 1983 at Matawan NJ. I was working that day as a Signal Maintainer for NJ Transit. I still have the poster and a tee shirt, well the shirts now a dust rag. I got to ride on GG-1's in my 38 years with Penn Central, Conrail and NJ Transit. I once hitched a ride on old rivets the prototype G, that was in 1975. They ride like tanks, hard ride. Over 50 years of service, that never happens today.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Cool memories, thanks for sharing! And your 50 years of service are amazing! I used to ride NJT sometimes when I lived in NJ. I really wish the line would extend to the Lehigh Valley to make getting to NYC easier.

@johnruggiero8638

3 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin No the GG-1 had 50 years of service not me, I had 38 years of service. People came from around the world to say goodby to the iconic GG-1

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

Ah, I misread that, thanks for the clarification. Your 38 years of service is still quite impressive!

Great museum collection of locomotives and cars there!

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Awesome video Jamie, and great you got a train while you were there.. i was thru there last September and did a quik drive by of them. And i havnt posted it yet.. Your video is of coarse way better, always love your facts and narration.. so glad you got to share this display with others..

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you got to pass through there as well, and I hope you'll get to share your video eventually.

Thanks for sharing 😊

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Awesome video Jamie

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Marilyn!

Thanx for the effort. You always check the right boxes with decent narration to go along with it.👍👏

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks and you're welcome!

Great video! To bad the sun couldn’t cooperate 😂 please stay safe and always be awesome 😎

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! It's funny, the sun wanted to hide behind the clouds on the day of the eclipse when we all wanted it to come out. Then the next day I want to do video and wished it would hide behind clouds but it wouldn't. Lol, can't win!

Thanks for the video Jamie! Another enjoyable one. 😊

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Henry, glad you enjoyed it!

Great video, Thanks for posting. I didn't realize what a ruckus the eclipse created. It was overcast where we live and we didn't see a thing.

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! I had been to the 2017 eclipse in South Carolina, so I knew I'd be in for some crowds. But this one had significantly more traffic, at least where I was since there weren't many alternate routes. And the few alternate routes there were were also gridlocked.

@1940limited

2 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin Incredible.

Nice work! Thank you for the effort.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

That NYC 19144 caboose reminds me of the Lionel pre-war ones. Awesome GG-1 and coaches. Thanks for the tour!

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Cool, glad you enjoyed it!

Great video. Glad to see you made it to the fairgrounds to capture the GG1.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, it worked out well being able to fit it into that trip.

Used to climb on those trains everytime during the fair season.

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

Cool!

I've never seen anything like that Amtrak car. Looks quite unique. Thanks for the tour.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Rosie, glad I was able to share something new and different.

Very nice walk around, Jaime. Would really like to see those engines fired up and moving, but it's been a long time. Whenever I see these types of coaches, it's a walk down memory lane

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I'd love to see this old stuff be able to move again too someday.

Hello from Kansas 🇺🇲

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

Hello! Nice to hear from someone in Kansas, glad you stopped by to check this out.

Nice road trip to see the solar eclipse and seeing these master pieces of railroading and also the cramped thing about the GG1 cab is true as I have been in one before also I do have a HO scale model of 926 and there’s probably a N scale version to

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed both aspects of my road trip. That's also cool you have an HO model of this GG1. They make a bunch of different ones in N scale; if I ever see this one I'll have to get it.

Nice video Jamie

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

I rode in the cab of the very last GG1 in service, which was running for N. J. Transit. Yes, the cab was small and cramped and very loud. But it was a thrill and honor.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

That is super cool! Glad you got that experience and the lasting memories from it.

New York central and new haven the death of Pennsylvania rail road 😢

I actually saw amtrak gg1 926 I think last year

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Cool!

Jamie: The Newport & Narragansett Bay Railroad has: (2)GE 40 that I was on in 1985, (1)45 tonner ? and (1) just purchased last year 80 tonner locomotive for there dinner ride up and down their tracks.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

Cool, thanks for the info. I'll have to check that railroad out if I'm ever in the area.

Restore it and run it on the mainline!

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

I sure wish they could!

😎

Would look so much better in Tuscan Red. Don't know why they ruined it with that trashy Amtrack paint. Unbelievable. Great Video though. 🇺🇸

@JamieMakin

2 ай бұрын

I'm definitely more a fan of the Tuscan Red, such a classic and beautiful look. I'm guessing they went with Amtrak because the Amtrak trains share the line with CSX through there.

Why is a GG 1 sitting in Central New York.

@JamieMakin

3 ай бұрын

It's strange, but not as strange as the GG1's sitting in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Dallas, Texas.

@PCCRNSENGR

3 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin A Chapter member put up the money to aquire one when Amtrak had them for sale to Historical Groups.