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Re: (erielack) Re: EL E8's and Pass train in Schenectady 1971

From: Gordon Davids

>Penn Central had abandoned Albany Union Station and moved
>across the river to Rensselaer.  The D&H had built a
>connection at Albany so passenger trains and equipment
>could run between Colonie Shops >and Rensselaer but then
>changed the route of the trains to run via PC to
>Schenectady D&H.  Schenectady station was also closed, and
>the trains stopped at a PC station at Karner Road between
>Schenectady >and Albany en route to Rensselaer.  That is
>essentially the same route used by Amtrak today.

Didn’t they open Colonie as a "regional station" before
opening Renselaer?

>I thought of the possibility of an Office Car Special.  I
>was the D&H Track Supervisor at Oneonta when the photo was
>taken.  This was part of my territory.  I would have at
>least known of one if it ran or more >likely been on the
>train, and I can't recall one in the winter of 1971.

The Montreal service was restored sometime after Amtrak was
established, IIRC.  Didn’t the D&H use EL units for a season
on the D&H/Amtrak Montreal train?

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie
ELHS #1296


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