CrossOfBayonne
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Railfan and multi interest nerd from the northeast #Trains #History #Anime #Videogames #PopCulture Also a very nice welcoming railroad enthusiast and multi interest person
#1940s #Reading #Pennsylvania Reading T1 2102 in November 1945 when she was first outshopped at the end of WWII at Reading station
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#1940s #Reading #Pennsylvania Reading T1 2102 in November 1945 when she was first outshopped at the end of WWII at Reading station
#Armor #History #WorldWarII #Firearms The Owen Gun is a Australian machine carbine used during WWII, It's cheap manufacture made it a favorite on Australian soldiers fighting in North Africa and especially the Pacific theatre in the jungles of New Guinea and Bougainville
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#Armor #History #WorldWarII #Firearms The Owen Gun is a Australian machine carbine used during WWII, It's cheap manufacture made it a favorite on Australian soldiers fighting in North Africa and especially the Pacific theatre in the jungles of New Guinea and Bougainville
#Australia #1940s #WorldWarII #Trains #History USATC S118 Mikado in Australia during WWII, During the Pacific theatre these mikados were the backbone of US Army's railroad operations especially in Australia and the Philippines and many were preserved by Australian rail enthusiasts post war
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#Australia #1940s #WorldWarII #Trains #History USATC S118 Mikado in Australia during WWII, During the Pacific theatre these mikados were the backbone of US Army's railroad operations especially in Australia and the Philippines and many were preserved by Australian rail enthusiasts post war
#1910s #Military #Trains #WorldWarI US Doughboys riding on a Baldwin built 4-6-0T in 1918 at the end World War I, These trench locomotives saw considerable service during The Great War and many are preserved
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#1910s #Military #Trains #WorldWarI US Doughboys riding on a Baldwin built 4-6-0T in 1918 at the end World War I, These trench locomotives saw considerable service during The Great War and many are preserved
#WorldWarII #FIrearms #Armor #History The Luger P08 was a high end pistol chambered in 9mm and was used by the German Armed Forces in both WW1 and WW2, Many were sought after especially American GIs as trophies and bringbacks
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#WorldWarII #FIrearms #Armor #History The Luger P08 was a high end pistol chambered in 9mm and was used by the German Armed Forces in both WW1 and WW2, Many were sought after especially American GIs as trophies and bringbacks
#Armor #Firearms #Military #History The M1 Carbine was the most mass produced US small arm of WWII, Designed in 1938 by David Marshall "Carbine" Williams it was used in support roles by both the US Military and later civilian roles and served through the Korean War and Vietnam War
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#1970s #Freighttrains #Reading #History #Steampower Reading 2102 helps a stalled freight at Carbondale in 1973, This was when the T1 or mighty T Hog ran for the High Iron Company and Steam Tours Inc with many successful outings including a conversion to D&H 302
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#1970s #Freighttrains #Reading #History #Steampower Reading 2102 helps a stalled freight at Carbondale in 1973, This was when the T1 or mighty T Hog ran for the High Iron Company and Steam Tours Inc with many successful outings including a conversion to D&H 302
#1940s #1950s #NewJersey #History#Trains Erie Berkshire at Secaucus in 1948 after WWII. The Erie rostered over 100 of these Berkshires and ran them both in New Jersey and New York until 1952 when all were retired and scrapped, This location is now NS/CSX Croxton Engine Terminal in the meadowlands
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#1940s #1950s #NewJersey #History#Trains Erie Berkshire at Secaucus in 1948 after WWII. The Erie rostered over 100 of these Berkshires and ran them both in New Jersey and New York until 1952 when all were retired and scrapped, This location is now NS/CSX Croxton Engine Terminal in the meadowlands
#1940s #1950s #Trains #NewJersey #History Erie Pacifics at Waldwick on the Bergen County Line ready for Commuter runs, The Erie had 3 lines running in Northern New Jersey all of which terminated at Jersey City at Newport Pavonia
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#1940s #1950s #Trains #NewJersey #History Erie Pacifics at Waldwick on the Bergen County Line ready for Commuter runs, The Erie had 3 lines running in Northern New Jersey all of which terminated at Jersey City at Newport Pavonia
#Trains #1980s #NewJersey RBM&N 425 and Pennsy E unit 5898 at Hoboken for NRHS 1986, This was the first steam locomotive since 2101 pulled the American Freedom Train in the 70s
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#Trains #1980s #NewJersey RBM&N 425 and Pennsy E unit 5898 at Hoboken for NRHS 1986, This was the first steam locomotive since 2101 pulled the American Freedom Train in the 70s
#Military #WorldWarII #History The M4 Sherman is an iconic American tank of the Second World War, First produced by Lima Locomotive Works it became a symbol of American resilience in it's darkest hour used both by the US Army and US Marine Corps
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
#Military #WorldWarII #History The M4 Sherman is an iconic American tank of the Second World War, First produced by Lima Locomotive Works it became a symbol of American resilience in it's darkest hour used both by the US Army and US Marine Corps
#1950s ##History #LehighValley #NewJersey #Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley Wyoming during a train wreck that took place in Union in 1950, This is a Kodakchrome photo and was towards the end of steam on the LV which ended the next year in 1951
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#1950s ##History #LehighValley #NewJersey #Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley Wyoming during a train wreck that took place in Union in 1950, This is a Kodakchrome photo and was towards the end of steam on the LV which ended the next year in 1951
#NewYorkCentral #1950s #NewJersey #NewYorkCity #History Non other than the well known NYC Hudsons a Boston & Albany J-2 comes out of the Weehawken Tunnel in around 1950, This tunnel once linked the NYC West Shore also used by NYO&W to Weehawken NJ and today this tunnel is now the NJT Light Rail
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
#NewYorkCentral #1950s #NewJersey #NewYorkCity #History Non other than the well known NYC Hudsons a Boston & Albany J-2 comes out of the Weehawken Tunnel in around 1950, This tunnel once linked the NYC West Shore also used by NYO&W to Weehawken NJ and today this tunnel is now the NJT Light Rail
#NewYorkCentral #1940s #1950s #NewJersey New York Central K11s on ready for Commuter trains at Dumont NJ on the West Shore Line now CSX River Sub, This was where the West Shore used to have a marshalling yard now a single track today
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
#NewYorkCentral #1940s #1950s #NewJersey New York Central K11s on ready for Commuter trains at Dumont NJ on the West Shore Line now CSX River Sub, This was where the West Shore used to have a marshalling yard now a single track today
#NYO&W #NewJersey #1940s #History NYO&W F7 503 at Teaneck NJ in 1949 on what's now CSX River Sub, In the late 1940s and 50s after WWII the railroads begin the transition from Steam to Diesel and North Jersey was the sight of this with a steam powered freight train in the background
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
#NYO&W #NewJersey #1940s #History NYO&W F7 503 at Teaneck NJ in 1949 on what's now CSX River Sub, In the late 1940s and 50s after WWII the railroads begin the transition from Steam to Diesel and North Jersey was the sight of this with a steam powered freight train in the background
#PolarExpress #Michigan #History #1940s Pere Marquette 1225 being outshopped out of Lima in October 1941, Long before she was famous 1225 was one of many Berkshires working on the Pere Marquette during World War II from 1941-1945 until retirement in the early 50s
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
#PolarExpress #Michigan #History #1940s Pere Marquette 1225 being outshopped out of Lima in October 1941, Long before she was famous 1225 was one of many Berkshires working on the Pere Marquette during World War II from 1941-1945 until retirement in the early 50s
#NickelPlateRoad #1960s #Trains #History #Pennsylvania Nickel Plate Berkshire 759 on the High Iron Company's excursions at Scranton PA at DL&W headquarters, The site is now Steamtown NHS and the station the Raddison Hotel
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
#NickelPlateRoad #1960s #Trains #History #Pennsylvania Nickel Plate Berkshire 759 on the High Iron Company's excursions at Scranton PA at DL&W headquarters, The site is now Steamtown NHS and the station the Raddison Hotel
#CNJ #Trains #1950s #BlueComet #History #NewJersey CNJ G3 Pacific 831 at Elizabethport NJ in 1953 after retirement, In the 1930s these engines were used on non other than the Blue Comet and 831 was the first to pull the train in 1929 being scrapped by 1955
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
#CNJ #Trains #1950s #BlueComet #History #NewJersey CNJ G3 Pacific 831 at Elizabethport NJ in 1953 after retirement, In the 1930s these engines were used on non other than the Blue Comet and 831 was the first to pull the train in 1929 being scrapped by 1955
#Trains #History #1980s #Pennsylvania Reading C630 5308 and GP30 5513 at the Reading's own shops in 1983, This was where the T1s were constructed during WWII in 1945 and countless other steam locomotives serviced there
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#Trains #History #1980s #Pennsylvania Reading C630 5308 and GP30 5513 at the Reading's own shops in 1983, This was where the T1s were constructed during WWII in 1945 and countless other steam locomotives serviced there
#History #1940s #1950s #Music Glenn Miller was a bandleader in the late 30s going into 40s during the Second World War, He became known for hits such as In The Mood, Moonlight Senerade and most famously immortalized railroads and steam trains in his 1941 song Chattanooga Choo Choo
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
#1990s #NewJersey #Trains NS and Conrail SD-40s at Kearny NJ by a former Pathmark which interestingly has a industrial siding running right through
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
#1990s #NewJersey #Trains NS and Conrail SD-40s at Kearny NJ by a former Pathmark which interestingly has a industrial siding running right through
#1930s #History #Trains #Lackawanna DL&W Hudson 1154 at Brick Church NJ in 1938, The Lackawanna owned 5 of thsee Hudsons built by ALCO in 1937 the last Steam power ordered by Lackawanna, One of these was involved in a accident during WWII in 1943 at Wayland NY pulling the Lackawanna Limited
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#1930s #History #Trains #Lackawanna DL&W Hudson 1154 at Brick Church NJ in 1938, The Lackawanna owned 5 of thsee Hudsons built by ALCO in 1937 the last Steam power ordered by Lackawanna, One of these was involved in a accident during WWII in 1943 at Wayland NY pulling the Lackawanna Limited
#1950s #NewJersey #History #Trains CNJ G4 Pacific 810 on a excursion at Dover NJ in May 1953, This Pacific was scrapped not long after this was taken
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
#1950s #NewJersey #History #Trains CNJ G4 Pacific 810 on a excursion at Dover NJ in May 1953, This Pacific was scrapped not long after this was taken