This photo came through on railpictures.net. I love seeing photos and hearing stories about these excursions from years gone by. There is so much history in the excursion era.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 4&nseq=730

Hmm, what might turn up on YouTube? Let's see:

No. 148 on the Erie in 1975--live sound, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4LVqTmU2kU

Related clips include this shortie of Erie 4-6-2s in commuter service at Jersey City Terminal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoeM0_Fm ... re=related

Home movie of a 100th anniversary celebration of the Erie in 1951, starring B&O 25 (but on a flatcar, not operational), plus some other material, including a 2-8-4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40u0NJ9J ... re=related

Off topic, but cool anyway, as we follow "related" links on YouTube: vintage power shovels at work at a show of some sort. Something to team up with the next time a flood washes out part of a line?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAsX-uNPDuw

Hmm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sYOAcnU ... ature=fvwp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqmJjCba ... re=related

Back to looking--slide show (cropping experiments) of 148:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o2lTbK1 ... re=related

Movie footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHtgHFBjnQk&NR=1

More slides:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzdpvPEs ... re=related

A TV special! Multiple parts, hope the order is right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esO3_wd5iYY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9j3fm3quE&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6bw5XR9N-o&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2c6ZuWWGQ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWBtYz1iuvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LarUE5DFIzo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ9eHm6DY78

Have fun.