Railfanning with the Bednars Volume 14
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2022
- This is a preview of Railfanning with the Bednars Volume 14. The full DVD is available from our website: www.johnpmedia.com
DVD Summary Below:
In volume 14 of Railfanning with the Bednars, we pick up where we left off in Volume 11, with the beginning of the video tape portion of the Bednar collection from mid-1986 to March of 1987.
During this time, Conrail began removing the Lehigh Valley mainline from Hokendauqua to the Lehigh Gap area, as it needed major rehabilitation and the rail would be welded and used elsewhere. It was also considered duplicate trackage and an expense Conrail would rather rid themselves of.
While traffic was increasing for Conrail, the D&H was now firmly under the grips of Guilford and traffic was down considerably. The combined D&H trains were running once a day to every other day and bankruptcy was just around the corner.
As usual, Big Mike provides the commentary.
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar
Color and original sound; approximately 71 minutes runtime - Auta a dopravní prostředky
"That ain't no joke..."
I love the old trains, thanks for speaking slow, I'm a little slow myself. Good stuff and good history.
It was sad to see it go
Sad to see them tearing up the Lehigh Valley and so much other historical trackage. Economics of consolidation I guess. I don't think we're better off for the removal of rails.
Half of them dont serve a point no more, they lost there customers and putted way to much money into it
It's not just the loss of revenue customers to other states & countries, or other modes such as trucking. Alot of the incentive to remove dormant track was the property taxes charged by the states & communities the track bisected & divided up. Otherwise, they would've "rail banked the track" for future use or store unused cars on.
Like anything in life particularly the RR business. If it isn't profitable it isn't going to be in business too long. I am amazed Amtrak is still in business, in all the years of it's existence it hasen't even broke even let alone made a profit. I miss the fallen flags I grew up in the 1950's -60's watching and enjoying. In particular the Soo Line, C&NW and Milwaukee Road. Now it's all about the money...
Well, conservatives stupidly think a government should be a business. Amtrak like many things provides an essential service to millions of Americans who rely on it. And turn off Fox News and actually learn something, Amtrak has been profitable, in fact, it's only partially subsidized. Prior to the pandemic, which I'm sure you STILL don't believe is real, Amtrak was showing record ridership numbers.
It’s always been about the money.
amtrak is but a drop in the bucket that is the funding and subsidies going to the airline industry per year... if you do the math on what is clearly evident taxpayer funding (there is much more hidden) air travel costs the taxpayer about 4 times as much in subsidies as does Amtrak. Cut the airline subsides back to the same as what Amtrak costs per person and you won't see a plane in the sky.
Awesome!
I miss Conrail but they got way too crazy ripping up track especially up here in Massachusetts
Conrail needed to remove redundant lines, there were too many miles of unused trackage that they were paying taxes on.
@@Boxpok and now here we are 30 years later and could use alot of the rails they tore out
Great video, wish I could understand his narration better
I don't get it . The Conrail traffic was increasing yet they decided to remove the double rail for a single
Finally a pitch correct sound picture. Because the old 8 mm films are 10% higher pitched than what was actually heard but not with these.
Doubling trains means a crew was scabbed away from being called out. RR way of stealing money- Pennies in the bigger scheme of things- from the crews. It all started in late 70’s.
It's like that in any industry, where profit money is the bottom line. When you work for a large multi-state employer with thousands of employees, in the big scheme of things, you are just a number to the corporate bean counters. A number they are usually looking to reduce by any means. It's best to work for a smaller shortline where you are more likely respected as a fellow human being & a family member.
I hate that blue w/ can opener logo. Who the hell come up with that? No scare stripes.......no style.