Changing Power at Poughkeepsie
While headed to NYC on the Lake Shore Limited, the train stopped at Poughkeepsie, New York, to change power; the rail line here was formerly the New York Central. Unfortunately, I don’t know what was on point of the train from Rochester (where I got on) to this spot, but from here on in to Grand Central Terminal, it would be an EMD FL9.
This locomotive, truly a unique model, was designed for use on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, specifically with GCT in mind. The locomotive could run as a normal diesel-electric does, but also use the electricity of a third-rail (either over or under the shoe) so as to not spew exhaust in the tunnels under Park Avenue as well as in the station itself. There were sixty of these produced; they remarkable for their B-A1A wheel configuration. After the New Haven was folded into the Penn Central, the use of this engine type expanded to the Hudson Valley line, as we see here.
Besides what was happening with my train, there is a Rail Diesel Car in the station; RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia between 1949 and 1962. I believe these interesting self-propelled units were used for local service on the various Conrail commuter lines north of NYC; Metro North would take over these lines in 1983.
Three images by Richard Koenig; taken in May of 1981.
You know, I really do think BW Megatron would be up for breeding Rampage to see if he could get some immortal sparklings out of it. Could probably even convince him to go along with it, saying it's going to be like having several Transmutates, and isn't that exactly what you want?
(Less serious: it's pillow princess Megatron being like, alas, I must top you. Woe.)
You're not wrong, that is a beast wars Megatron thing to do
Would it be fruitful? I'm gonna say that i mean the breeding part works. Can't promise the immortal part but someone will get knocked up with a bunch of newsparks.
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