Dwarf Signal Light Bulbs? PC finances

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Here is a movie that PC made, to show congress, just how bad the situation 
was.

http://vodpod.com/watch/1222140-penn-central-1974-movie-used-to-convince-congress-to-provide-loans-to-bankrupt-railroad

Thier is some amazingly bad track in that footage.

Andy Jennings

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>I a similar type situation that likewise shows the horror of PC's financial 

>condition, while shooting trains on Horseshoe curve several years ago I had 

>pleasure of conversing with an retired individual who had been in 

>management with NYC/PC/CR.  In discussing the poor mainline track 

>conditions (PC mainline track conditions were atrocious) that were so 

>widespread during the PC era he told of going into railroad yards and 

>tearing up good but unneeded trackage to salvage good crossties so the 

>Company could do essential mainline crosstie replacement .  PC couldn't 

>even afford to buy new crossties!

>

> Ed Painter - Narrows, VA - Currently living in Russellville, AR (also in 

> NE Ohio for 7 years during the PC and early CR era)

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> I was told a story by a Conrail signal maintainer who was also a Penn 

> Central maintainer that money got so tight on PC that they were robbing 

> the back up lamps out of all of the company trucks to use in signals. They 

> only put bulbs in the outer lights and would omit the center bulbs, if 

> necessary.

>

> Larry S.

> N&W Signal Dept.

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