Chapter III: Classic EMD Schemes
By the fall of 1989 the end was near for this colorful period on the D&H. The beginning of the new decade would see one overwhelming color present on the D&H, the "Action Red" of new owner, Canadian Pacific.
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| The Delaware & Hudson Chapter III: Classic EMD Schemes |
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| After years of differed maintenance on D&H motive power, the classic paint schemes ot many engines' prior owners became apparent in vivid color. Other units, never repainted to begin with, continued to work wearing the colors of their previous owners. There were a few bright spots too, as during the summer of 1989 when several GP-38's were rebuilt, returning to the classic "Lightening Stripe" scheme abandoned by the D&H a decade prior.
By the fall of 1989 the end was near for this colorful period on the D&H. The beginning of the new decade would see one overwhelming color present on the D&H, the "Action Red" of new owner, Canadian Pacific. |
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| . | Looking like a Conrail train of a decade earlier, a D&H northbound passes below the classic old signal bridge at Cuyuga Junction, north of Taylor Yard. The classic liveries of the Reading and Lehigh Valley are plainly visible here. (Summer 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The fading blue paint of this GP-38 revaels the red and yellow of former owner Lehigh Valley. This southbound work train is seen entering the north end of Taylor Yard with South Scranton in the background. (Fall 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The D&H did little to conceal the origins of this former Reading unit. Except for the re-numbering and blacked-out heralds, the Reading livery remained unaltered on this unit until it was re-built in 1990. (Fall 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The same unit switches the south end of Taylor Yard with a caboose trailing. Unlike its industry counterparts, the D&H continued the use of cabooses on local jobs well into the 1990's. (Summer, 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||
| A better view of the caboose in the above photograph shows that the old hack has retained its D&H lettering and shield after last being painted nearly 20 years prior. (Summer, 1989) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The classic paint schemes that passed through Taylor were not limited to Northeastern roads. In a view that could be mistaken for the engine terminal at Cumberland Maryland 15 years prior, a B&O GP-30 pauses at Taylor. Only the glimpse of a Susquehanna Dash-8 in the background gives hint to the location of this photograph. (summer, 1989) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Here we see a D&H GP38 in the "Dip Job" livery during the summer of 1989. This scene is actually in Wilkes-Barre, PA, about 15 miles south of Taylor Yard. Behind the first unit is another D&H engine that was painted in the Guilford livery. (Summer, 1987) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Perhaps the nicest suprise of the late 1980's was the announcement in 1989 that several D&H GP-38's would be rebuilt at the Morrison-Knudson plant in Mountaintop, PA. The first rebuild, D&H 7312 was named after then-Road Foreman of Engines, Bernie O'Brien. The 7312 is seen here with its namesake at a Steamtown special event in 1990. | |||||||||||||||||||
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