03:40

Lots of Amtrak and Penn Central Action Down at the Eastport Depot, 1976

00:18

Penn Central GG1 blasting by newly completed depot, with New Haven RR electric zone sign installed

00:15

Overhead view of new depot on curve

00:44

“Stay behind the yellow line!”

00:46

A Penn Central local freight passes a short coal train bound for the Eastport power plant

00:37

Two locals pass an early 1970s Amtrak train

01:05

Scenery advancing on 1960s/1970s Eastport Tower layout

01:03

Waves on the Lake Erie shore after the storm front of the killer Kentucky tornado moved through Ohio

00:22

First run over fully ballasted main line

00:59

Crossover PC freight action at Eastport Tower, 1975

01:01

Better clear the tracks!

00:28

Ex- New Haven EP5 in GCT service

01:06

Long train runnin’

00:55

Heavy mid-70s action at Eastport Tower

00:21

Runby of 1976 double-header GG1-led Amtrak train with HEP generator car

00:26

Great Lakes sunset in a spectacular mild October

00:32

Early 1970s on New Haven Line

00:33

Amtrak mid-70s train rolls past NH Line interlocking tower

01:11

Amtrak and Penn Central trains roll past newly built New Haven RR pagoda-roof interlocking tower

00:44

Retaining wall with ivy - view from above catenary wire

00:18

Ancient Bachmann Metroliners roar to life

00:23

Mid 70s Amtrak NEC action with new scratchbuilt retaining wall

00:29

Penn Central NEC action in Connecticut, early 1969

00:32

Scratchbuilt retaining wall installed

00:33

Three Amtrak trains pass a PC freight on the Corridor, mid 1970s

00:34

Pan shot of PC and Amtrak train meeting, 1975

00:32

New scratchbuilt tunnel portal

02:39

Long mixed freight, Lake County OH

00:54

New layout improvements - Tunnel detail, ballasting, catenary

00:55

Tunnel improvements and ballasted curve under newly built upper level

00:48

Close-up view of curve and tunnel improvements

01:03

Tunnel view after painting of catenary masts/wires, finished tunnel interior, and track ballasting

00:38

Upper-level benchwork in place and industrial tracks roughed in

01:09

Amtrak and Conrail trains on the main line, with upper level in place and tracks roughed in

00:36

New Haven kitbash diesels with diaphragms and tighter drawbar installed

00:30

First run of semi-kitbashed New Haven diesels

00:39

A cold but beautiful Great Lakes scene

00:30

Trains threading their way through (eventually hidden) staging tracks

00:31

The trains always run on time in my basement

00:32

Distance view of heavy traffic on the NEC in Connecticut, mid-70s

00:17

Amfleet train with some kitbashed items

00:30

Pan shot of FP7/F7B lashup

00:31

Local freight on NH main line

01:37

Weekend Freight Action in southeast Connecticut, early 1969

00:39

Late winter 1970 and it must be the weekend

00:28

Criss-crossing pantographs under wires

00:27

Gulls huddle in winter Lake Erie icescape

00:32

Ice breaking apart on Lake Erie at sunset

00:49

Slow orders today

01:20

Slow orders on the Corridor

00:44

A congested day on the Corridor in 1976

00:45

A view from inside the mock-up of a tunnel between the staging area and the front of the layout.

00:37

Three Amtrak trains converge, mid 1970s

00:32

Amtrak mid-70s train leaves front of layout to enter 17-track staging area.

00:19

Twin “platinum mist” GG1s pull an Amfleet consist with kitbashed power generator car

00:16

Shakeout run of Rivarossi Amtrak cars

00:27

A GG1-led FlexiVan train powers past a heavy freight behind a pair of E33s, 1969

00:33

Pan shot of PC E33s hard at work on the Corridor, 1969

00:26

E33s pull a PC freight

00:43

Shakeout run of PC E33s with long train