PENN CENTRAL
This page is for the yard located in Camden, New Jersey known as Pavonia yard. It was the home terminal for the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines and the Penn Central used the yard for local operations on the Jersey side and some local work in northeast Philadelphia. The majority of trains into and out of Pavonia were obviously interchange for the PRSL. The Penn Central owned 2/3 of the PRSL and the Reading the other 1/3.
An overview of the engine terminal area looking south. The tall building
in the distance is Camden City Hall. Pavonia was home to the vast majority
of Penn Central's Baldwin locomotive fleet. Consisting of switchers and
some small road switchers, the Baldwins were based in the Philadelphia area not
far from their birthplace of Eddystone, PA. Since the PRSL fleet of
Baldwins was also based here, it made sense for the PC to keep theirs here as
well.
A gallery of units a Pavonia in the mid-1970's. Some EMD SW-1's also were kept here.
8300, 8302 and 8303 shown here were model RS-12
The Sunday afternoon line up of units ready for Monday morning assignments included several unusual units. RSD-12 and RSD-15 Alco 's included.
A real prize this day is the 9999. The GE 44 tonner was the smallest
diesel on PC's fleet and it was assigned to the trackage near the Fort Dix
military base. With the PRR and LNE cars in the background, this picture
could have been taken in the late 1960's, but it was actually June 30, 1977.
Looking more like Marion, Ohio than Pavonia the power assignments changed shortly after the Conrail takeover. I don't know how well received these old Erie-Lackawanna RS-3's were to the shop guys, but it was a brief stay. Photos July 6, 1976.
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