In a shower of sparks and shroud of smoke, New Jersey’s Morristown & Erie Railway unveiled its semiquincentennial locomotive on June 20. Built by EMD in 1977 as Southern Railway MP15DC 2354, the locomotive has been renumbered Morristown & Erie 26. The scheme pays tribute to the Southern’s style and lines, while staying true to M&E’s classic red paint, said Matt Phalon, railroad superintendent. The paint job took about three weeks to complete. “W…
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