Down The Line With Dr. Lenny Part 1: New Jersey's Transformational Years
Presented by Michael L. Kaplonski, Esq.
Dr. Leonard Kaplonski was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1948. Growing up near the PRR Main Line, he developed a lifelong interest in trains, and particularly in photographing what was around him. After leaving New Jersey to pursue a medical degree, he arrived back on the scene in 1976 to capture one of the most significant changes in the railroad industry to date - the creation of Conrail. Between the formation of Amtrak and the creation of Conrail, the rails of the entire northeastern United States would be forever altered - a process of mergers, rationalizations, and reductions that continues through the present day was set in motion. The once incredibly colorful diversity of New Jersey's keystones, statues, and diamonds gave way to blue, and then a mix of platinum mist, black, white, blue and gold. With so many notable milestones having occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s, this presentation will be a fun look back at the infancy of today's railroad scene.
Join us as we take a walk down the line with Dr. Lenny and revisit many familiar locations, seeing what was, and what was about to disappear - all with the benefit of now having seen what was to become.
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