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Re: (erielack) E Units on Columbus Day 1974
Tommy: Posts of Trainorders and Roger Durfees' site state that the E-8's
and the PA's were re-geared for freight service. There's also stories of how
crewmen would navigate floors slippery with leaking lube-oil making for a
truly memorable experience when operating the E's.
Regards:
Rich Onorevole
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:51 PM, tommy meehan <tmeehan0421_@_gmail.com> wrote:
> There's been some wonderful photos posted and linked lately.
> A couple belated comments on Rich Onorevole's terrific shot
> of three E8s on a westbound freight taken at Clifton in October
> 1974. I wonder if the engineer was having wheel slip problems
> with those A-1-A E unit trucks in a driving rain storm. :>)
>
> The Es had started showing up in freight service by then, were any
> of them regeared?
>
> That summer I shot some photos of the 800s (usually single
> units) on the Port Jervis trains near Suffern. Most with the
> unit's nose door open. I think I read (in DIAMOND?) a story
> about Robert Collins getting ready to shoot some photos of
> an E unit on a Port train just before the end. Mr.Collins went
> to the ready tracks at Hoboken to close a nose door and then
> piled discarded brake shoes and air hoses around it to
> discourage the engine crew from re-opening it. Only an
> employee could get away with something like that! LOL
>
> tommy meehan
>
> >> http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2633140
>
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