Re: (erielack) RS-2/RS-3

[DLW1155_@_aol.com]

In a message dated 5/1/01 2:35:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
douglas.w.holbrook_@_baesystems.com writes:

<< Didn't the earlier ALCo's (RS-1, S-2, etc) have the gas under the cab also
 ???
 
 >>
Yes, the switcher models did. When I began my railroad career on the 
Morristown & Erie Railroad they had an S-4, No. 14, and an RS-1, No.15. No 14 
had its fuel tank directly under the cab floor with the filler cap under the 
left rear cab window. The sight glass was located behind a small door on the 
other side. The RS-1's fuel tank was located between the trucks. No. 15 also 
had a tank under the cab floor but this was origianlly a water tank for the 
steam generator that had been in the short hood when the M&E bought the unit 
-From the Navy. 

Al Holleuffer

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