Re: (erielack) MAY PIX

[gelwood <gelwood_@_dnaco.net>]

I remember one night coming back from Meadville to Cleveland, the bulb
failed. I had to go out and change the bulb enroute.

George Elwood
http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood

On Wed, 16 May 2001, MONTGOMERY| ED wrote:

> I noticed another interesting element in the May EL calendar.  The
> RS does not have a sealed beam headlight.  Probably the Erie was
> in the process of converting these headlights in the late 50s, but it
> had not occurred to this engine yet.
>
> In later years, well into the merger, the freight RS's still had the
> original headlights.  Which makes me wonder if this was a safety
> issue with passenger trains to convert the headlights on passenger
> units.
>
> Ed Montgomery
>

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