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RE: (erielack) Re: a new Erie find!!



Hey! Can you scan the individual pieces??? :) :) :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phoebewestbound [mailto:psnow_@_nep.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:22 AM
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: (erielack) Re: a new Erie find!!
> 
> 
> Listers,
> 
> A few weeks ago I was visiting my grandmother (she's 94), and 
> she told me
> that she had something of my father's that she wanted to give 
> me. Was I
> delighted!!! What she had was a 300 piece "Erie" jigsaw 
> puzzle, from the
> early 1950's. The puzzle is complete and in its original box. It was
> manufactured by "Jaymar" 200 Fifth Ave., NY. The title of the 
> picture is
> "Erie Diesel Freight" (color painting courtesy of American 
> Locomotive) and
> shows a quartet of FA-1's in A-B-B-A configuration, hauling a 
> long reefer
> train past a large, brick industrial building. I would assume 
> that the units
> are  new, and what we are seeing is some "west end" action, 
> since the FA's
> rarely came east until E-L. The puzzle is in great condition, 
> and represents
> just one more piece of memorabilia, dedicated to one of our 
> favorite roads.
> 
> Matt Forsyth
> 

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