RE: (erielack) Re: "Remembering the 801"

["Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_optonline.net>]

Schuyler Larrabee wrote:

> Eeeh, I hate to bring this up, but I believe that 801,802, 
> and 803 all had the L window >originally< when they were EMD 
> demonstrators.  The D&H was so hard up for power that when 
> they arrived on the property, they more-or-less (mostly less) 
> ran the guys from EMD off the property and said "You can't 
> have them back, we need them, send us the bill!"  After all, 
> D&H was a completely ALCo road, seein's'how ALCo was on their 
> own line.
> 
> EMD was touting the L as a big safety improvement, so I'd bet 
> that they were all the same at the >very< beginning.


Don't know if that's true or not (801-803 were EMD demos 4352-4354), but
the fact of the matter is that the EL 801 *never had an L-shaped
windshield* while on the EL... :)

	- Nitpicker Paul ;)

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