In a message dated 6/4/2006 2:03:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jananran_@_mymailstation.com writes: Lackawanna's A-B-A scheme meant that an A unit taken out of the consist would take its coupler with it, so they fitted an ex-steamer tender to be drawbarred to the A-B set to provide a coupler. Randy Brown Randy Almost correct. The Steam Tender was for the AB ( 651) sets not the ABA ( 601 )sets. The ABA sets had no drawbars, they were all regular couplers. Bob Bahrs The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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