Ed Montgomery commented about the EL calendar July photo: > Not much was said about the July picture. I'm not sure where > the caption writer was going with the comments on the New > Jersey Turnpike. I was even more baffled by this caption, considering the bridge in the background is NJ Route 3, not the NJ Turnpike! What the caption failed to note is that this location is East Rutherford, NJ. > BTW -- With the state govenment shut down, > are they colleting tolls on the TNPK and Parkway? Are those > people considered essential? I live in Va now, but I don't > think I could have supported Corzine. Resolved, apparently, all at the taxpayer's expense. Hey, I didn't vote for the guy... :) > Anyway, I digress: > The comment about the E's being assigned to commuter service > because only the "Lake Cities" and trains 20-21, Buffalo > trains? How about 10 and 15? Where is the history here! I > can remember seeing E's on commuter trains through Mountain > View as early as 1964 -65. Yes, but we listers have long realized that the caption writer for these calendars doesn't seem to have much of a historical notion about our beloved EL, but conjectures quite a bit. > Lastly, in a somewhat cynical manner, I would not have been > surprised to see a caption under a picture like this to read: > "Due to a shortage of motive power and coaches, Rock Island > borrowed an EL E8 and Stillwell coaches for their Chicago > commuter service." --That's how silly some of these captions > have come to be. Amen! In total agreement with you here. - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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