> I think I'm not alone in the thought that since Black & > Yellow was the corporate freight scheme, the units shown in > either DLW freight scheme or GMY lettered EL were aberations > > 1-They simply removed the nose decal, and replaced it and > re-letterred over the Lackawanna as simply as new numbers > were placed on units. > > 2-Another theory is the units were re-painted maybe in the > case of the 601 set at Scranton, as They were just too > pristine and new looking to be re lettered . This would be another great area to research. The railroad certainly did odd things in those transition years (how about F7 6114 in DL&W "freight scheme" with EL lettering replacing LACKAWANNA?) > Of course all this is lost to history, I know that there > wasn't too many units involved 2 or 3 trainmasters had > diamonds and erie-lackawanna in serif with hyphen on sides, There were two of these - touched up DL&W-painted units with EL "touches" - and they didn't last long painted this way. > an F3 in Freight Stripes ...the aforementioned 6114 > maybe 6 FTs I know of 3 A's and 2 > B's I photographed, and a couple more F's wre involved. > Possibly some were 8400s which would be passenger power > anyway and stayed GMY except one I know was inexplicably > painted Black yellow and stayed that way into retirement. It > was a phase 1 unit I remember. A more thorough list to follow... > No definitive answers, I like to think the Lackawanna > Painters at Scranton refused to "tow the line" ... That I completely believe - stuff repainted in Scranton vs. Hornell came out rather differently. :) - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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