Re: (erielack) GEIR Center Cabs, NOT P1K DL&W F-units

["Bill Weibel" <weib3_@_centurytel.net>]

Yes I saw the last intact one sitting in the middle of the car shop, and 
pieces in gondola cars outside.  I marveled at the fact that even the cavass 
cab visors and kerosene marker lights were all still intact.
this was in 1959. My grand dad referred to them as "Old Black Cats"

Bill


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Shultz" <wshultz1_@_twcny.rr.com>
To: "Erie Lackawanna Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) GEIR Center Cabs, NOT P1K DL&W F-units


> 450 - 12/33
> 451 - 1/34
> 452 - 2/34
> 453 - 3/34
> 454 - 10/34
> 455 - 10/34
>
> All were "officially" retired 4/59 and scrapped at Keyser Valley. I 
> believe list member Bill Weibel mentioned he remembers seeing these units 
> at Keyser Valley ready to be or in the process of being scrapped. Maybe 
> Bill can confirm this.
>
>
> Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) wrote:
>>> Paul/List:
>>>
>>> What years did these things rattle around in?
>>> What a truly interesting and different piece of equipment this was. 
>>> Either I'm getting old, but I don't recall ever seeing a photo of these 
>>> before.
>>
>>
>> Don't know when the DL&W got them, but they lasted into the mid-1950s...
>> Was the DL&W the only road that had this particular model?
>>
>> - Paul
>>
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