At 05:33 05-11-2007, you wrote: >November 3, 2007. History repeated itself today at Devil Hole curve on the >former Lackawanna. As part of Railfest in Scranton, Steamtown ran CNR. >Mikado 3254 down to the Delaware Water Gap. She returned unassisted facing >west. However, she lost it on Devil's Hole curve, and couldn't get the train >started. The two Delaware Lackawanna C-425's, 2452, and 2461 were used to >assist the 3254 to Tobyhanna, where they were cut off, as the 3254 soldiered >on to Steamtown a little late in arriving. > >This very same thing occurred back at the same place with Nickel Plate >Berkshire 759 in the 1970's She too lost it at Devil's hole, and had to be >assisted by two GP-9's dispatched from Scranton! It was said then that >someone greased the rails! Hummmm. > >Ed K. cp Laurel Run Is that why the Amt ugly duck was the 3rd unit on the E8 train? I wonder if it stayed with the E8's to protect against stalling on the Keating Summit on the now-WNY&P xPRR Buffalo Line. Dale The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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