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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 


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