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Fw: PC: Fw: (erielack) EL Power On PC Maybrook Trains

Following up on the discussion from last month about whether EL units ever 
were lead units on some PC trains in/out of Maybrook, I had sent the email 
to a friend in the PC Society, who distributed the question amongst the PC 
list, and the following is what he got back on the topic..

I'm simply passing this on as info. received, and make no claim on its' 
accuracy...

Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384

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Subject: Re: PC: Fw: (erielack) EL Power On PC Maybrook Trains



So from the PC in Color book we're talking about NE-97 and NE-74?
Looking at the NE-97 schedule from 5-1-74, which is pretty lengthy, it 
leaves Boston with an EL block and Cedar Hill block, takes more cars at 
Readville, sets off and picks up cars at Providence, sets off and picks
up at Cedar Hill, picks up EL at Derby Jct, picks up EL at Danbury, sets off 
Maybrook cars for NX-9 at Poughkeepsie, and delivers the rest to the EL and 
L&HR at Maybrook.

The key to this is how the blocks are set up at Cedar Hill: 1. Maybrook; 2. 
EL; 3. EL-caboose; 4 L&HR.  So going west from there, more block 2 EL is 
picked up at both Derby Jct and Danbury, and Block 1 which is the Maybrook 
cars are set off at Poughkeepsie.  At Maybrook Blocks 2 and 3 are delivered 
to EL, and Block 4 to L&HR.

From this blocking of cars I would conlcude the EL part of the train would 
have no switchiing whatsoever to do at Maybrook.  Cut off the PC power from 
the front, uncouple Block 4 at the rear of the train, and away the EL goes 
off to Port Jervis!

I suppose NE-74 is similar in reverse, but a lot less work is shown in the 
schedule.

I have no knowledge of this other than the published schedule, but it would 
explain why PC locomotives always led.

Jim

To: Penn Central Mailing List
> Sent: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:03 pm
> Subject: PC: Fw: (erielack) EL Power On PC Maybrook Trains
>
> Hey guys,
> A friend of mine sent me the following email, asking if I knew the answer 
> as to why PC power almost always led on the joint PC/EL trains between 
> Maybrook and Cedar Hill. I don't know why. Anyone know?
> Thanks, -JWJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:28 PM Subject: RE: (erielack) EL Power 
> On PC Maybrook Trains
>>> Looking at my newest addition to the library, PENN CENTRAL IN COLOR V1, 
>>> I noted the two excellent photos of the PC/EL Maybrook run throughs on 
>>> page 53. Both show PC U33C leaders in both directions. The book ERIE 
>>> LACKWANNA TRACKSIDE WITH THE McCARTHYS also has two photos of these 
>>> trains, again with PC leaders on both. Question is, did EL power ever 
>>> lead these trains. If not, why? Also, are there any photos online, or in 
>>> publications, of these trains on the PC?
>>
>> I have seen photos of EL power leading these trains, but the PC guys 
>> liked having their newer power on there. For a while, the PC's new
> U33Cs
>> were very common on these trains. There were photos posted to the list a 
>> while back of the trains
> crossing
>> the Poughkeepsie Bridge, but that's the only shots I've ever seen of this 
>> train on the PC. - Paul
>
>
> 


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