Re: (erielack) New EL car from Tangent Scale Models!

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

Paul,

"EL in Color" V3, photo on p53 shows 5 green CH's on the headend of a grain 
train at Bangor. The caption says 12/74, so presumably it's the Great Lakes 
off-season and they've come in from Chicago.

Paul B

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_comcast.net>
To: "'Paul Brezicki'" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>; "'EL Mailing List'" 
<erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:56 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) New EL car from Tangent Scale Models!


>> Getting off this tangent and back to Tangent, EL acquired 130
>> of these cars for service to ConAgra at Martins Creek PA. For
>> the most part I gather they shuttled back and forth from
>> Buffalo elevators, but what did they do outside of the Great
>> Lakes shipping season? Did they carry grain produced in EL's
>> Midwest territory, or did they supplement the SOO unit train fleet?
>
> By the way, for as much as I've read that "purchased for ConAgra service 
> to
> Martin's Creek," I have *never* seen a photo of these anywhere on trains 
> out
> of Scranton. Bob Stafford: Can you confirm this?
>
> I've seen PLENTY of photos of the green ConAgra cars, though. Most photos
> I've seen of these cars show them out on the west end, but I assume that
> they ventured elsewhere, too.
>
> - Paul
> 


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