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Re: (erielack) DL&W NW-2s- Could They MU?

I think this question came up many years ago and I think I then gave a  wrong 
answer via a quick look into Preston Cooks all color book that has a  
detailed roster at the back of it.   I again gave a quick  look at it several days 
ago and gave the wrong answer again.   The  Erie Power book which I don't have, 
has the correct answer in regards to the two  Lackawanna switchers ( not three 
) that were MU able.  The  481 came as a separate one unit order but it was 
not MU capable.  I  think I will finally make a correction in Preston's book.   
:(    482, and 483 are the correct answer for the two Lackawanna  Alco 
switchers that were MUable.
 
Per one of my good former Scranton Shop friends, one of their  haunts, when 
they would be MUed was working the Pompey mine run at  Scranton.  This Breaker 
on the NYS&W was accessed via the O & W  after the Lackawanna's Winton Br was 
abandon.  My article in Vol 12 No 1  of the Diamond and Vol 14 No 1 of Flags, D
iamonds and  Statues  on motive power assignments for April 12, 1957 showed 
both of  those two engines working in Hoboken on separate passenger drills that 
 particular day.
 
Also, for the record, a builders photo I have of 482 confirms MU  receptacles 
on both ends of the unit.
 
Bob Bahrs
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/2/2008 10:35:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jananran_@_mymailstation.com writes:

ERIE  POWER shows these MU-equipped switchers:

ERIE 520, 521, 522, 523 (EL  same) - ALCO S-2
ERIE 526,527  (EL same) - ALCO S-4
ERIE 650-665 -  LIMA
DL&W 482, 483 (EL 541, 542) - ALCO S-2

Often, switchers  were set up to multiple only with their siblings and only 
at the  cab.



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