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From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski" paultup AT comcast DOT net
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:07:01 -0500
Subject: RE: (erielack) FW: Lawn ornament for Batavia?
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> 315 and 320 (the other S-1 used on the Laurel Line in 1965) were both sold
to
> Mfg. Equip. Trust Co. in April 1967. I guess from there 315 went to Gulf
Oil in
> Kansas.
>
> I'm wondering about the side lettering on 315 which looks original EL.
> Did someone reapply that or did they scrape through the black to uncover
it?
> Under the cab window, it looks like someone drilled down to uncover the
old
> Erie Roman number.

I think someone scraped through to reveal the original lettering. Here's a
shot of the unit from five years ago... Note that it's "landlocked" here, so
someone got the $$$ to move it to a different track.

- Paul




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