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From: "Walter Smith" wsmith5957 AT hotmail DOT com
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:52:20 -0400
Subject: FW: RE: John Long Photos
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Mr. Bill Volkmer (Chief mechanical Officer- TRI-RAIL - has, I believe
purchased the John Long photos. He sent me these and suggested I share them
with my 'EL buddies'. Pretty interesting stuff here for those of us who
worked the ERIE side altho the 2-8-8-2 & gas engine were before my time.

Walt Smith


>From: "Bill Volkmer"
>To: "Walter Smith"
>Subject: RE: John Long Photos
>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:49:24 -0500
>
>Your are most welcome.
>
>Pass them around to your E-L buddies. John took a B&O shot or two on
>occasion too, I found.
>
>Bill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Walter Smith [mailto:wsmith5957@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:44 PM
>To: Bill Volkmer
>Subject: RE: John Long Photos
>
>Bill,
>
>
> I'd just like to take a moment to thank you for the pleasure of seeing
>these old John Long fotos. Altho the steam was before I was employed there,
>most of the diesels were still around and I ran some of them. I've noticed
>a
>lot of ur fotos on the EL calendar by Weekend Cheif....great stuff.
>
>Walt
>
>
> >From: "Bill Volkmer"
> >To: "Walter Smith"
> >CC: "Dennis Lamont"
> >Subject: RE: John Long Photos
> >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:56:03 -0500
> >
> >My Cleveland friend agrees that both were taken in Cleveland. That is
> >where John lived when he was taking the photos. A lot were taken at
> >Mansfield.
> >
> >Here are some examples. Durn that shutter was slow!
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Walter Smith [mailto:wsmith5957@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:50 AM
> >To: Bill Volkmer
> >Subject: RE: John Long Photos
> >
> >Could be, Bill and the B&W has 2 PAs
> >
> >Walt
> >
> >
> > >From: "Bill Volkmer"
> > >To: "Walter Smith"
> > >CC:
> > >Subject: RE: John Long Photos
> > >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:57:58 -0500
> > >
> > >I thought the EL photo looked like it was taken the same location as
>the
> > >earlier Erie shot near CUT. See attached photo.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Walter Smith [mailto:wsmith5957@hotmail.com]
> > >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 4:41 PM
> > >To: Bill Volkmer
> > >Subject: RE: John Long Photos
> > >
> > >
> > > OK, Bill, I'll take the 857 first....it's got the EL logo and if
> > >that's
> > >Cleveland, It's unusual in that the PAs were used in the ERIE early
> > >years.....then when I hired out, RS3s (2 'pet engines' the 900 & 901)
> > >handled the Cleveland trains. There were 3 RTs daily Youngstown
> > >-Cleveland.
> > >At the end, E-8s were used on the truncated train which was 2 RTs
> > >daily....&
> > >no connections east or west since all the mainline psgr trains were
> > >gone.
> > > NOW, the steam engine on the psgr train labeled Binghamton was
> > >not
> > >in any location I can think of & I've been over most of the track
>there.
> > >I
> > >can see what appears to be a new hiway bridge crossing the river in the
> > >background but don't recognize the location.
> > >
> > >Walt
> > >
> > > >From: "Bill Volkmer"
> > > >To: ,
> > > >Subject: John Long Photos
> > > >Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:45:09 -0500
> > > >
> > > >Here are some additional John Long Photos. Can either of you gents
> > > >identify their locations? The highway bridge in the background
>should
> > > >be a tip.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > ><< image001.gif >>
> > >
> > >
> > > ><< EriePassTrainnrBinghampton.jpg >>
> > >
> > >
> > > ><< ErieSteamKLong.jpg >>
> > >
> > >
> > > ><< Erie2942JLong.jpg >>
> > >
> > >
> > > ><< EL857ClevelandOHJLong.jpg >>
> > >
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