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From: Fred Stratton erief7 AT msn DOT com
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 20:08:25 -0400
Subject: Erie51065adb
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I recieved this off the list and wanted to forward it to see if anyone can help this gentleman. I have never seen this befor and maybe someone can help out with this request.



Thanks in advance,


Fred Stratton


314 American Drive
Salisbury, NC 28147
704-798-1478
http://erierr.railfan.net






From: 1telemark AT comcast DOT net
To: erief7@msn.com
CC: 1telemark@comcast.net
Subject: Emailing: erie51065adb
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 07:28:57 -0700




Fred
I have been looking for information on these cars in order to model them.
These cars were part of a 9 car lashup used to transport a 7 1/2 mile long Submarine Power Cable from Paterson NJ to the Seattle-Renton Washington area.
The shipment started with the Susquehana and was moved to Jersey City and linked up to the Erie, then to the IHB at Chicago, then to the Milwaukee for continuation West.
The cars were welded together for the shipment to prevent damage to the cable from an inadvertant disconnect.
I find no other pix of thes cars.
Erie 51065, Erie 51262, Erie 51619 were in the string with 6 others that have numbers I cannot read.
The following link from the April 1951 Milwaukee Road Magazine has a pix of all the cars in the shipment [page 26].
The cable was laid from Anecortez to Lopez Island but I cannot find the offloading nor the actual laying of the cable. As it was in one continuous length the transfer to a cable laying vessel would also be interesting.

Thanks
Bob Browne
206 708 1887
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