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From: tturley tturley AT twcny DOT rr DOT com
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 01:55:31 -0400
Subject: Re: (erielack) U34CHs on freight (was: June calendar shot) (2)
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> EL 3352 westbound.
> This photo was taken on 9-30-73. I don't have a clear memory how far
> west it went I think only to Binghamton. The date was a Sunday.
> Charles
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>> Rich Behrendt wrote:
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>>> Paul,
>>> I don't recall hearing about them being used in freight service to
> move them
>>> west to either Scranton or Hornell for servicing
>>
>> I'm going on something I read once, and from photos I've seen with
> single U34CHs mixed into the consist of Boonton Line westbounds (note
> that this was not a common occurrence, especially for the relatively-new
> U34CHs). There's a scene in one of the Mark I EL videos that shows a
> U34CH leading three freight units on a deadhead descending into Scranton
> as well.
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>>> (but it does make sense during EL since Croxton could only do running
> repairs); but after Conrail, I believe NJDOT mandated that since NJDOT
> (or the State of NJ)
>>> financed the U34CH purchase, they mandated to CR that they could not
> be used in CR freight service...
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>> I think NJDOT mandated this PRIOR to Conrail after the incidents that
> were mentioned, but in the 1976-1977 timeframe, the U34CHs were used
> fairly often in freight service due to the emergency nature of "we have
> no power!" that Conrail had during that time, and I think NJDOT allowed
> the use in this case. Once enough new/refurbished power arrived, the
> U34CHs were back solely for commuter service.
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>> - Paul
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