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From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski" paultup AT optonline DOT net
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:24:10 -0400
Subject: RE: (erielack) DL&W STEAM
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And here's Walt's picture that he posted to the list a while back. Odd
seeing an EL Baldwin with a palm tree in the background... :)

- Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org
> [mailto:erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of JJordan
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:52 PM
> To: wsmith5957@hotmail.com; erielack@lists.elhts.org
> Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W STEAM
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> Walt-
>
> This seems to be a picture of the unit you described. Taken
> in 1973 in Florida.
>
> -Joe Jordan
> Train Nut Central
>
> At 04:31 PM 6/22/06 -0400, Walter Smith wrote:
> >
> > It wasn't DL&W steam, but the next best
> thing...............a BLW
> >1200 HP diesel switcher that had been purchased by the OLD
> Auto-Train
> >and followed me to Florida. Until this time, we'd switched
> Sanford, Fl
> >yard using one of the GE road engines. One day I heard "Walt
> Smith come to Mr.
> >Olson's (VP/operations) office". I did as instructed and Mr. Olson
> >said"We decided to get you a switcher, Walt & it'll be here
> on the SCL
> >freight tomorrow" Imagine my surprise to see the old Baldwin in the
> >GMY color scheme sitting under the palm trees at the North
> end of the yard.
> >Some of the roundhouse crew came out & put jumper cables on the
> >batteries and - IT RAN.
> >Resurrected from Naporino or wherever, we put her right to
> work. I had
> >a brake handle from one of the E-8s (814, I think) and had it
> >chrome-plated. I used it all the time until Auto-Train went bankrupt.
> > A few days later, I was summoned to the office for a little
> >conference about how to number the switcher (the road engines were
> >numbered 4000 to
> >4004 for the first 5). I suggested that she keep her old EL
> number, so
> >the first engine became #621 just like at Hoboken or wherever she
> >worked. I personally never ran across this engine in Binghamton or
> >Scranton but became very familiar with her at Auto-Train. A couple
> >years ago, I posted some fotos of her still in the GMY paint
> under the
> >palm trees with a yellow UPRR sleeper coupled on for that
> days train. I
> >wonder how many of the listers saw the foto. We later bought
> 2 of the
> >4-stacker Baldwins from the Western Pacific and a 1000 hp
> Baldwin from the navy yard in Bremerton, Washington.
> >They all were sequentially numbered from the EL 621. About
> 1975 or so
> >an Alco S-2 was purchased from the SCL who had purchased it from the
> >Burlington. It was the final switcher bought by Auto-Train.
> >Regards to all,
> >Walt Smith
> >
> >
> >>From: John Payne
> >>Reply-To: John Payne
> >>To: "Montgomery, Edward T" ,
> >>erielack@lists.elhts.org
> >>Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W STEAM
> >>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:28:45 -0700 (PDT)
> >>
> >>Isn't it amazing how short sighted people were then with regard to
> >>retention of equipment with regard to museums and
> memorials? Were it
> >>to happen these days you can be sure plenty of 'em would have been
> >>kept or donated. But, with the rush to modernize and
> looking at costs
> >>$$$$$$, out they went! Absolutely amazing that not one survived!
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> John Payne
> >> Milford Connecticut
> >>
> >>"Montgomery, Edward T" wrote:
> >> Well it's June and the 53rd anniversary of the end of passenger
> >>steam on the DL&W. From what I have gathered over the years
> it appears
> >>that most of the DL&W steam engines were tied up in Buffalo or
> >>Scranton when the diesels took over. I started to wonder: How long
> >>were these engines stored? Who scrapped them? Were they shipped
> >>off-line to a place like Luria Brothers?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Just some thoughts for those who might have answers.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Ed Montgomery
> >>
> >>
> >>
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