RE: (erielack) Early CR Logos on EL Units

["Paul R. Tupaczewski" <"paultup_@_interactive.net">]

>Some EL paint-outs had an odd squared/angled font to them, including the
>4014 (Erie/EL 825) - I don't know if this one is available anywhere, but
>perhaps if you ask Paul nicely enough....  :-)

I thought most of the "CR" stencils were done using existing shop stencils?
The italicized "CR" is simply taken from the Penn Central stencils (use the
Microscale decals for those)...

>I do know that while Conrail ran EL F's for a while after the takeover,
>according to Trains magazine's 2-part DL&W story from about 1985 no DL&W
>unit ever ran with it's CR-assigned number.  I can't think of ever seeing a
>picture of an EL F paint-out of any kind though.

The book "Conrail Motive Power Review, Vol. 1" by Lloyd/Marre has a couple
of photos: 1884 (ex-EL 6361, nee-DL&W 636A) is shown in EL paint with a
black nose door (!) and a VERY hastily restenciled "CR" on the nose and
sides (they used black spray paint to remove the EL markings, arrrgh!)
Another shot shows CR 1888, restenciled a little more neatly in its EL
paint. And F7B 3862 is shown in EL paint, with a large black rectangle over
the former number (7122, nee-Erie 712B) and a large Gothic "3862" painted on
the black patch in white paint (or were they stick-on letters?) The hasty
stenciling is pretty evident - the "3" and "2" are of a lighter weight than
the "8" and "6"!

	- Paul


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