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Re: (erielack) The EL'ed GP-35

That would account for the variations in paint-outs.  One I never
understood was the RDG GP35's - they got the number painted out only to get
the same exact number painted on the cab.   But it's probably like the
other details I picked up - standardization, albeit in an ugly way.

I'm amazed the 35's are all gone, with the locomotive market the way it's
been if someone had 100 carcasses sitting around they could make some money
rebuilding them from the ground up as the equivalent of a GP38-2.

I wonder if that was some transferred EL shop guy's way of "revenge"? :o)
or it's also possible it was re-EL'd because it was not renumbered and
since CR 2571 would be a U25B and a conflict, they put the EL back on to ID
the engine as EL 2571.

Bill K.


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: From: Hollritt, Todd <"todd.hollritt_@_attws.com">
: To: '"erielack_@_internexus.net"'
: Subject: (erielack) The EL'ed GP-35
: Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 8:30 AM
: 
:   Speaking of interim paint schemes, Who remembers poor Erie Lackawanna
: GP-35 2571 that received a C-R paint out of the diamond and removal of
: the road name from the hood stripe. But they forgot to renumber it! 
:   Then someone painted out the diamond's with yellow paint and using
: pEenn centraL stencils, And placed a maroon E-L stencil on the front &
: rear of the unit, Talk about running around with a black eye!
:   First time I spotted the engine was Nov.6,1976 on NY-72 in NJ. It
: operated dressed in this "EL" paint for a few months. 
:   I think any terminal could perform the CR dip, And there were some
: pretty poor paint out's blotting out those Flags & Diamonds! 
: 
: Todd (ELHS#1318) 
: 
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