Re: (erielack) Restored EL 2nd generation diesels ??

["Bill K." <"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">]

Schuyler -

I didn't mean to imply the engines weren't EL in origin - 

from this month's Diesel Era:

The lone PRR/PC C424, all but 2 EL's and all but one RDG C424 were either
traded or sold to GE.  (Plus they bought one more EL & one more RDG from
Naporano) - out of that the 1 PRR, 8 of the EL's and 2 RDG units were
rebuilt along with 6 PRR C425's at Hornell.   Said units went to D&H, GBW,
and D&M.   According to this the units to D&H are: 
	(EL)2401 (LA&L 421), 2402, 2405, 2406 (MEC 453), 2407(LA&L 424), 2408,
2414 (LA&L 423), RDG 5206 (LA&L 422) and 5207(MEC 455).   The other three
went to the G&W, one was wrecked and the others are on the MNNR.   LA&L 425
was NH 2557.

Apparently they were redone by GE either for D&H or the lessor, or were
redone and then sold.  This gives the unit's Builder's Numbers as ID - All
of the trading was done 1980-81, after the units became Conrail engines.

Also, wouldn't the "FIRST 424"  be that odd PRR unit, it was Alco 640-1
before PRR got it (and it still exists although this list doesn't know
where it is).  (It does have a higher frame number though than 2401) On the
other hand wouldn't EL's C425's (now mostly on GVT) be the first C425's?  I
thought I read that EL created the thing insisting that they have the same
generator as a U25B.

Bill K.

- ----------
> From: Schuyler G. Larrabee <"SGL2_@_IX.NETCOM.COM">
> To: Bill K. <"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">; Donald Kern <doubletrack@home.com>;
"erielack_@_internexus.net"
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Restored EL 2nd generation diesels ??
> Date: Saturday, October 03, 1998 11:23 PM
> 
> Thursday, October 01, 1998 6:26 AM, Bill K.  wrote:
> 
> The ones [C424's] on LA&L and Minnesota Connecting are
> > GE rebuilds of C424's that went to Conrail, and the LA&L's C425 is a NH
> > unit.   I believe Guilford may still have a couple of hulks left, too -
> 
> This is not correct, at least the part about the LA&L C424's isn't.  The
GM
> of LA&L says that they bought their 424's from Guilford, or from the
owner
> who leased them to Guilford or whatever - the legitimate owner - and that
> they are ex-EL.  Furthermore, they include the 2401 - the FIRST 424, as
> well as others of that group.
> 
> We (the board of the ELHS) approached the GM (who is an extremely
> sympathetic member) about the possiblity of repainting 2401 "properly,"
and
> assisting with the cost as a way of showing our appreciation.  OK with
him
> (more than OK, actually), OK with the LA&L BOD, but the CMO, well, he's
> sorta got the key to the paint room and he's always wanted to see a
lineup
> of LA&L C424's . . . . 
> 
> Ain't gonna happen.
> 
> BTW, I don't think you're right about the 425 either but I don't really
> know for sure.
> 
> SGL

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