Chuck sent this directly to me, but I think he inadvertently forgot to send it to the list... - Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: "RAILDATA_@_aol.com" [mailto:RAILDATA@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 5:37 PM > To: "paultup_@_lucent.com"; freightcars@sunny16.photo.tntech.edu > Subject: Re: (erielack) Freight consists in EL (and earlier) trains... > > > Seems to me that what freight was n9ot laost to highways is > now in trailer on > flats or containers. (A LV cheif mechanical engineer told me > once that the > things that really drove the final blow in the LV were the > Interstate Highway > system and the St. Lawrence Seaway....I'm sure that the EL > was also affected > by these)/ > > The photo (I have the b&w negative) that blows my mind is an SD 45 in > Binghamton with a NKP double door stock car behind it! If > you had asked, I > would have sworn that stock cars were gone before SD45s > arrived. The stock car > is the same car that someone did a kit bash in RMC using the > new Life-Like > Mather stock cars. > > Never really knew much about train numbers, etc. but one of > the fascinating > things they used to do near here was set off about 40 > autoracks loaded with > new cars in the passing siding at Campville. Then about 5 > hours later they > would be picked up by another eastbound. Since the passing > siding was really > out in the country, an EL policeman usually showed up to keep > an eye on all > these new cars in open auto racks. > > Chuck Yungkurth > ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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