Tony, This was the earliest of the "patch job" relettering variants. Those large "box roadname" decals were made in yellow and maroon, the former to put onto Erie units, the latter onto the DL&W units. These were *temporary* lettering jobs, to be replaced by the standard (initially, the standard has "ERIE LACKAWANNA" in yellow 7" Roman on the back carbody, but later had just an EL diamond) Can't think off hand of what the B-units were decorated like, but I don't think they had the spelled-out roadname (nor do I think they had a diamond - they might just have been black!) - Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Horn [mailto:"horn_@_HUB.ofthe.NET"] > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 7:16 PM > To: "erielack_@_internexus.net" > Subject: (erielack) EL FT lettering > > > In William Young's "Covered Wagons: The Early Road Diesels of the Erie > Lackawanna", there are 2 pictures of ex-Erie FT's. They are > in original > Erie paint with EL decals. The nose diamond has been changed > as was done on > many units. The difference is that the side diamond has been > replaced by a > written out "boxed" Erie-Lackawanna a la the E-8s. > > Does anyone have other pictures of this variation or know the > number of the > units that received this treatment? > > Tony Horn > ELHS #2 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net > ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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