Re: (erielack) New Material - 22-28 Aug

["Schuyler G Larrabee" <"sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com">]

Well, Bill, the EL hauled ore, lots of it, out of Cleveland.  Used big power
to do it, too.  How much revenue did they generate out of Oswego? (we called
Osnowego when I went to Syracuse U)  Do you get my point?

SGL
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Bill K. <"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">
To: EL DIGEST <"erielack_@_internexus.net">
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) New Material - 22-28 Aug


> What about the tunnels on the DL side in Oswego NY?  Could this low
> clearance also have been a reason for the low horns (despite the fact that
> nothing bigger than a GP7 or RS2/3 went up there)?    After all it's those
> tunnels that kept WAG's ancient wood boxcars running.
>
> Bill K.
>
> ----------
> > From: Schuyler G Larrabee <"sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com">
> > To: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) <"paultup_@_lucent.com">; David Monte Verde
> <"tequila_@_frontiernet.net">; EL DIGEST <erielack@internexus.net>
> > Subject: Re: (erielack) New Material - 22-28 Aug
> > Date: Saturday, November 20, 1999 9:48 PM
> >
> > Paul commented:
> >
> > > That's weird, though. When you think about it, all the later units
> > > (SD45/SDP45/SD45-2) also had the bracket that pushed the "output end"
> of
> > the
> > > horns beyond the front cab face...
> >
> > They didn't have the bracket to get the "output end" out in front of the
> cab
> > face, they had the bracket to get the overall clearance profile, from
the
> > front of the engine, down to a height which would fit through a tight
> > clearance point, generally believed to be the short, tight, curved (I
> think)
> > tunnel in Cleveland which provided access to the Erie's Hulett unloader
> > facility.
> >
> > The 424's came with those single blatters, right from ALCO.  By the time
> the
> > 425's arrived, some DL&W heritage people were in charge at the top, and
> in
> > the motive power department, and they made the change to the multiple
> chime
> > horns.
> >
> > SGL
> >
> >
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