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RE: (erielack) Stillwell Coaches

As a former commuter on STillwells, what happened to most of them after the
push-pull trainsets were bought?  Were they scrapped?  Wonder if any are
still available.  They would be a problem to move, though, since they have
friction, not roller, bearings.


Ken B.

At 02:32 PM 12/13/99 -0500, Holbrook, Douglas W wrote:
>Speaking of Erie Stillwells ......
>
>Wednesday of last week, someone was doing minor roof repair on the Stillwell
>at the Binghamton depot.  Don't know if it was a minor leak being repaired
>or maybe being readied for (supposed) movement to the Elmira area.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) [SMTP:"paultup_@_lucent.com"]
>Sent:	Monday, December 13, 1999 14:18
>To:	Fred Stratton; EL Mailing List
>Subject:	RE: (erielack) Stillwell Coaches
>
>Fred,
>
>> In watching one of my Erie Videos today I noticed something 
>> about the Erie
>> Stillwells that I hadn't seen before. On some of the coaches 
>> (a handful at
>> most) I noticed an
>> offset side door close to the front of the coach. What were 
>> these doors for
>> and what
>> were these coaches originally designed for? Did it have 
>> something to do
>> with the possibility of them maybe being electrified with 
>> traction motors
>> in the future as was
>> thaought about?
>
>Like a passenger door? Or an equipment hatch? Could it have been a Stillwell
>combine?
>
>> I also noticed on a train pulliing out of Croxton, a boxcar with the
>> reporting marks,
>> "PVYX". What was that?
>> Any info would be helpful.
>
>
>According to my October '74 ORER, "PVYX" is yet another set of reporting
>marks for Merchants Despatch Transportation Co.
>
>	- Paul
>
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