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Re: (erielack) Previous topics.
Bob,
Just as a footnote I looked in back issues of X2200 South and at the
time 823 was reportedly at Hornell just before and just after "C" day.
Will
"Dlw1el2_@_aol.com" wrote:
>
> I was talking to former Erie Lackawanna CMO Dave Huggins, earlier this
week,
> and asked him about two of the threads that had been kicking around on
this
> list. Here is a synopsis of what he said.
>
> Q. Why was GP7 1233 rebuilt when it was badly damaged?
> A. Although in later years the EL had some F units out of service
> They were not strapped with surplus power, and in particular
> No GP7s were ever removed from service right up to April Fools'
> Day 1976. When the 1233 was rebuilt it got a 26n brake installed
> making it another Erie jeep that could now be mixed into the
> Pool working the S & U with ex Lackawanna geeps, and making it
> compatible with all other road power. This 26N brake conversion
> was done to the GP 9s earlier on.
> He also added they considered giving the 1233 a chopped nose, but
the
> amount of piping that would have had to
be
> altered negated that thought.
>
> Q. Was the engine from the 823 used on 1060.
> A. The engine used in the 1060 was a spare engine they had. He
thought
> that all the E8s were on the property on CR day, but could not
swear
> to the actual existence of the 823. That had him thinking but he
> couldn't
> come up with a definite answer. I asked if the 1060 was consider a
> success, and he said yes, that they used it at Gang Mills mostly,
and
> that they
> liked it there.
>
>
>
> Bob
>
>
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