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(erielack) EL Caboose Trucks

Matt & all,
    After looking at some photo's I found DL&W wood caboose 701 riding on
milk car style trucks on page 50 of "Cabins Crummies & Hacks Vol 1 NE". The
caboose is sitting in front of the coal dock in Scranton PA. Its a color
shot and the 701 looks well worn so it may be post merger, Did EL ever use
Lackawanna wood caboose's in any service? 
   Thanks for the information but I am guessing the proper "Milk Car" trucks
are not available in HO, They have a unique heavy arch on the upper part of
the truck not common to any other road. It looks like B&M may have had a
couple of hacks with this style truck also but very uncommon. 
       
Todd (ELHS#1318)  

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From: Phoebewestbound [mailto:"phoebesnow_@_stny.rr.com"] 
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 10:01 PM
To: Hollritt, Todd; "erielack_@_internexus.net"
Subject: Re: (erielack) EL Caboose Trucks


Todd,

Lackawanna didn't use any of the Erie's General Steel Castings "milk car"
trucks on their cabooses. The DL&W hacks rode on Bettendorf "T" section as
well as double truss. Post merger the EL did apply a set of these trucks to
a Lackawanna steel car, quite possibly 896, but they were NOT original
equipment. Additionally, the Erie/EL was famous for reusing trucks from old
equipment on new as in the case of applying old milkcar trucks to the C-100
series. I would guess that the C-300 and here sisters were riding on used
/reconditioned trucks rather than new ones.

Matt Forsyth

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