Re: (erielack) Motive Power for Long-Haul Freights

["David J. MV" <dmvgvt_@_earthlink.net>]

I have seen U34's on trains as far west as Hornell in the 1974. Maybe that
was the panic point to turn them back east for NJ Transit?  Has anyone seen
them farther west than Hornell on freights?  Regards David MV



- ----- Original Message -----
From: "The Jordans" <jjordan_@_blast.net>
To: "A Samostie" <quahog_@_sprint.ca>; <erielack@lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Motive Power for Long-Haul Freights


> Alan-
>
> That depends on what you classify as a "road freight".  For instance,
> the Phillipsburg train (the P-Burger), considered a transfer freight,
> was powered many times by RS2/3's and or GP7/9's.  Most of the "local"
> freights were powered by NW2/SW's yard switchers, so RS's/GP's were
> used on "intermediate scheduled freight trains" or inter-divisional
> trains (such as, Croxton to Port Jervis) where power was changed and
> F's might have picked up the train westward.  Many times at Croxton
> the make up of a long distance freight's power consisted of "what's
> laying around and available?"  Weekend train power, when RS's and
> GP's were not assigned to the commuter passenger schedule, they
> would be used to the extreme limits.  That really means if they
> were sent out on Saturday morning, then they might go as far as
> they can and then get them back before the Monday morning rush hour.
>
> When the U34CH's came on board in the 1970's, some of them worked
> freight beyond the lmits of weekend retrieval and created much havic
> between the EL and NJDOT.
>
> Hope this helps you, our northern friend!!  How's running the EL
> in Canada going?
>
> -Joe Jordan
>
> At 10:52 PM 7/4/01 -0700, A Samostie wrote:
> >Dear Group,
> >
> >Happy 4th, to those in EL territory and elsewhere in the USofA.
> >
> >Question:  On the pre-merger DL&W and Erie, and the early days of the EL
> >(before second generation power arrived), were long haul freights always
> >hauled by F units (and Trainmasters on the Lackawanna), or did GP7s and
> >RS2s/RS3s see action on road freights?  It seems the only photos I ever
> >see of the Geeps and Alcos are on local / branchline freights.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Alan <quahog_@_sprint.ca>
> >
> >
> >

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