(erielack) Fw: Train Symbols

["David Green" <davandli_@_ptdprolog.net>]

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From: "David Green" <davandli_@_ptdprolog.net>
To: <Smtimko_@_aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:07 AM
Subject: Train Symbols


> Steve:
>
> Thank you for the reply.  I have been interested in this topic for many,
> many years and have only been able to glean information from books and
> magazines piece by piece.  It's nice to communicate with someone who was
> "there".
>
> Apparently, I didn't post my reply on the list.  I will probably be
deluged
> with New Jersey "Drills" and "Roustabouts" when I do.  Glad to see the
west
> end stuff.  The info on extras is brand new to me.
>
> According to a caption in Stauffer's "Erie Power", X-1 went to Buffalo.
Not
> sure what the origin was - I believe it was Croxton via Scranton.  The
> caption mentions the train was noted for spending the longest time on the
> road.
>
> You said the last "E" in ECE and WCE stood for "Express".  I have always
> seen it written as "Expediter".
>
> - Dave Green, 1 1/2 years old when you started with the EL! (I have always
> said I was born 10 years too late).
>

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