Re: (erielack) fake Erie caboose

["Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>]

When I was driving for JB Hunt, we had a drop yard behind Main Tire on
Broadway(NY 130) in Cheektowaga, and I used to get there by taking Walden Av
from the Thruway to Union Road to Broadway, and went past that caboose many
times. I always thought it looked a little odd, not like any Erie or EL hack
I ever saw(not like I'm an expert on the subject), but I dismissed it as a
case of "we got a caboose, and we painted it for our favorite local road".
I always meant to stop in and ask about it, but usually got through there in
the middle of the night, or didn't have time to stop. Interesting to hear
the full story after seeing it for so long.

TAB
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From: "Blue Moon Network Administrator" <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) fake Erie caboose


> On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, David Green wrote:
>
> > Listers:
> >
> > This has always bugged me.  Click on the link below and look at the shot
> > of the "Erie" caboose:
> >
> >  http://www.niagarahobby.com/
> >
> > Isn't this an N&W hack?  When they picked it up it was in N&W colors.
> > It looks like what I would call an N&W "standard" caboose (I don't know
> > much about N&W cabooses aside from what I have seen in books and
> > photos).
> 8<---
>
> Yes, it is ex-N&W and as far as I know, they know its heritage despite
what
> they may say.
>
> Henry
>
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