(erielack) RE: [ErieLackawannaRR] Digest Number 141

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

Tom,

Unfortunately, there was never a time when all three co-existed. The
black/yellow units were repainted pretty quickly into gray/maroon/yellow
after William White's decree in 1964, and most got repainted right into the
GMY scheme with the yellow Gothic lettering within the band...

	- Paul Tupaczewski


> Message: 1
>    Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 03:22:27 +0000
>    From: DH7312_35712_@_att.net
> Subject: ALco C424/C425's
> 
> Hi all, My name is Tom Morgan and I am from Scranton PA. 
> I was a fan of the EL (living here you had to be), and 
> escpecially the C434/425's. My question is I know the 
> 424's were delivered in the black paint, and the 425's 
> were delivered in the grey paint with the maroon ERIE- 
> LACKAWANNA above the maroon band on the hood, and both 
> groups were repainted/relettered to the yellow letters 
> in the maroon band, was there a time when all three of 
> the paint schemes appeared on these Alcos?
> 
> I am a model railroader as well as a railfan and have 
> the 2412 in the black paint, the 2451 in the grey paint 
> with maroon lettering, and the 2301 in the grey paint 
> with yellow lettering, could they have run together that 
> way? Thanks, Tom. 

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