Re: (erielack) EL Snow Operations

["Schuyler G Larrabee" <sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com>]

The Erie had three rotaries.  Without looking it up, IIRC, they were on the
roster by ~1895, and were around until the early '20's.

I think they were used in Port Jervis (mostly east up the hill before the
tunnel) and out of Susquehanna.  I don't have an idea about the third one,
but maybe WNY, you know, sn-Buffalo-ow.

There's a diagram for them in the 1911 diagram book recently added to George
Elwood's site.

SGL
- ----- Original Message -----
From: A Samostie <quahog_@_sprint.ca>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) EL Snow Operations


> Dear Group,
> What about rotary plows?  Did either the DL&W or Erie ever roster one?
>
> If any eastern road could have used them, it was the EL (ok, maybe
> Bangor and Aroostook).  The only photos of rotaries I've ever seen were
> from out west... and although a few survived to mid-century, they seemed
> to be a relic from the turn of the century or before.
>
> Cheers,
> Alan <quahog_@_sprint.ca>
>

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