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(erielack) New Baldwin book



Folks,

	I just got the new book "Baldwin Diesels-1 (A-G)" by Jim Boyd.
Excellent! The first 37 pages of the book contain an impressive history
of Baldwin and its diesel history. The bulk of the book contains
synopses on all the roads that had Baldwins, from A-G (I assume vol. 2
will cover H-Z)

	Of course, turn to page 106 and you'll hit "Erie Lackawanna."
Yes, EL, not Erie (though there are photos of Erie units here!) The
section is all done by caption - no "real text" - but it's fairly well
done and pretty accurate from what I can tell by a cursory glance.
Photos are:

	* EL 1156 (in B/Y), pulling a Lackawanna AND an Erie hopper,
9/64
	* Erie 1151, 3/62
	* EL 1150 (in B/Y), 8/51 (DOH! A typo on their part - I assume
8/61?)
	* EL 1158 (in GMY), 6/68
	* EL B65 (in GMY), 4/69 (kinda a "blah" photo, with lots of
clutter in front)
	* EL 1140 (in B/Y), 8/61 (neat image, the class lettering is
spaced out WIDE, like this: "M F S B-16")
	* Erie 1103/EL 1110 (B/Y), undated - a bit blurry, but on the
DL&W at Clarks Summit!
	* Erie 605, 10/68 with odd small cab numbers
	* Erie 603, 1949 (!!!) at Port Jervis - very clean with visible
pilot lettering!
	* EL 521 (B/Y) - this was the Alco S2 with the Baldwin cab
replacement

	Photo reproduction and layout is superbly done, and the photo
selections are excellent. Highly recommended purchase for any diesel
fan!

	- Paul

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