(erielack) comments on Rich Young's "early Erie" photos

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

First, let me comment that I appreciate the way Henry's list presents these
photos, with the black background.  This enhances the photos and makes them
easier to look at.  Thanks.

Now, comments on:

477
http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/erielack-photo/erielack-
02-28-02/Erie477.jpg
582
http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/erielack-photo/erielack-
02-28-02/Erie582.jpg
2503
http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/erielack-photo/erielack-
02-28-02/Erie2503.jpg

I'm speculating a little, but these three might be at Susquehanna, though
the hills don't look quite high enough.  The shops there did substantial
rebuilds as a matter of course, and they documented them in "(Re)Builder's
Photos," of which I have a couple.  I think that might be what we're seeing
here.  The passenger cars in the background of some of these would be
because the Erie had a passenger car shop there.

OTOH . . . these shots also bear a similarity WRT to the hills to the shot
showing the NJ&NY engine  That shot is:
http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/erielack-photo/erielack-
02-28-02/Erie12nj_ny.jpg
But there's not much to go on there . . .


2600
http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/erielack-photo/erielack-
02-28-02/Erie2600.jpg
This is another "(Re)Builder's photo."  These engines were built as
0-8-8-0's (camelback) and were rebuilt by Baldwin.  This is one of a very
few views of these engines post-reconstruction.

http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/erielack-photo/erielack-
02-28-02/Erie1603.jpg
1603  A later image of Erie steam, traveling with a "cistern" back there.
Some areas on the west end had less-than-terrific water, and in later years
especially, tenders from retired locomotives were connected up as cisterns
to cut down on trips to the "faucet."

SGL

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