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(erielack) Mystery Engine at Andover Junction
Yes, I'll definitely need a paper trail on this one. It may be trivial,
but inquiring maniacs want to know... -Dave
"Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" wrote:
>
> I love puzzles!
>
> I think this is one of the Erie's former GP-9's (not GP-7), and here's the
> reasoning why:
>
> 1. The dynamic brakes.
> 2. The position of the EL lettering on the hood. You'll notice that the
> "ERIE" starts off under the intake louvers at the long hood end of the unit,
> and continue to just at the cab edge of the dynamic brake blister.
>
> If you'll take a look at a regular dynamic-brake GP7:
>
> http://gelwood.railfan.net/loco/el1218l.jpg
>
> You'll see the "ERIE" doesn't even come close to those intake screens up top
> (plus, they didn't letter across those louvers!).
>
> The GP9s all had their roadnames "offset" to the long hood end - it wasn't
> centered - to account for all those louvers:
>
> http://gelwood.railfan.net/loco/1260.jpg
>
> As to WHICH GP-9 it is, can't help you there... :(
>
> - Paul
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Rutan [mailto:rutan3_@_nac.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 4:08 PM
> > To: List-Erie Lackawanna
> > Subject: (erielack) Mystery Engine at Andover Junction
> >
> >
> > This link:
> > [http://www.sussexbranchmemorial.com/Archives/newspaper_photos
> > /lines_end-1966.JPG] is to a photograph from the New Jersey
> > Herald dated July 17, 1966. The picture is of the train that
> > removed the empty box cars from Branchville and Lafayette
> > after passenger service ended.
> >
> > I saw this train at the Diller Avenue crossing while standing
> > on the front seat of my parents' car--yes, I was that small!
> > I would really like to know the engine number of this train
> > so that I may look up a picture of it (and for the sake of
> > knowledge.) I am told that the engine is a dynamic brake
> > equipped GP-7 and that I need a dispatcher's sheet or the
> > Dover or Port Morris tower sheets for July 15, 1966 to get
> > the engine #.
> >
> > Does anyone have these or know someone who does? Or know of
> > someone I could contact who has access to them? I'd really
> > appreciate it.
> >
> > Thanks, Dave Rutan
> >
> > I've included the caption for the picture below:
> >
> > LINE'S END...Andover--Installation of a barricade taking
> > another cut into Sussex County's rail service took place
> > Friday Afternoon, when the section gang from the Port Morris
> > Yard put this barricade in place at the Lehigh and Hudson
> > crossing on the Erie Lackawanna track at Andover Junction.
> > Supervising the operation, which followed the last run of the
> > commuter train to Newton. Wednesday night, are Michael Menna
> > foreman, and Joseph Esposito, track supervisor. The engine in
> > the background took the remaining cars from above the cut-off
> > point before the track was sealed off. Unlike spiking,
> > barricading does not ruin the track.
> > --
> > DL&W Sussex Branch Memorial
> > http://SussexBranchMemorial.com
> > Monomania can be a good thing
> >
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DL&W Sussex Branch Memorial
http://SussexBranchMemorial.com
Monomania can be a good thing
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