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RE: (erielack) The Diamond
> The story on the 'lopsided' baggage cars were interesting. I had
> seen the RPO-Baggage-Coach in the Kraus-Krist
> <bold>SUSQUEHENNA</bold>
> book and always wondered why the window arrangement on that
> car was different from the "Stillwells". Basically because they
> weren't "Stillwells". Am I correct to assume that some of these
> cars that were converted to all "express" made it into the EL
> G/M/Y colors?
I have a photo of EL #502, one of the "lopsided" cars in fresh EL paint.
George Elwood's site has some more:
#502: http://gelwood.railfan.net/pax/el502.jpg
#504: http://gelwood.railfan.net/pax/el-b504.jpg
So at least two of them got repainted!
> One last question thought. On page 25 there is a night shot of
> RS3 918 with 5 Boonton cars in the Spring of 1971. The caption
> says this is train 1013. But it is e/bound so it would have to have
> an odd number; right? And by the Spring of 1971 the push-pulls
> would be in operation. So I'm wondering just what train this might
> be? There were no evening e/bounds by this time. Could this be
> an extra or deadhead movement? Bob Bahrs is credited for the
> photo.
You mean *even* numbered, don't you? The push-pulls were probably not
fully deployed in commuter service yet - I have shots in my collection
of RS3s and GP7s running into 1973 here....
Of course, Bob is on the list and he can probably answer it better than
anyone else... ;)
- Paul
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