(erielack) More stuff from Todd Hollritt - old and new

["Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_optonline.net>]

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Here we go...

From Todd Hollritt, another trip to the past...


  It was a nice surprise to see an article about Great Notch in the
first new issue of The Diamond. Over tonnage and underpowered was a very
common sight especially when units would shut down during the battle!
Here's a lucky eastbound during the last breath of the Erie Lackawanna,
the merger is looming just weeks away, armed with my trusty Kodak
instamatic I captured this eastbound with EL SD-45 3603 plus a U-boat
and another SD-45 down to a walking pace fighting the grade, in a cloud
of sand! I recall eastbounds would try to restrict the use of sand
within the crossovers and throttle back a little too, not this day. Over
10,000 horsepower at full throttle howling through that cut just prior
to the Great Notch station made for an amazing sight and sound show,
most of his train was ascending the grade by now but it's still a long
climb ahead. You can really see why railfans flocked to this location.
Check out poor 3603, she even lost two horns over the years. 

(files: EL3603.jpg, EL3603a.jpg)


Check out the lashup on this eastbound at Great Notch, almost hidden in
a cloud of sand are SDP-45 3639, SD45-2, SDP-45, U25B, SD-45. The
westbound had two U33C's. 

(file: GAmeet.jpg)


And one last view, swapped D&H SD-45 EL 801 leads another SD-45 and a
U25B (With all hood doors open ala NYS&W!) eastbound past the speeder
shed at Great Notch. Check out the sun streaming through the sand and
all the stored rail in that yard, a veritable who's who of EL turnouts,
points and frogs!

I think some of the list members will enjoy this stuff, wonder if it
will stir some grade battle stories, many a broken knuckle and visible
wheel slip marks on the railhead could be found along this tangent of
track. 

(file: EL801.jpg)


A bonus image from today! (Photo taken May 21, 2002) - 30 Year Old EL
SD45-2 (CSX 8886) at Oak Island, NJ.

(file: CSX8886.jpg)

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