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Re: (erielack) Greenwood Lake PAs and E8s (was Re:Stories remembered...)
Listers,
When I was a kid in Passaic/Rutherford in the 1950's & 1960's, most of the
commuter trains were powered by RS2's and RS3's, with occasional GP-7's. I
probably saw a few E-8's and PA's, but not very many of them in the
1960's. Most of the E-8 power, I think, was reserved for the longer-haul
trains.
Ken B.
At 10:12 PM 3/15/2003 -0400, A Samostie wrote:
>Dear Group,
>
>Walt Smith wrote:
>
> > Now for a lighter side. It was 1963 & I was working as a fireman on the
> > Greenwood Lakes division, I'd bring a train in from Wanaque to Hoboken
> in the
> > morning. It was usually the practice for the ERIE men to take their engines
> > to Jersey City (Pavonia Avenue roundhouse) for the layover. The engine
> > (Usually an RS3) would be serviced, and the engineer & fireman could
> rest in
> > a bunkroom on the South side of Pavonia Avenue until it was time to
> take the
> > power back to Hoboken for the return to Wanaque.
>
>I always assumed that RS3's were the usual power on the Greenwood Lake
>trains. But, in Zimmerman's "Erie Lackawanna East," a PA is shown on a
>Wanaque-Midvale train. Was it highly unusual to find PAs on the
>Greenwood Lake? What about E8s?
>
>Obviously, the E8s were mainstays on the Main Line and Bergen County
>Lines (although RS3s and GP7s were common as well). But, thanks to
>Randy Brown, we do have photo evidence that PAs were used on the
>Northern Branch at least once:
>
>http://www.railfan.net/lists/listphoto.cgi?erielack-01-25-02/ERIE-PA.gif
>
>Did the PAs and E8s make regular appearances on the other "minor"
>branches?
>
>Cheers,
>Alan <quahog at sprint.ca>
>ELHS #3178
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