RE: (erielack) WNY Power assignments

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

Chris,

> One last question.  As I recall from reading elsewhere, the 
> PA's were all traded in on newer 6 axle power in the late 
> 60's.  I recall, however, in the 72 - 74 year range, seeing a 
> 2, maybe 3 car business train being pulled by at least one 
> PA.  It definitely wasn't an E8, because at the time I saw 
> it, I remarked as to what kind of loco it was.  It was in GMY 
> and my guess it was either an inspection train to examine 
> repair work done after Hurricane Agnes, or if it was 74, it 
> was a train to review the tracks for a pre-CR evaluation team 
> (or possibly Chessie / SF merger / acquisition).
> 
> Can anyone elaborate on this or whether I was completely 
> wrong?  I'm pretty sure it was a PA on the front and I'm 
> definitely sure on the date range.

I'm fairly certain you're mistaken. All the PA's were off the roster by 1969, most definitely scrapped!

A shame, too - would have been nice to see EL PA's running into the 70's....

Could it possibly have been a D&H PA?

	- Paul

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