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Re: (erielack) DL&W FT Differentiation (Reprise)

Good information.  Was the practice the same on the Scranton Division 
pushers and the Buffalo Division pushers (i.e. Groveland Hill)?  M J Connor






>From: RAILDATA_@_aol.com
>Reply-To: RAILDATA_@_aol.com
>To: lilesj_@_squared.com, erielack@lists.railfan.net
>Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W FT Differentiation (Reprise)
>Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:39:22 EDT
>
>The Lackawanna operated their FT "pushers" backwards, ot that is with the B
>unit pushing against the caboose and the cab facing downgrade. That way 
>they
>did not have to be reverse at the top of the grade. Certainly did look
>strange.
>
>They did this when they first got them and all the years I saw them.
>
>Chuck Yungkurth
>Boulder CO
>


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