RE: (erielack) EL-related model (sort of! :)

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

> The M&E leased an Erie Alco S-2 while 14 was back at Alco for 
> repairs. If 
> memory serves me correctly it was the 413. Some years later 
> the E-L offered 
> the unit for sale to the M&E but they turned down the offer 
> due to its 
> mechanical condition.

According to Tom Taber's M&E book, they leased Erie 413, which was an
EMD NW-2...

 
> If you look at that shot in Rich Pennisi's book you'l notice 
> that M&E 15 
> has/had a tall, narrow, retangular nonstandard exhaust stack 
> topped with 
> heavy wire mess screening. No doubt a number of details will 
> have to be 
> changed and added on the Atlas unit to make it correct. 
> Roller bearings were 
> applied to all axles during its last rewheeling. At last 
> report the empty 
> hulk of 15 was stored in Essex, Connecticut. That information 
> is several 
> years old so I am not sure if it is still there.

I believe this hulk was, sadly, scrapped a number of years ago. I saw it
last up there in 1989...

	- Paul

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