I think it may have something to do with the fact that there were so many of them, and that they were relatively new at the time CR took over rail operations in the northeast. I was once told by a CR employee when I asked why I almost never saw LV, CNJ, or L&HR equipment, that most of those roads' equipment was in such bad shape it was retired rather quickly. I also remember seeing quite a few RDG hoppers in Binghamton, as well as some PC cars, along with EL cars. I still see EL hoppers on NS trains here, most often 41T for some reason. When track season starts, I know there will be a bunch around on ballast trains. Tom B Original Message: - ----------------- From: STEVEZ10_@_aol.com Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 22:19:39 -0500 (EST) To: paultup_@_optonline.net, erielack@lists.railfan.net Subject: Re: FW: (erielack) More EL hopper photos... In a message dated 2/3/04 7:15:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, paultup_@_optonline.net writes: http://www.Railfan.net/lists/listthumb.cgi?erielack-02-03-04 el_70ton_33465_ctp.jpg Anyone know why so many untouched EL hoppers still exist?? Did NS/CSX/CR just never get to them or were there an abundance of EL hoppers floating around that never got scrapped? I guess there weren't as many PC or LV hoppers that existed into the Conrail era. Thanks, Steve P. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------------
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