RS2s 1000-1004 had steam generators added by the railroad at the Hornell shops in 1954 at which time they were renumbered 950-954. FYI, be very leery of the accuracy of the captions in the Carlton book. Regards, Will Shultz CO614_@_aol.com wrote: >Lou-you mention that the RS2'S were numbered ending at 933 and starting again >at 950. However, not all of those units were RS2's. Paul Carlton's book,"The >Erie-Lackawanna Story" has photos of some of those units that he lists as >RS3's.On page 245, the book shows nos.926 and 933 as RS3's. Then, on page 294 >there are photos of #951 and 952 as being RS2's. On page 313, Carlton says that >"the 1000 series RS3's are strictly freight movers". I believe that these two >models were virtually identical in appearance, although the RS3's might have had >new features that the RS2's didn't. Perhaps Paul or Schuyler or someone can >clear up which units were which. Dom Mele (ELHS# 769) > > > > > ------------------------------
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