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Re: (erielack) Railroad presidents and EL business trains

NS typically assigns 2607 and/or 2616. Both were in Binghamton the week of 
July 4th with their executive train for a celebration in Waverly(150th 
anniversary of Waverly incorporation??) on the 4th. I understand Mr. Goode 
was to be in attendance. I imagine he flew into Binghamton or Elmira to 
attend. One of them also ran the train the the Democratic convention in 
Boston, via CSX.

The CSX F40s were through Syracuse last week, so they are still around-for 
now.

I miss CR's E units. They made for a classy train. I remember Jack Kithcart 
running CR 4022(Erie 833) on a Southern Tier employees' train in 1989. He 
notched them out leaving Corning headed east, and there was no catching him.

Tom B

> Ooops; mispeak late at night.  Sorry.  Not sure CSX is keeping the F40s in
> service, the CN Es' fate is being reconsidered as we speak (past prez. 
> Paul
> Tellier's successor will decide, the E-unit came with the Illinois Central
> acquisition); forgot about the CPR Fs (prez. Rob Ritchie is another of the 
> grand
> old-school leaders -- and a great person), and the entire BNSF fleet of 
> executive
> Es and Fs was given to IRM.  NS has a specially painted engine, but it's 
> rare
> that it ever pulls the president.  The CSX / NS business cars have been
> floating up and down the Chemical Coast pretty regularly of late, and each 
> time the
> consist has been a clean CSX and NS locomotive, nothing special, and not 
> even
> particularly new.
> 

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