Re: (erielack) Lackawanna Lightweight Coaches

[Jjbchian_@_aol.com]

Listers,

I believe another ERIE "ten hundred" survives today on an Ohio shortline. 
Paul had some photos of it last year on the list. 

JJBoehner 


> Ed -- The main difference was the number and type of seats.  The Erie cars 
> had Heywood-Wakefield "Sleepy Hollow" reclining chairs which were 
> specifically designed for overnight runs, and they had no more than 52, spaced on a 44" 
> pitch, in most cars.  The Lackawanna lightweights had 62 seats, spaced much 
> closer together.
> 
> The Erie cars were heavier and seemed to me to ride smoother. Have any of 
> the Erie heavyweights survived?
> 
> Randy Brown
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> LAST NIGHT I REMEMBERED WHERE I GOT THE IDEA THAT THE LACKAWANNA LIGHTWEIGHT 
> COACHES HAD PROBLEMS.  IN THE SPRING OF 1972 WILLIAM D. MIDDLETON WROTE AN 
> ARTICLE IN "TRAINS" ABOUT RIDING THE ERIE AND ERIE-LACKAWANNA BETWEEN CHICAGO 
> AND JERSEY CITY HOBOKEN.  HE MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD BE ONE OF THE FEW 
> PASSENGERS WHO WOULD MAKE THE END-TO-END TRIP.  HE COMPLAINED THAT AFTER THE MERGER 
> THE OLD ERIE REBUILT COACHES WERE REPLACED WITH THE LACKAWANNA CARS WHICH HE 
> DESCRIBED AS DESIGNED MORE FOR DAY-COACH PASSENGERS.  HE MENTIONED THAT THE 
> ERIE CARS WERE BETTER FOR OVERNIGHT TRAVEL.  ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?
> 
> ED MONTGOMERY
> 
> 

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