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Re: (erielack) EL Motive power arrangements
I commuted on the Pascack Valley Line (NJ & NY RR) in 1970-1972. On the
first day of the "new" trainsets, my train was late out of Anderson St.,
Hackensack. It was pulled by an E-L GP-7 with a dead U34CH on the west
end. There was no power in the coaches; the electrically-operated doors
stayed open the whole trip. There also were no seats because the train
was now picking up passengers awaiting the later train. I put a
magazine down on the middle step of the coach doorway and sat with my
feet on the bottom step. It was an interesting view as we crossed the
Hackensack River!
Ken Bush
Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com wrote:
>I presume that EL must have had back-up units that were pressed into
>service on a Monday morning when the U34CHs were tardy in returning east?
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> "Tupaczewski, Paul
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> <paultup_@_lucent.com To: "'Gary R. Kazin'" <gkazin@yahoo.com>
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> 08/01/2005 09:26 AM
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> "Tupaczewski, Paul
> R (Paul)"
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>Gary Kazin wrote:
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>>The U34CH locomotives were bought by NJDoT for commuter
>>service with the
>>intention of being available to the EL for weekend freight
>>service. They
>>came back late several times and that was the end of freight service.
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>That's true - I have a photo in my collection of a trio of U34CH's storming
>west out of Binghamton on a Saturday morning. And they expected these units
>to get back to NJ in time for the morning rush???
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>The truth is, of the various bids for passenger units the EL entertained
>(EMD submitted an FP45 and two other similar units), the GE was the most
>easily switched over for freight service, which (in addition to a better
>deal price-wise) was the reason the EL nudged the NJDoT into purchasing
>them.
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>Though the U34CH's tenure in freight service on the EL was brief, they did
>return to freight service shortly after Conrail to alleviate the new road's
>motive power crunch. I wonder how they convinced NJDoT to let them do it
>THIS time?
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> - Paul
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