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RE: (erielack) RE: U34CH sound
- Subject: RE: (erielack) RE: U34CH sound
- From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:14:22 -0400
> I'm curious if you know whether the conversion from freight
> to passenger
> and back was a flip of the switch, or was there a more
> involved procedure?
> Since the original intention was for EL to use them for both
> purposes it
> would seem inefficient for it to have required a trip to the shop. I
> wonder if all U34CHs were set-up this way, or was that an
> option that was
> factory-installed for EL/NJDOT?
This was very simple. There was a four-way switch in the cab. I don't remember all the positions exactly, but one of the positions was "Passenger Run" and the other was "Freight Run." That's all there was to it - turn a switch!
> Final question: do any of
> these creatures
> still exist anywhere in operation?
3372 sits in Passaic, NJ at the New York & Greenwood Lake Railway's facility there; it's owned by URHS.
At least four were operable in Mexico as of 1998, and at least one (ex-3376) was operating as a cement plant switcher in Monterey, MX as of 2003, but I'm not sure if any are still running today.
- Paul
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