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RE: (erielack) RE: U34CH sound



> 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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