> 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 The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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