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Re: (erielack) U34CH sound

Chuck,
If the wire was de-engergized then the company would substitute diesels on
the branch.
If the track was out of service then they used buses to run around that
portion that was out.

Steve


On 8/2/05 1:20 PM, "Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com" <Charles_Walsh@Berlex.com>
wrote:

> 
> Steve,
> 
> When they were doing weekend work during the 1970s in anticipation of the
> re-electrification they would run them up the Morristown Line.  However, I
> guess they could have still run the MUs as a shuttle service between Summit
> and Gladstone without de-energizing the catenary on the branch.  Does
> anyone recall if diesel service was substituted?  I know that they
> sometimes substituted buses (yuck) instead on the Gladstone Branch.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> 
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>                       08/02/2005 12:54 To:     doubletrack_@_comcast.net
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>                                                Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com
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>                                                Re: (erielack) U34CH sound
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> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 8/2/2005 12:48:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> doubletrack_@_comcast.net writes:
>  :) Yep I saw same on the Less Frequent but still Exciting runs these
>  beasts made on the Morristown line and even the Gladstone Br   :-
> They occasional showed up on the Gladstone Branch if they were doing
> catenary work or if there happened to be a major ice/snowstorm.....They
> appeared numerous times during the Blizzard in March of 1993 and the
> numerous ice storms of January 1994......
> They also ran on the branch once a day during rush hour in the summer of
> 1984.......Anyone know if the U-34's ever made it to Gladstone in the
> 1970's???
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
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