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Re: (erielack) IHB-7 - one more thing

Hey guys let me see if I can throw a little light on this fire. The U34CH's 
were used for an extremely short time by Conrail after C Day. If I remember 
correctly they stopped running in freight service by about 1/1/77. The train 
IHB 7 ran via Meadville to Akron Ohio. From there it traveled the PRR branch 
to Orville Ohio, and then the Pennsy main to Chicago.The U34CH's did on 
occasion run to Meadville but the majority of the time they were swapped out 
at Hornell NY. I remember seeing a trio of these units roll up to the east 
end of Hornell yard and cut away from their train. An SD45, SDP45, and U25B 
trio backed onto the train and then proceeded west. Unfortunately I had a 
camera that refused to work properly and whatever pictures I have are only 
in my memory. And no the lash up that relieved the U Boats was not solid EL. 
The SD45 was PC, the SDP was of course EL, I believe the U25B was high 
hooded in an orange and white paint scheme.
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'Gary R. Kazin'" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>; "EL List" 
<erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 12:49 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) IHB-7 - one more thing


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> Gary Kazin asked:
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>> > That is during the EL years. After CR, they struck some sort of
>> > agreement with the NJDOT to use these units, and they did
>> appear quite
>> > often in freight service from 1976 to 1978 or thereabouts.
>>
>> Photos?  I don't think NJDoT would have gone for a second
>> try; once bitten
>> - twice shy as they say.
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> Well, the "proof is in the puddin'" - attached is some of that puddin'. 
> These are shots by John Durant, photo dates are in the filename, but 
> they're all post-EL.  This might have been an "emergency lease" just to 
> get the newly-founded CR out of its motive power rut.
>
> - Paul
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