Re: (erielack) Athearn EL SD45-2

[donald kern <doubletrack_@_comcast.net>]

How about running the Lackawanna side?

Paul R. Tupaczewski wrote:

>>Nice loco, can't wait fro mine to arrive. It reminds me of 
>>the irony of EL, the quintessential H&W route thanks to Erie 
>>clearances, ordering locomotives with trimmed-down fans and 
>>low-mounted horns. LDY said it was for  tight NE clearances 
>>on Maybrook runthroughs, but PC didn't take this precaution 
>>and wasn't breaking off horns.
>>    
>>
>
>I don't think we ever got (or for that matter, ever will) an "official"
>reason for this. We've heard as reasons:
>
>* Maybrook runthroughs
>* Cleveland "tunnels" (those big low bridges)
>
>All seem logical enough, but it doesn't explain why run-through power with
>"standard" rooftop appliances also ran on trains in these circumstances. I
>personally would love to see the clearance profile that justified the
>low-profile appliances.  Was it just pure paranoia on someone's part?
>
>	- Paul
>
>  
>



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