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Re: (erielack) MU's, was: EL fantrips
For those of u who really are interested in the Edison MUs, I still have
2 of the instruction books they issued to the engineers. The original was
given to me by Mr. O'Donnell, the RFE when I was going to get qualified on
the DL side. I made a few copies and still have 2 left. I added a foto of
the cab interior when I made the copies. They have 34 pages and are 81/2 x
11" in size. All u need to know to get qualified!! $15.00 each + $5.00 S&H.
I also still have a couple of the 1967 Scranton Division
trainsheets..........Phoebe Snow is gone now, but there's still 10 & 15, 5 &
6, and lots of freights........as well as the Syracuse div'n, Utica div'n,
Northumberland branch (Bloom), mine runs, etc. HUGE!! $25.00 + $5.00 S+H.
Bangor & Portland trainsheets (1966) The final year the Company
operated this as a separate division. lots of long-gone stuff on these
sheets - 40yrs ago!!! 16 x 28 inches in size. $20.00 + $5.00 S&H.
CASH, CK, or MONEYORDER to Walter Smith/ 968 Placid Drive/Melbourne, Fl.
32935
Regards to all,
Walter E. Smith - Employee # 102156
>From: "Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>
>Reply-To: "Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>
>To: "EL List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
>Subject: Re: (erielack) MU's, was: EL fantrips
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:11:51 -0500
>
>Think of the freight power needed to get over Pocono summit!! As long as
>they were going to Scranton, wouldn't it have made sense to electrify to
>say, Dalton, to overcome Clarks Summit, too??
>
>Tom B
>
>>By the way, the DL&W originally planned to electrify using 3000v DC all
>>the
>>way to Scranton, so as to at least partially eliminate steam, particularly
>>for freight, over the Poconos. The idea was dropped because of the
>>Depression. And although dead MUs were pulled over the Cut-Off in the
>>post-WWII era, due to the spike in patronage, imagine if electrification
>>had occurred that we could have had MUs travelling westbound at 75 mph
>>over
>>the Cut-Off under catenary. Now that's a fantasy!
>
>
>
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