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Re: (erielack) DL&W, EL FT's Correction

In a message dated 6/4/2006 6:40:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
yahoogroups_@_empirenorthernmodels.com writes:
 
Tim & Randy
 
I had it just backwards.   Your right the ABA 601s are the units  that were 
totally draw barred.
Its been a while and I should have looked it up first.  :(
The AB  651s were draw barred only between the two units.   Yep the one and 
only tender
X 600  could be used in either group.  My correction.
 
Bob Bahrs
 
 
 

The  former tenders were made up to take the place an A or a B if it was out
for  service on an extended time frame.  The DL&W had FT ABA with the  FTSB,
now if one of the A's had problems then a idler car (tender) was  used.  Same
goes for the AB sets, for a while some AA sets ran  around.

Tim

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Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006  16:15
Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W, EL FT's


>
> In  a message dated 6/4/2006 2:03:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>  jananran_@_mymailstation.com writes:
>
>
> Lackawanna's A-B-A  scheme meant that an A unit taken out of the  consist
> would take  its coupler with it, so they fitted an ex-steamer tender to  be
>  drawbarred to the A-B set to provide a coupler.
>
> Randy   Brown
>
>
>
> Randy
>
> Almost  correct.  The Steam Tender was for the AB ( 651) sets not  the  ABA
(
> 601 )sets.  The ABA sets had no drawbars, they were all  regular  couplers.
>
> Bob Bahrs
>
>
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