Ed Montgomery wrote: > In the 70's the engine crew working the Totowa Industrial Spur often > served as a pusher for freights going over "The Notch". It > was kind of > odd to see new power on the front with a GP7 or RS3 pushing. I have a photo in my collection that shows a trio of GP7s shoving hard against what I think is an SF-100, rolling over the Fulton St. grade crossing at East Boonton. Now THAT'S a pusher! I heard that sometimes the power from the Greenwood Lake Haul would be used to push as well - they actually used EMD switchers as helpers? - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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