At 05:33 07-10-2006, you wrote: >From: "Michael Dye" <luxpan_@_hotmail.com> >Subject: RE: (erielack) Favorite Era > > >Now, modeling? On my layout, it's 2001. The employees bought the EL (With >help from ATSF), got some loans and picked up some trackage that Conrail >dumped (St. Louis, anyone?). Intermodals, stack trains, auto train traffic >(The Chevy truck plant set up outside Huntington, instead of Ft. Wayne), >steel scrap trains (for the Ohio mini mills) and the occasional Roadrailer >run, along with unit coal trains handed off by primary interchange partner >BNSF. SD60/SD60M/SD70I with SD40-2M (Repowered SD45/45-2/P45, but they're up >for replacement soon) and GP38-2 are likely to show up on point, with >runthroughs from BNSF/CN/CP and (Rarely) UP. Business is good and the EL is >turning a nice profit. > >Realistic? Probably not... But, the new engines look outstanding in GMY and >the "Flying Saucer' Roadrailer to Chicago, is always on time! > >Michael Dye, ELHS #1516 Michael, got any pix of those SD-whatever (anything newer than an SD-45 is suspect in my book!) in GMY? Dale Madison The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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