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Re: (erielack) EL "freight" scheme [was FTSB in RMC]

I think I'm not alone in the thought that since Black & Yellow was the 
corporate freight scheme,  the units shown in either DLW freight scheme or 
GMY lettered EL were aberations

1-They simply removed the nose decal, and replaced it and re-letterred over 
the Lackawanna as simply as new numbers were placed on units.

2-Another theory is the units were re-painted maybe in the case of the 601 
set at Scranton, as They were just too pristine and new looking to be re 
lettered .

Of course all this is lost to history, I know that there wasn't too many 
units involved 2 or 3 trainmasters had diamonds and erie-lackawanna in serif 
with hyphen on sides, an F3 in Freight Stripes, maybe 6 FTs I know of 3 A's 
and 2 B's I photographed, and a couple more F's wre involved. Possibly some 
were 8400s which would be passenger power anyway and stayed GMY except one I 
know was inexplicably painted Black yellow and stayed that way into 
retirement. It was a phase 1 unit I remember.

No definitive answers, I like to think the Lackawanna Painters at Scranton 
refused to "tow the line" ...

Bill


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From: "Janet & Randy Brown" <jananran_@_mymailstation.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:01 AM
Subject: (erielack) EL "freight" scheme [was FTSB in RMC]


> Early in EL, as we know, they used a freight paint scheme in black and 
> yellow developed from the Erie.  Did ALL pre-merge freight units, both 
> Erie and DL&W, get this treatment?  Or did some (maybe even most) 
> Lackawanna locomotives simply slide over from DL&W gmy to EL gmy?
>
> How long did EL B/Y last?
>
> I hate to ask which units wore it -- and when.
>
> Randy Brown
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> I don't have the numbers handy but I think 6011,6012,6022 ,made it into EL 
> GMY, could have been DL&W re-paint with EL diamond and letter added or 
> full  repaint, all I know is I saw them in Scranton with  A-B-B with last 
> A  unmatched in DL&W freight scheme. Have a slide here somewhere taken I 
> think  on a summer sunday in 61 or 62
>
> Bill
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