RE: (erielack) EL GP38-2's

[ERIE LACKAWANNA <erie_lackawanna_@_yahoo.com>]

"J.K. Blay" <mail_@_joshuakblay.com> wrote:    In a related note I plan to get two GP38-2s painted up in GMY- 2001 and
2003, two of the numbers planned, to mark the years I graduated college
and grad school respectively.

What phase would these have been? The numbers would have been 2001-2020 yes?

  And U23B's would have been 2301-2310--Jerome
   
  Down the track SD60: 5001-5020-Jerome
  
Joshua


>> From what I understand, the EL ordered some GP38-2's right
>> before Conrail.
>> Obviously they were never in GYM paint, but when and where
>> did they arrive?
>> Were they in delivered in CR blue and do they exist today?
>
> The EL ordered 20 GP38-2's from EMD and 19 U23Bs from GE. The GE's got
> as far as having a painting diagram drawn up, and reportedly the first
> few were under construction on the factory floor at GE when the EL
> cancelled both orders, knowing CR was on the near horizon.
>
> The GP38-2's never really got beyond the order paperwork stage, while
> the GE's under construction were apparently redirected to an L&N order -
> modified to L&N specs before delivery.
>
> That DOESN'T keep you from painting your own, though - I have an
> undecorated Atlas U23B sitting in the basement waiting to be painted up
> as EL 2301. :)
>
> - Paul
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