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Re: (erielack) EL RS3 leases to CNJ (2)
On the contrary, I believe CR ran all that they could after 4/1/76,
including any remaining EL Alco RS2's/3's - CR was power-short from the
beginning, even leasing power from various sources (CN, BAR, etc) to keep up
w/traffic.
I was going to school in Kent, OH at the time, and photographed the local
out of Youngstown several times w/RS's on the point (including one that had
a CNJ caboose working in Ravenna). This lasted at least through mid-'77,
probably 'til they experienced a major failure.
I recall photographing several in dead storage at Brier Hill in late '77,
maybe early '78, taking some detail shots, knowing that this might be the
last I'd see of the RS's....
Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
To: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>; "Paul Tupaczewski"
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Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) EL RS3 leases to CNJ
> Paul, Tim and List,
>
> The date on the photos is 8/73. In one of them, several other locos are
> visible, all CNJ, most unlikely after 4/1/76 when CR promptly began
> reassigning locos. So there is little reason to question the date. Also I
> thought EL's RS's were all stored soon after C-day. I doubt an RS would be
> in the SE-98/ES-99 pool; these were heavy trains on stiff grades, and all
> the photos I've seen have second-generation power on these runs. Perhaps
> it's assembling the return leg of a transfer job?
>
> Paul B
>
> At 09:09 PM 4/27/2007, you wrote:
>>George Elwood's site has been updated today with a series of photos of EL
>>RS3 1050 at CNJ's Elizabethport, NJ engine facility and yard. In at least
>>two of the photos, it appears the CNJ crews are using the engine to switch
>>the yard.
>>
>>Another oddity: The 1000-series RS3s were primarily kept on the west end
>>of
>>the road, so how did this guy get here? Was it a short-term lease to the
>>CNJ, or was it simply one of the pool units for the SE98/ES99 joint
>>freights?
>>
>> - Paul
>
> Paul:
>
> I photographed a pair of EL RS3s switching E'port in the early
> Conrail era. Do you have a date on the photo referenced in the
> fallen flags site? I suspect it is a post-merger shot.
>
> Tim Costello
>
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