Bill Botkin wrote: > Interesting you mention the Erie Berkshire tender A200 in > Cleveland. I have linked to a photo I took of the same > tender in August 1967 in the 47th Street EL yards in Chicago. > I have no idea where it went from there. I imagine it > probably was eventually scrapped. > > The other two photos show another steam tender #04023 being > used by the EL at Far Hills, NJ on the P&D for rail grinding > service in 1970. I have no idea of the heritage of that > tender, but it is definitely not the same as the A200. Yes, I've noticed that too. The Erie had several 04000-series MOW tenders (they all appeared to be from Berks), and at least three made it to EL. Not sure what they were used for - I always thought they might have held supplies for steam cranes (coal/water), but I guess not? Ron Dukarm, do you have a definitive answer? - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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