Paul and List, I have the ORER (7-60) and trailers are not listed. So sometime between then and ORER (7-65), the publication started listing trailers. Could others on the list who have ORERs between 1960 and 1965 check and see if trailers are listed (probably in the back of the book) and if so, are there "Z" designations included under the EL listing. Mike Oravec Paul Brezicki wrote: > Mike, your comment about the DL&W trailers is interesting. I don't suppose you have an earlier (say, 1963) ORER to help us pin down the year the "Z" was introduced? My estimate was based on photos of new 40-footers from the early 60's that did not have it. > > Paul B > > > I've wondered about the "Z" designation and what it means. The (7-65) > ORER notes EL trailers are marked (EL, ELZ, CELZ, REAZ, RELZ, DL&W, > ERIE). So Z-designated trailers co-existed with the earlier numbers. > > I thought too, "Z" designated only the later 40' trailers, but that is > not true because some of the early DL&W trailers that got repainted E-L, > were given "Z" numbers. (e.g., ELZ 5 was from the first group of DL&W > orange, insulated trailers). > > Maybe "Z" just indicates "trailer". > > Mike Oravec > > > > > > 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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