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RE: (erielack) JULY CALENDAR PICTURE

The one thing that really got to me about this photo is the relative
lack-of-maintenance on the ROW here. It strikes me as a melancholy photo...
:(

	- Paul
 



> Not much has been said about the the July picture.  It is 
> interesting.  It is one of the few shots I have ever seen of 
> an uninteruppted Erie passenger consist.  All Green/Gray and 
> Green from PA through.  Not hard to do when there are only 
> three cars.  The calendar says this is train 26 and it 
> probably is considering the baggage car.  It could have been 
> a PJ train carrying bulk mail.  I'm not sure how mail was 
> handled on that line.  If it is 26, EL is not very concerned 
> about accomodating passengers.  Why not at least use one of 
> the Erie thru-line reclining seat coaches?  The Stillwells 
> were airconditioned but the seats weren't very good for long 
> trips.  It would have been hard to try and sleep in them.  I 
> wonder how many passengers actually transferred to 26 at 
> Binghamton.  26 was probably just another commuter train 
> picking up passengers at Port Jervis and Middletown for a 
> quick trip to Hoboken.
>  
> Ed Montgomery
>  


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