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RE: (erielack) JULY CALENDAR PICTURE

I hadn't given the ROW much thought.  It might be because the whole railroad seemed to look like that back then.  The passenger rolling stock was maintained and kept clean.  The E's and some of the PA's were repainted but by-in-large, the E-L didn't have any money and was getting close to not meeting payroll.  This was just before William White and Gregory Maxwell began implementing changes in management.  I don't think the 424's were on the property yet -- they may have just arrived.  
 
Ed Montgomery
 

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From: Paul R. Tupaczewski [mailto:paultup_@_comcast.net]
Sent: Tue 7/3/2007 12:04 PM
To: 'EL Mail List'
Subject: 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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