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Re: (erielack) Tioga Central ending



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From: "Jon Scaptura" <jscaptura_@_stny.rr.com>
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>; <erielack@Lists.Railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Tioga Central ending

> Paul,
>    The RS-1 is still in service: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dTrA8fYxKso
>    I used to volunteer on the TC when it ran Owego to Newark Valley. It 
> was quite a thrill to learn how to couple cars, use hand signals, and 
> learn how to place a torpedo at age 16.  I was in college when they moved 
> to Pa, so I didn't follow.
>
> Jon Scaptura
> Endicott, NY


Heh - I'm replying to my own post. I goofed. The engine in the video is not 
the RS-1 in question, it is the Bicentennial RS-3U. According to the TC's 
web page, the Susquehanna RS-1 is out of service: 
http://www.tiogacentral.com/equipment.php  Also, it doesn't look like they 
have any former Erie or DL&W equipment anymore. Wasn't one of the baggage 
cars DL&W?

Jon 



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