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Re: (erielack) equipment leases

Of course several of these C425's are back on the Delaware Lackawanna and
appear to work well on the Scranton - Slateford Jct. "Portland Turn".  The
DL rates them to handle 15 loaded grain cars each for the unit grain trains
to Mt. Pocono.

Tim

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:05 PM, <Smtimko_@_aol.com> wrote:

> List----
>
> On May 3rd, I posted a response to equipment leases which reads (in part)
>  as
> follows:
>
> Paul and list-----
>
>
> It's doubtful that we'll ever know what the thought was in the Mechanical
> Dept.  Former CMO Dave Huggins was probably the deciding factor.
>
> It's all speculation on my part, but I disagree with you.  I think  the
> C-424
> and C-425's would have survived the U23B and GP-38 delivery and  continued
> to
> haul drags and hot metal trains in the Youngstown area, power the  hopper
> trains to North Randall, and be used on heavy locals, such as the Kent
>  Local,
> the Sand Man and replacing the F's and RS-3's on the Niles and the New
>  Castle
> Locals
>
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>
> Since that time, I quizzed Mike Wikman who was a former Road Foreman and
> later Division Road Foreman and a career engineer-supervisor-consultant.
>
> Here is an what Mike said on the subject of the C-424's, C-425's and the
> pending purchases of U23B and GP-38 locomotives:
>
>
> Steve,
> I spoke to Dave Huggins about the C424 and 425. The 424's were going to be
> short lived because of the transition program switch and all the problems
> that
> the c424s had. the 425 was a different story. He never did like the GP38
> with
> 16  cyls and 2000 hp. He liked the GE's and I believe the U23b was
> considered.The SD 45 was Carlsons ideas.
> Mike
>
> SMT
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