Ed Montgomery asked a lot of good questions: > Secondly, did Erie, DL&W or EL opt for upgrading the 567 > engines? Did they get a power increase to 2400HP? Not according to "The Gospel" (aka the EL Diesel Diagram Book). All retained their 12-567-B prime movers and 2250 HP rating to the end. > Fourth, which E's went through the conversion process to > become freight engines? I'm assuming they were no longer > classified as PE-22's. > Possibly FE-22 or maybe 24? The converted units, known as FE-22-4 in the diagram book, were usually stencilled as "FE-22" units under the number on the back of the unit (although I have a photo of at least one - the 829 - that wore a non-standard "PFE-22" class stencil!) According to the Diesel Diagram Book, the units converted for freight service were 809, 810, 812, 813, 814, 815, 817, 818, 819, 820, 826, 827, 828, annd 832. Of course, that begs the question about my aforementioned 829, but the photo is of the unit in very clean new paint in November 1974, past the 1/19/73 date of the diagram book. There might be others that were converted... > Lastly, how did this conversion actually work out. Did the > E's compare with the newer power EL was purchasing from EMD > and GE. Did EL put the E's on priority freights or run them > on secondary trains? I have photos of the E's on NY-100. They apparently were pretty reliable units, but use mostly on the flat west end. - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------ End of EL Mail List Digest V3 #2918 ***********************************
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