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RE: (erielack) PA noses



That crease really does exist, on all PAs and all FAs.  This is why the Key Imports FAs and PAs are
better models than the contemporary Overland versions.  IMNSHO, that group of Key models are the
best FA/PA models ever done.

SGL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: joebraun_@_optonline.net [mailto:joebraun@optonline.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:53 PM
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net; erielack@lists.railfan.net
> Subject: (erielack) PA noses
> 
> I am out in Ann Arbor away from my own library but impatiently curious about one question. I had
lunch with a friend
> in Michigan who brought along a stack of old Erie photos, one of which was of a brand new Erie PA.
The angle of the
> sun from the side was such that it created a shadow delineated by a very subtle vertical crease in
the middle of the nose
> of the PA from the headlight down to the pilot. I had never noticed such a crease before. Was it
just on the PA1s or on
> all the PAs -- and FAs? Hey, there are lots of things I have missed over the years but I was
rather surprised by this
> detail, having always assumed that the big Alcos were completely rounded. Thanks.
> Joe Braun
> 
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