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(erielack) Re: Lackawanna Diesels

Harold,

    I started on the former ERIE in Youngstown, Ohio....& after merger, went to Scranton (DL side), then NY Div'n (Erie side), then Binghamton & Syracuse.
     To answer ur question, the DL&W had center cab switchers (I've seen a foto of one in Scranton) but this was a pretty old one & numbered in a sequence that was same as an EMD SW 1200. I got in an argument with an old operator who hated the centercab switcher acct. when it sanded on the interlocking at Bridge 60 it caused switches to jam up. I soon realized we were talking about 2 different engines. By the time I got to Scranton (1960-61) the centercab was gone.
As for roadpower, the DL&W side was pretty much EMD/ Fairbanks - Morse & a few Alcos here & there like Kingston which had 3 RS2s for a while & when I worked there was changed to 3 SW1200s.
     There WAS a wierd-looking centercab at Hoboken which was 3-power (battery, diesel, & electric w/ pantograph) this engine mainly worked around Hoboken/Secaucus, If u can call that 'roadwork'. That's about it. There's a foto of this wierdo in one of the Taber books.

Have a great Christmas, Harold.

Walt Smith





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From: Harold R. Brink PE <hbrink_@_earthlink.net>
To: Walter E. Smith <wsmith5957_@_yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 9:02:16 PM
Subject: Lackawanna Diesels


Walt, you are pretty smart...
 
...someone told me if I started a question like that I'd always get an answer.
 
Walt, did the Lackawanna have center cab road diesels?
 
If so what were they?
 
Or am I remembering a "fake" Lionel locomotive from my distant memory?
 
Thank you.
 
Harold Brink
 
PS, you worked for DL&W/EL, correct?
 
HB


   

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