Re: (erielack) Re: Lackawanna Diesels

[walter smith <wsmith5957_@_yahoo.com>]

I don't remember him, probly since my work over the road was from Scranton to Hornell. When I came to Binghamton, I worked on the DL&W side which was mostly yard work.....very rarely called for work West. These jobs would be covered by former ERIE men (like ur Grandfather.)

Walt Smith




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From: Lee <leen3lpj_@_nep.net>
To: EL Mail List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 9:28:39 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Re: Lackawanna Diesels

Hi Walt,
    My name is Lee Parsons and i've been reading the mail for about 8-10
years. I work for NJT and have been on the railroad for over 31 years.
    After reading this e-mail I was wondering if you knew my
grandfather ,Mervin Davidson.He was an engineer on the EL and Conrail,he
worked mostly between Binghamton and Hornell towards the end of his
career.
    His nickname was Windy.
    He lived in Starrucca,Susquehanna and Cameron Mills.
                                          Thank You,
                                        Lee Parsons
On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 18:57 -0800, walter smith wrote:
> 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, & elec tric 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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