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Re: (erielack) Latest Diamond - Single E-units on passenger trains

Paul, 

I was given some slides to copy about 20 years ago from a prominent photographer 
from Kansas. In 1969 he photographed #5 and #6 in Indiana and western Ohio about 
a dozen times. More than half of the time the trains had a single E8.

Rich P




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From: Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_comcast.net>
To: EL Mail List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sun, December 5, 2010 8:16:35 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Latest Diamond - Single E-units on passenger trains

>The latest issue of the Diamond shows the Lake Cities on the cover with a
single E8 for 
>power. This is only the second time I've seen a photo of the train powered
by a single 
>unit. Was this a rare occurance, or just a seldom photographed occurance?

Rare occurrence. It was almost always a pair of E8s (and in rare instances,
3 units)
    
>Also, inside shows an EL business train also with a single E8 - the still
extant 833. I 
>don't recall ever seeing an EL business train with a lone E8. (Conrail was
a different 
>story) Assuming the consist is 833, Spirit of Youngstown, and business cars
3 and 300, all 
>the equipment in the pictures is still extant.

Since units on EL business trains were VERY rare. It was almost always 833
and 825 together powering the usual consist of Spirit of Youngstown, 3, and
300.

    - Paul



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