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From: Mark Schmitt erie3319 AT gmail DOT com
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:00:48 -0500
Subject: Re: (erielack) Stillwell vents
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Thanks to a light rain shower, I was able to get some interesting roof
detail photos of the three Stillwells then in the Steamtown collection.
These date from September 2002.

Mark

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 1:53 PM wrote:

> That shows those vents well. Anyone know why they were added and why two
> different heights.
>
> I believe that was the rear car on the final train.
>
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> One of the two Stillwells on the last westbound lingered at Port Jervis for
> a few weeks. Here it is about a month after the September 1974 demise of
> "conventional" equipment on the Port Jervis trains.
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:15 AM wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm curious about what is the 2 vents on top of the on AC, Erie
> > painted Stillwell coaches that were in service till the last runs on
> > the Hoboken - Port Jervis trains. I'm painting some models, and don't
> > have good pictures or info on just what these vents are. It appears
> > there were 2, and one might be bigger than the other. Were these on all
> non AC Stillwell's?
> > Anyone have some detail pictures for help with modeling? Im probably
> > going to number for cars without the vents but I am very curious. I
> > know that the last run westbound, with 1 E8 and 2 Stillwells, the rear
> > coach was a non AC Erie paint and had those roof vents.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim Tonge
> >
> >
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