Re: (rshsdepot) "450-Ton Locomotive at the Waldorf-Astoria"

[CoolGuy127_@_aol.com]

In a message dated 3/5/02 11:55:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
luckyshow_@_mindspring.com writes:


> How many other diesel engines ever entered the Park Avenue tunnel?
> 
       Quite a few.  For many years, Metro-North operated FL-9 
diesel-electric engines into the Park Avenue tunnels.  Although they were 
supposed to operate under electric power while in the tunnels, the electric 
mode often malfunctioned -- especially in the later years of their operation 
- -- and as a result, they would be operated in diesel mode while in the 
tunnels.

                   Daniel Chazin
                   Teaneck, NJ

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