(rshsdepot) Re: RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1333

["Alexander D. Mitchell IV" <LNER4472_@_bcpl.net>]

> From: "Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
> Subject: (rshsdepot) NYS&W train
>
> ..so what was the blue train the NYS&W engine was pulling on Starucca 
> viaduct.
>
*Do you seriously not recognize Conrail blue and the "can-opener" logo?

The train in the original photo linked was Conrail's inspection train, 
cobbled together from the various business cars inherited by Conrail.  The 
loco is 4022, former Erie Lackawanna, former Erie 833, now in the ownership 
of Bennett Levin, owner of the ex-PRR units Conrail later acquired from 
Amtrak (after HEP conversion) to power the business trains.  4022/833 
reportedly still retains its original Vapor steam generator, so it's not 
likely to get onto a train anytime soon.  The D&H line under Starucca 
Viaduct was removed in 1981-82, so I'm going to call this photo as being 
between 1977 and 1981 (which was also the period when it was blue--the train 
was repainted Pullman green in 1982 or 1983), which conveniently predates 
the line's acquisition by the NYS&W ca. 1984-85.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV 


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