Fwd: (erielack) BAR power on EL?

[Smtimko_@_aol.com]

Paul
 
The PRR had a long standing arrangement whereas they would use some BAR  
power for several months each year.  I seem to recall that it was summer  duty, 
when PRR needed extra power for ore trains in the Cleveland area and it  was 
during BAR's slow period, before potato harvest, etc.
 
That resulted in BAR GP-9's and F-3-a's being assigned to the Lake Division  
of PRR every summer and they wandered to Youngstown, New Castle, Akron,  etc.  
Have many B&W negs of this power on PRR.
 
When Conrail was formed, the first year or two power was very short.   Units 
were leased from MK, BN (former SP&S Alco RS), MILW (GP-40) CN ((630's  and 
636's) and BAR as well as many other roads.
 
That shortage, and the fact that PRR had been leasing BAR power for years,  
resulted in Conrail leasing GP-38's and GP-38's from BAR.  Since it was  
tradition that they were assigned out of Cleveland, they worked out of  Collinwood 
Diesel Terminal.  We had a couple at Brier Hill from time to  time and I 
remember assigning one GP-38 to the Warren Run on at least one  occasion.  (Had also 
assigned a MILW GP-40 to the Warren Run on occasion,  believe it was the 
2049.)
 
After yard and terminal consolidations were done in a few years and the big  
batch of GP-7's and GP-9's were sent to MK,, RI, PNC, and Paducah for rebuild  
into GP-8's and GP-10's things settled down and there was less power  leased. 
 That first couple of years, we virtually leased power from anyone  who had 
it for lease. 
 
So, yes, Paul, the BAR units did operated on former EL trackage.
 
SMT

- -------------------------------1101899156
Importance: Normal
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-priority: Normal
X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/611/Mon Nov 29 09:02:55 2004
	clamav-milter version 0.80j
	on net.bluemoon.net
X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/611/Mon Nov 29 09:02:55 2004
	clamav-milter version 0.80j
	on net.bluemoon.net
X-Virus-Status: Clean
X-Virus-Status: Clean
Sender: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net
Precedence: normal
Reply-To: "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_optonline.net>
X-AOL-IP: 64.200.84.20

Hi folks,

    In going through my slide collection, I've hit upon another oddity.
I have two slides (different locations in Ohio, different days) that show
BAR GP7's coupled to EL motive power. The images are shortly after Conrail
(both are June of 1976) - does anyone know if CR leased BAR power and
assigned them to EL locations in Ohio?

    - Paul

- -- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.3 - Release Date: 11/26/2004
 

------------------------------