Re: (erielack) Turning the calendar...

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

Paul and List,

Yes it is a nice photo. The caption contains a quote which says the TM was 
"too powerful, too soon". I've read that the loco's main shortcoming was 
electrical components being insufficiently robust to handle the current 
generated by 2400hp. The load on the flat does appear to be a dozer with 
orange treads. The B&O had some "wagontop" boxcars but the roofline on the 
one in the photo doesn't exactly match that profile. The hobby magazines 
generally admonish modelers to avoid "salt and pepper" ballast!

Since Toronto's my hometown, let me know if you want some suggestions on 
dining etc while you're there. Will you be staying downtown?

Paul B

From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
Subject: (erielack) Turning the calendar...

OK, since I'm off to Toronto on business this Sunday and won't be here
Monday to flip the EL calendar, let's do it today! :)

The October calendar photo is, IMHO, arguably the best of the bunch. A
trio of clean DL&W Train Masters lead an eastbound freight towards New
Jersey, just east of Slateford Junction, Pa. The large, puffy, almost
Photoshop-like clouds in the sky and the early changes of fall help to
enhance this already colorful images. The DL&W ballast is pretty sharp
in this just-prior-to-merger view. I have many memories hiking up Mount
Tammany (in the background across the Delaware River) looking down at
this very location.

Of note is the load immediately behind the power (looks like possibly a
bulldozer on a flat?) and the unique-roofline B&O boxcar just behind
that. Also interesting (to me at least) is the fact that the ballast
isn't a uniform color but rather a mixture of light and dark gray
shades.

Overall, a wonderful October shot!

- - Paul


 


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