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Re: (erielack) New EL and Erie prototypes!!!!
i really wish you guy's would cease & desist! In your mind's eye did
anyone see NS doing EIGHTEEN-(18)unit's- i amazed,and yet you bitch.
The option by Delvcechhio is sound,really easy,and maybe the right way
to go,but REALLY-EIGHTEEN UNIT's-who else ever did this many,imho you
have no right to bitch.
speaking of bitching- i moved NS#1703 from Enola PA to Allentown PA on
a 33a. Can an operating employee tell me why they chose that form of
access to the bathroom/short nose? i didn't investigate it,guess the
head was there-it's like a cubbyhole in a attic,a rectangular
door,with no visible step-unlike most emd unit's. I would think the
union would have made them change it as their is no quick access.
and for S&G-per the leader system-#2-9+gallons @ idle for trip
#3-1703- 19gallon-#4-NS3364=18gallon 7 #5-ns5611-12gallon,so even @
idle a sd-45-2 used more fuel than a dash NINE. Still would be nice
to see one of these restored.
feeling the flame aready-jim eisenhart jr.
On 2/22/12, Rob Piecuch <lmprjp88_@_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> To clarify, I was thinking DL&W passenger scheme for the new unit...
>
> Rob
>
>
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> To: Rob Piecuch <lmprjp88_@_yahoo.com>; EL Mail List
> <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: (erielack) New EL and Erie prototypes!!!!
>
>
> Rob Piecuch wrote:
>
>
>>I was thinking along the same lines as Mike - NS does still have former EL
>> SD45-2's on the roster, and seeing one in EL paint would be fantastic.
>>
>>So how about all of us on this list unite - let's all send letters to NS
>> saying that we appreciate their efforts to acknowledge its history and
>> that painting a former SD45-2 in EL paint and one of the new
>>units in DL&W paint is a win-win for everyone.
>>
>
>
> And Mike Del Vecchio wrote:
>
>
>> This is a great project that will garner tons of good p.r. NS knows it
>> will get letters, but the letters will mean more if they have no negative
>> connotations at all. Suggest that they add another paint scheme
>> to the mix and mention no dissapointments.
>>
>>Or, go one further and request that instead one of the new units, they put
>> the EL paint scheme on one of the remaining former-EL SD45-2s, which other
>> than the number would be authentic. The trade-
>>off would be that the SD45-2s may not be in service that many more years.
>> But an EL SD45-2 would leave one of the 18 new units available for the
>> DL&W freight stripes. The EL unit will be ready for
>> preservation as a result. Everybody wins.
>
>
>
>
> OK, I'll register my disagreement with this plan. Why?
>
>
> * Painting an SD45-2 in EL paint is nice, but a) as Mike said, its lifetime
> is limited, and b) it will live its live in relative anonymity with the rest
> of NS' SD45-2 fleet, running on Conrail Shared Assets lines around Newark,
> NJ for the most part. I don't see how this is a "win-win" as Rob stated.
> * The EL is being represented by an older (40 years old this year!) unit
> under this idea, while all the other roads get a nice shiny new EMD or GE?
> Uh, fairness?
> * Who says if a unit was to be painted DL&W it would be in the freight
> scheme? Using the argument that they could repaint an EL SD45-2 into EL
> colors, why bother since Tri-State/ARHS already has a pair of
> beautifully-restored freight F3s? :)
>
>
> We shall see what falls out of NS come their 30th Anniversary date...
>
>
> Opinions?
>
>
> Play nice, fellows. :)
>
>
> - Paul
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