THAT I have to see a picture of......bilevels pulled by EA units!!! I know
that the E5s got pressed into the commuter rotation once in a while (I
remember hearing that they didn't load up well so were not often
used....just as the E7s were not preferred power for the dinkies) .
Next we'll see a post that the streamlined hudsons worked the 700s <gggg>
Charlie Vlk
----- Original Message -----
From: <Aeolus3@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Double Decks
> In a message dated 1/12/01 7:46:24 AM Central Standard Time,
jsauer@e...
> writes:
>
> << And those 700 series cars are probably the last link to the steam
> era. It's amazing to think that, as modern as they have always
> looked, that some go back to 1950! >>
>
> The 700 series cars were also pulled by the early shovel nose diesels as
well
> as steam engines. My hope is that they don't get cut up but go to another
> commuter agency. The gallery cars also show the foresight of design by the
> Burlington and Budd as many newer passenger cars have already worn out and
> have been cut up fro scrap.
>
>
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