OPRRMS Wrote:
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> George Andrews Wrote:
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>
>
>
> > The 3 EMD SD-45 demonstrators also had L -
> Shaped
> > engineer's glass too. They were sold 2nd hand
> to
> > Delaware & Hudson as their only EMD units ( at
> the
> > time ), then traded to Erie Lackawanna for 3
> > U-33-C's, which D & H was more familiar with.
> The
> > L - Shaped windshields did make it into E-L
> > colors; I don't know if they survived into
> Conrail
> > colors though.
>
> The six units involved in the swap were returned
> to their previous railroads prior to the startup
> of Conrail on 4/1/1976.
>
> The three SD45s were included in the large group
> of units D&H sold to a dealer, then to Mexico, in
> 1978.
>
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Thanks -- I was trying to find the Morning Sun E-L book that explained that double - trade. The DERECO Years book has it.