Nostalgia & History > 50 Years Ago Leap Day EL SCR-99

Leap Day February 29, 1976 Chased EL SCR-99 3676 from Elmira to Hornell, NY At Hornell did some shooting at the shops.
1. EL SCR-99 3676 westbound passing FS (Fifth Street) Tower.
2. Passing under the Route 417 bridge that has since been replaced at Erwin, NY
3. Carson, NY



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/26 10:12 by PCCRNSEngr.

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4. At the Hornell Shops SDP45 3638 and E8A 825 
5. EL F7A 6361 ex-DL&W 636A, 6321 ex-DL&W 632A and 6341 ex-DL&W 634A
6. E8A cab on the shop floord

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Some neat E-L stuff!
Gonut

Great scenes of EL, thanks for the look back...

JG

Really nice photos.  Quite the signal bridge.  The second shot really has character.  Those shop pix are interesting...the floor is clean and orderly.  They must have had pride in their work.

The E8 cab is interesting .... they were not "removable," so how did it end up on the shop floor? And why?

Excellent set!
Bob

Thanks Don !
This post made my day for sure. The last days of the late great Erie Lackawanna.

That E8 cab sure looks strange.

I wonder too what that 12-567B engine was allocated to go into.

And do you know what that 3rd unit (GP7) on the Scranton 99 was ?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/26 12:32 by train1275.

train1275 Wrote:
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> Thanks Don !
> This post made my day for sure. The last days of
> the late great Erie Lackawanna.
>
> That E8 cab sure looks strange.
>
> I wonder too what that 12-567B engine was
> allocated to go into.
>
> And do you know what that 3rd unit (GP7) on the
> Scranton 99 was ?
1272 was the third unit and the E8 cab shot that might be a lower track with the floor level with the frame 

PCCRNSEngr Wrote:
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> train1275 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Thanks Don !
> > This post made my day for sure. The last days
> of
> > the late great Erie Lackawanna.
> >
> > That E8 cab sure looks strange.
> >
> > I wonder too what that 12-567B engine was
> > allocated to go into.
> >
> > And do you know what that 3rd unit (GP7) on the
> > Scranton 99 was ?
> 1272 was the third unit and the E8 cab shot that
> might be a lower track with the floor level with
> the frame 

Thanks, Makes sense, and then probably that 567B is going into that E unit.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/26 13:04 by train1275.

PCCRNSEngr Wrote:
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> train1275 Wrote:
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> > Thanks Don !
> > This post made my day for sure. The last days
> of
> > the late great Erie Lackawanna.
> >
> > That E8 cab sure looks strange.
> >
> > I wonder too what that 12-567B engine was
> > allocated to go into.
> >
> > And do you know what that 3rd unit (GP7) on the
> > Scranton 99 was ?
> 1272 was the third unit and the E8 cab shot that
> might be a lower track with the floor level with
> the frame 

Don,

Great shots. 3676 lost it's plow before Conrail as shown here. Conrail installed one shortly after the merger.

There was no second level in the high bay. I wonder if it is the cab off of 823 that was parted out late in EL's existence.

Posted from Android



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/26 04:18 by NYSWSD70M.

train1275 Wrote:
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> Thanks Don !
> This post made my day for sure. The last days of
> the late great Erie Lackawanna.
>
> That E8 cab sure looks strange.
>
> I wonder too what that 12-567B engine was
> allocated to go into.
>
> And do you know what that 3rd unit (GP7) on the
> Scranton 99 was ?

Strictly a guess, but the EL had a second EMD re-engined RS3u (1061) pretty far along before the merger. I wonder if that was where that engine was headed.

Posted from Android

Congrats on the IOTD !!

So, based on what NYSWSD70M posted, no hi-level platform in the high bay, could it actually be the cut off cab of the 823 ?

And I see a striiped down 567B in the photo also.

An excellent look back at the very last days of the EL.