Local #152 with engine 1337 waits in the siding for Train 441 at Paris, IL. The Southern District is all steam except for thru passenger service. Lawrence Baggerly Collection.
1951. Before steam was completely gone. I guess that 4020 is an E-8. Do you know when the first E units arrived on the Central? And thanks for yet another historical photo. :tb-biggrin:
Roger, another great photo from your HUGE collection. Jim, I don't know any exact dates, but I have Ed Nowak PR photos of them at Harmon in '47.
The E9 wasn't until 1954, so 1951 predates that model. This looks more like an E7. Did they have any E6 or earlier models? Boxcab E50
The 4020 was a E7 and was built in 1947 according to Edson, Vail and Smith in their "New York Central System Diesel Locomotives". The first E7 was in 1945. The first E8 was built in June of 1951. I don't believe that there were any E6s.
I agree with Roger, I've never heard of an E6 on the Central. I assume that when other companies were testing the earlier Es, the Central was busy developing the S1 and S2 Niagaras.
Only E7s (A and B units) and E8s (A units only) on the New York Central. E7 4020 was actually one of the later E7s. Besides the road number, another way to tell is by separate classification lights and the large numberboards set at a 45-degree angle. The earlier E7s had the small numberboards more to the side and they included the classification lights. The easiest way to tell an E7 is by the acres of rectangular openings covered with screening. An E8 would have louvered openings just below the roofline and four round "porthole" windows along the middle body.
