There was a centercab switcher at the remains of Camp Shanks.
It was in Erie livery, and could've been property of company trying
to run the remaining warehouses there as storage faciility for both
export/importers and domestic manufacturers/wholesalers.
Alternatively, it could have been leased by them, or some large
user of the facility. They also had some other loco(s) of similar
appearance in non-Erie garb, at various times.
The principal attraction at the time was former O&W cabooses
and freight cars (principally slab siders that had come originally
from NYS&W/ERIE to O&W). These were in yard adjacent to local
ERIE branch, away from the storage buildings, and was
partially under Palisades Interstate Parkway overpass there.
I was not interested in the DEs, but went over to check
out what might have been on trackage there. I was chased by
watchman, who on subsequent occassions was more friendly.
Among other things, he ran locos to move cars if it was needed.
At the time he was appropriately concerned that the
storage warehouse complex would go bust, because of both
lack of money to market the site, and local opposition to
trucking. Today, as anybody who knows the area can attest,
it is heavily settled and has high property taxes due to the
cost of providing essential services and education to the
masses living in the area of the former embarcation base.
Regardless, of the above matters, and my lack of interest
in the DEs - there was an ERIE raimented center cab
loco there. It was discarded by them?... or leased out?
I don't remember if the 'E" was trifurcated or not , just the
black/yellow with diamond containing the E.
Good-Luck, PJB
