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Erie's GP-9's

Discussion relating to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Erie, and the resulting 1960 merger creating the Erie Lackawanna. Visit the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society at http://www.erielackhs.org/.

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Erie's GP-9's

  by urr304
 
What prompted Erie to buy the six GP-9s [1260-5] in 1956?

Re: Erie's GP-9's

  by toddsyr
 
Probably because by that time you couldn't buy a new GP7. The 7's were discontinued in the middle of 1954. GP9's were made available in January of the same year. The Erie was completely dieselized in 1953 so they had to buy what diesels were available at the time.

Todd K Stearns
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