Ed King and Slant Nose E's

[filmteknik]

Looks like Ed forgot a couple (Jan. '04 Page 33). He mentioned as survivors RI E6, ACL E3, and the CB&Q E5. But looks like he forgot the L&N E6 in Kentucky and the B&O Museum's E.*

* yeah yeah...everyone says EA but if we can speak of E6's and E8's without an A or B designation (A is presumed) then I see no reason not to simply call this unit "E."

[adrianspeeder]

Did they ever use those E's as snowplows?[:D][:D][:D]

(First flurries flew today; time to break out the rotary)[:D][:D][:D]

Adrianspeeder

[jchnhtfd]

QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

Did they ever use those E's as snowplows?[:D][:D][:D]

(First flurries flew today; time to break out the roatary)[:D][:D][:D]

Adrianspeeder

that's a low blow... but now that you mention it!

[espeefoamer]

The only early E's I ever saw,were the ex SCL E3 at Denver,and the B&O EA at the museum there.[8D]

[SSW9389]

King also got his E3, E4, E5, and E6 count out of a cereal box. Kalmbach needs to issue as a bare minimum a DSG to every writer that writes about this stuff. Does anyone edit these articles anymore? Trust but verify!

[Anonymous]

The total production of E3s, 4s, 5s, and 6s in that section is in error, all right. (If you study the photo caption to the left, you'll find another one, too.) So far, you're the 18th person to tell us about this since Saturday.

A given issue of Trains has, we've calculated, over 30,000 simple facts. A large map on its own might contain 10,000 facts, if one considers that each feature on that map has an identification, color, size, units, font and spelling (if text), and sometimes more than a dozen independent spatial relationship facts. And, yes, getting any one of the 30,000 wrong will usually bring a small flood of letters questioning our competence, upbringing, morality, and mother's companionship habits. In the average issue, readers inform us of five to six true factual errors, and we independently find 10 to 20 more. Most of these are not of the magnitude that will lead to fundamental reader misapprehension; for those that do, we publish a correction. As far as I know, Trains is the only railroad magazine in the world to publish corrections every month.

There are also grammatical and syntax errors; fortunately, our readers are more forgiving of those than at some of the publications with which I'm familiar. This is made worse because there are many viewpoints on what is "right" and what is "wrong." I've had some interesting letter exchanges about the arcana of grammar.

Then there are the errors of conclusion, presumption, observation, and logic. These are almost always significant.

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

While Ed King has a preference for prewar E's, I'll cast my vote in favor of the bulldog nose in all its permutations foreign and domestic. A personal favorite is the Australian AT26C, which has been described as a cross between an E9 and an FP45. Several Australian web sites have good photographs showing them pulling stack trains between Perth and Sydney.