Erie E8s as freight locos (at least plausible?)

[gmpullman]

Sorry.

I'm not aware of seeing any ERIE E8s in freight service.

Regards, Ed

[Brammy]

The gotcha is, those are EL e8s. I am inquiring into the Erie two-tone green E8s pre-merger. My googling usually turns up plenty if EL e8s in freight service, However, pre-merger Erie e8s I haven’t seen in freight service.

[gmpullman]

Enough power?

E-L_E8-826_chi by Edmund, on Flickr

November, 1966. Chicago, Ill.

I used to train-watch along the Erie between Meadville, PA and Marion, Oh. There were many instances through the early 1970s that I saw Es on freight and once, an Alco PA. They traded in the PAs rather early, though.

Several of my Erie books show E-L passenger engines on freight. Those photos can't be posted here, though.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wrongmain/8619538577/in/album-72157632666034229/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wrongmain/15802029999/in/album-72157632666034229/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wrongmain/25929868653/in/album-72157632666034229/

 

Hope that helps, Ed

[Brammy]

I have set of Erie e8s I usually use as passenger locomotive. Recently I was thinking they would look pretty sharp pulling a freight. I know the EL regeared their e8s for freight service, but that doesn’t help my poor Erie e8s. From all the books I looked at, I can’t find a single photo of an Erie e8 pulling anything other than a passenger train. However, photos of that era online and in print may not prove the negative. So, I am curious if anyone knows if there was a chance the Erie e8s could have pulled a freight, or were they 100% only used on passenger traffic?