Erie S1 #310

rbarcus · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 9:17 pm

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson, IN is nearly done with a complete restoration and overhaul of Erie Lackawanna S1 #310. Several museum volunteers have worked very hard over the last few months to get this locomotive up and running. We haven't operated this engine since last fall and it started up with no problems on the first try today! If all goes as planned, we hope to utilize this locomotive on our caboose trains next Saturday.

You can visit our website at:
http://hvrm.railfan.net

rev66vette · **Joined:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 362

God, that thing is beautiful and brings back many good memories. Nice job!

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Sun May 21, 2006 10:16 am

The truly elegant E-L paint scheme is alive and well! How nice to see the Hoosier people recognize the heritage of this precious little ALCO. The only other E-L loco I've seen in original paint is the SD45 at St. Louis.
Thanks, guys!

Justin Franz · **Posted:** Sun May 21, 2006 1:12 pm

Always nice to see some historic locomotives restored into a later appearance. Seems to be happening more often, The Chessie GP9 on the Potomac Eagle, B&M Dip blue GP at the Railroad Museum of New England. When is the restored Penn Central Geep coming? ;-0

The only other restored EL units I can think of are the two C425's at the Delaware-Lackawanna that are in the maroon and grey, lettered for the D-L. So it's still possible to shoot EL alcos over the Pocono's.

-Justin

rbarcus · **Posted:** Sat May 27, 2006 7:26 am

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum plans on rolling EL 310 out today (5-27-06) after a small dedication ceremony. Everyone is invited to visit the musuem and see first hand how much hard work went into the restoration of the S1. The musuem is open every Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm central time.

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Sat May 27, 2006 10:08 am

I may be in error, but I'm told that the Cross Harbors Railway in New York, has an ex-EL ALCO s1 in storage, possibly in operable condition. E_L preservationists might wish to inquire. Other remaining S1's are being canniblaized for parts and ready for auction or sale.

ATK · **Posted:** Sun May 28, 2006 11:28 pm

That might be the same locomotive currently listed on Railswap. Ad says the engine has a bad turbo.

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

ALCO S-1's were built without turbocharging. If it's an S-1, it can't have a turbo.

Les

scottychaos · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2006 12:16 pm

Erie Lackawanna Survivors,
some good preservation canidates there.

http://gold.mylargescale.com/Scottychao ... Survivors/

Scot

JohnC · **Joined:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:20 pm **Posts:** 217

ATK wrote:

That might be the same locomotive currently listed on Railswap. Ad says the engine has a bad turbo.

The Alco listed in Railswap is an X-Massna Term. S-4.