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Erie, Pa.
Wednesday, Oct. 26, '38.
The U.P. finally went on the Central today, not hauling the "Commodore Vanderbilt," but a test train of six coaches and a baggage car between Erie and Dunkirk. All went well comparatively - 87 MPH was the best they did. I believe they are short of power by about 20%.

Had lunch with Geo. Monroe of Cooper-Bessemer today at the plant. George had some interesting items:

1.) Mt. Vernon plant shut-down. No burners.

2.) Just got an order for 3 300HP EN-6's for Plymouth mechanical drive 47 ton switchers, which George says are [[underlined]] good [[/underlined]] - planetary transmission.

3.) Bill Brown, rotund service man, got over his asperin started infection, but it left him with Bright's disease and weak eyes. A month or so ago, driving at night (which he shouldn't do because of eyes) he went straight on a curve, rolled over and broke his leg in a dozen places - still laid up! Poor Bill has had his share lately.

4.) This summer, George hit a man who shot out of a stop street, and Mrs. Monroe broke her kneecap and cut her face, which she put part way through the windshield. Cost George $1000; man didn't have a nickel.

5.) George says they muffed the ball in 1932 when Gov't. offered to finance the development of a light weight submarine engine and C-B didn't bid. Winton did and the locomotive engine they have today is really the submarine engine the Gov't. payed the development on them.

Jay Walker was still here and had a talk with him about Alco diesels. He said he tried to be me into the Alco picture because many are very 

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