End of Service for VGN EL-2B Streamliners

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Electric Operation on the Virginian ended June 30, 1962, two and a half years after the Merger/takeover by the N&W.   The EL-2bs were in use until the end.  Then scrapped.  The end day comes from Lloyd Lewis's latest book.  He and/or his father were there for the end of Electric operations.  Various books show the El-2bs in operation in the post merger period, including one single unit (would this be called an EL-1b??) at Whithorne as a pusher for Eastbound Coal going up the hill to Merrimac.  
                               Bob Remley




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Sorry I can't answer all your inquiries about the EL2b's. I do have a note, of which I do not remember the source, that says the EL2b's were scrapped at the Peck Iron 
& Metal Co. in south Richmond. Maybe this will jog someone's memory with the details.
 
Jeff Sanders

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I've seen several accounts of the end of the EL-2Bs which say they were taken out of service and scrapped between 1959 and 1962.  The early date is clearly incorrect as McClure and Plant show several pictures in their book of these motors in service
 into at least Oct. 1960.  Can anyone clear up the history of the final days of the EL-2Bs?  When were they actually taken out of service?  Were they stored for a while before disposal?  Were they sent back to General Electric or were they scrapped by some local company?  If so, who, when and where?  Many thanks for your help.

Tom
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