This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01BD9393.C017C220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Finally ... the errata page I received in my copy of 20th Century, = volume 2 has been found !! ... it is yellow stock, (probably) printed = using a stencil and 'mimeograph' with redish ink on one side and blueish = ink on the other ... I've tried to copy with a Xerox machine ... no luck = ... thin paper and faint print are against me ... would be same on a = scanner, I think. So, with a little spare time ... I 'typed' it in ... there are some = misspellings (noted with 'sic'), an occasional unreadable letter and a = coupla hand written corrections ... I've attempted to be as true to the = original as possible ... please lemme know if anything looks = questionable as re-entering always can lead to additional errors, eh? = My 'Note 1' in the Chapter XI section refers to a hand entered letter = between the second 'l' and the 'i' ... I cannot make it out and I don't = know what letter would go there ... but, then, maybe the spelling of = 'collier' may be in doubt?? One page is headed "ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO D.L.&W. IN 20TH = CENTURY" ... the other side with no heading, but the entries appear to = be from 20th century. At the bottom of the 'headed' page appears an = underlined heading "D. L. & W. in 19th Century" ... it is only one = paragraph. I have entered the text in the order it appears, headed page = followed by unheaded (back) page. Hope this helps and doesn't confuse the issues. I can e-mail a Word = version if requested. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO D.L.& W. IN 20TH CENTURY Page 123. The wreck at Milburn was caused by teenagers who placed a = metal plate on the track. Although the official inquiry never turned up = any such evidence, several teenage groups around the Milburn area hung = around the railroad, and a member of one group remembers the talk of the = other group concerning the accident. P. 210. This photo is Hallstead, not Port Morris. See track diagram on = p. 224. P. 336 Train is descending the Ithaca switchback. P. 486. Engine #320 fitted for steam diagram consumption tests was done = in the late 1902 for use by students at Cornell University. P. 587. Engines 501-510 were built for pusher service on Dansville hill. = In 1911 the much larger 385-399 replaced them. P. 592. The year is 1942/43; not 1943/43. P. 617. The #1227-1249 are not 2-8-0s, but 2-8-2s. P. 624. The bottom line should read northeastern United States, not = northwestern. P. 661. Car is Alexandra not Alexandria. P. 671. Sleeper names are Poplar Borough and Poplar Plains, no Popular. P. 682. In the 1950s the railroad had 7 additional coaches, Nos. = 201-207, which possibly had been rebuilt from Pullmans bought second = hand. P. 682. A floor plan of the Phoebe Snow tavern lounge cars is shown in = the book, "Some Classic Trains", page 416. P. 748. The Linwood station has been moved 6 miles to Fowlersville and = converted into a restaurant. P. 753. There never were more than two tracks at Mountain View station = although the picture shows that four tracks had been planned for. P. 773. Montrose is in Pennsylvania, not N.Y. Chaper (sic) XI: The reason for the large decrease in anthracite coal = traffic in 1932, which thereby became a major reason for the financial = losses of the early 1930s, was an agreement made by the Penn Anthracite = Colliers (note 1) in 1931 with the NYO&W RR. The O&W transferred its = colleries(sic) to Penn Anthracite with the proviso that P.A. then ship = all coal over the O&W whenever the freight rate by the O&W was the same = as another railroad. The O&W doubled its coal tonnage in 1932 over 1931 = by picking up 2,200,000 tons of coal. Most the this was apparently at = the expense of the Lackawanna. The Annual Reports of the Penna. Bureau = of Mines, which had given information of every breaker and who carried = its coal, discontinued this and most of the information in 1930 so that = it cannot be determined exactly where the Lackawanna lost out. D. L. & W. in 19th Century According to Stewart Graham and as shown in a known photograph, the = Lackawanna had two locomotives which were renamed, but the reasons are = unknown and the earlier names do not show in most records at one time in = existence. "Tekaharay" was renamed Great Bend. It was Main Line #122. = "Popokophunk" was renamed Pohatcong. It is believed to have been Main = Line #33, 2-8-0. Many early rebuilt camelbacks had two steam domes. The = one in the cab was for the throttle. The other dome, up front, was for = the safety valve and whistle. [back page] P.329. The service on the Cincinnatus Branch was discontinued December = 29, 1961; not 12-29-59. P.682. The 7 coaches, #201-207 were seven former sleeping cars which = were "converted" during 1954. They were 12-section, 1 drawing room cars = "Anbury", Appian, Bijou, Imolo, Mandalay, Omena, Planter. It is = questionable if any of them were actually used as coaches, and within a = few years most were off the roster. In January 1960 only the 202 was = still listed. SLEEPING CAR INFORMATION In 1949 the railroad had 19 sleepers, 17 were in use with 2 spares to = cover heavy travel on holidays to Buffalo. With the 9 new sleepers = arriving that year only 8 of the older cars were kept in use, and the = others were store(sic). In 1954 7 sleepers were removed from service and = retired - being rebuilt or reassigned as coaches. The remaining 12 old = sleepers remained until 1959 when 8 were disposed leaving only the four = "Scenic" cars left. Sleepers acquired from Pullman: Anbury, Appian, Bijou, Gilolo, Imolo, Mandalay, Omena(*), Planter, = Rokyatt(**), Raymilton(****), McConkey(**), McCordsville(**). (12 = section, 1 D.R.) Scenic Falls, Scenic Slope, Scenic Trail, Scenic = Valley. 10 section, 2 D.R. Bowman Lake, Devils Lake, Medicine Lake. = 10 scetion(sic), 1 D.R., 2 compartments. * Syracuse - Hoboken cars ** Scranton - Hoboken **** Philadelphia - Syracuse car (Reading RR supplied other car) The last 3 named Scenic cars were Hoboken-Chicago service. Some sleepers taken out of service in 1959 were not scrapped. The Devils = Lake was observed in 1962 still lettered Lackawanna and in Pullman = Green. Most of the other 18 old sleepers were never painted maroon and = grey(sic). P.66. 20th Century. Middle picture. At the crossing were only = Susquehanna and Erie tracks; the Pennsylvania RR did not have any but = connected with the Susquehanna. In 1950s Susquehanna ceded track to = Pennsylvania. P.755. Newton. There was a turntable here. P.738. Fair Ground. There was a station xxxx(sic) building here which = was used only during the annual fair. It may have been torn down in the = 1920s. P.761. Savona Station was moved in 1960s/70s to Bath where it is now a = store. P.771. Whitney Point station may have been built later than 1904. P.771. Wilseyville station was also used by the L.V.R.R. P.733. Dansville,NY station burned shortly after agent discontinued in = 1960s P. 729. Carolina station was where L.V.'s Elmira and Cortland Branch = crossed. Robert H. (Bob) Leeper, Jr EDS-Continental 713-654-7244 (voice) 713-761-7988 (pager) - ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01BD9393.C017C220 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Finally ... the errata page I = received in my=20 copy of 20th Century, volume 2 has been found !! ... it is yellow stock, = (probably) printed using a stencil and 'mimeograph' with redish ink on = one side=20 and blueish ink on the other ... I've tried to copy with a Xerox machine = ... no=20 luck ... thin paper and faint print are against me ... would be same on = a=20 scanner, I think.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>So, with a little spare time ... I 'typed' it in ... = there are=20 some misspellings (noted with 'sic'), an occasional unreadable letter = and a=20 coupla hand written corrections ... I've attempted to be as true to the = original=20 as possible ... please lemme know if anything looks questionable as = re-entering=20 always can lead to additional errors, eh? My 'Note 1' in the = Chapter=20 XI section refers to a hand entered letter between the second 'l' and = the 'i'=20 ... I cannot make it out and I don't know what letter would go there ... = but,=20 then, maybe the spelling of 'collier' may be in doubt??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>One page is headed "ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS = TO=20 D.L.&W. IN 20TH CENTURY" ... the other side with no heading, = but the=20 entries appear to be from 20th century. At the bottom of the = 'headed' page=20 appears an underlined heading "D. L. & W. in 19th Century" = ... it=20 is only one paragraph. I have entered the text in the order it = appears,=20 headed page followed by unheaded (back) page.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hope this helps and doesn't confuse the = issues. I can=20 e-mail a Word version if requested.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D2> <P align=3Dcenter>ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO D.L.& W. IN 20TH = CENTURY</P> <P>Page 123. The wreck at Milburn was caused by teenagers who placed a = metal=20 plate on the track. Although the official inquiry never turned up any = such=20 evidence, several teenage groups around the Milburn area hung around the = railroad, and a member of one group remembers the talk of the other = group=20 concerning the accident.</P> <P>P. 210. This photo is Hallstead, not Port Morris. See track diagram = on p.=20 224.</P> <P>P. 336 Train is descending the Ithaca switchback.</P> <P>P. 486. Engine #320 fitted for steam diagram consumption tests was = done in=20 the late 1902 for use by students at Cornell University.</P> <P>P. 587. Engines 501-510 were built for pusher service on Dansville = hill. In=20 1911 the much larger 385-399 replaced them.</P> <P>P. 592. The year is 1942/43; not 1943/43.</P> <P>P. 617. The #1227-1249 are not 2-8-0s, but 2-8-2s.</P> <P>P. 624. The bottom line should read northeastern United States, not=20 northwestern.</P> <P>P. 661. Car is Alexandra not Alexandria.</P> <P>P. 671. Sleeper names are Poplar Borough and Poplar Plains, no = Popular.</P> <P>P. 682. In the 1950s the railroad had 7 additional coaches, Nos. = 201-207,=20 which possibly had been rebuilt from Pullmans bought second hand.</P> <P>P. 682. A floor plan of the Phoebe Snow tavern lounge cars is shown = in the=20 book, "Some Classic Trains", page 416.</P> <P>P. 748. The Linwood station has been moved 6 miles to Fowlersville = and=20 converted into a restaurant.</P> <P>P. 753. There never were more than two tracks at Mountain View = station=20 although the picture shows that four tracks had been planned for.</P> <P>P. 773. Montrose is in Pennsylvania, not N.Y.</P> <P>Chaper (sic) XI: The reason for the large decrease in anthracite coal = traffic=20 in 1932, which thereby became a major reason for the financial losses of = the=20 early 1930s, was an agreement made by the Penn Anthracite Colliers (note = 1) in=20 1931 with the NYO&W RR. The O&W transferred its colleries(sic) = to Penn=20 Anthracite with the proviso that P.A. then ship all coal over the = O&W=20 whenever the freight rate by the O&W was the same as another = railroad. The=20 O&W doubled its coal tonnage in 1932 over 1931 by picking up = 2,200,000 tons=20 of coal. Most the this was apparently at the expense of the Lackawanna. = The=20 Annual Reports of the Penna. Bureau of Mines, which had given = information of=20 every breaker and who carried its coal, discontinued this and most of = the=20 information in 1930 so that it cannot be determined exactly where the = Lackawanna=20 lost out.</P></FONT><U><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D2> <P>D. L. & W. in 19th Century</P> <P></FONT></U><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D2>According to = Stewart Graham=20 and as shown in a known photograph, the Lackawanna had two locomotives = which=20 were renamed, but the reasons are unknown and the earlier names do not = show in=20 most records at one time in existence. "Tekaharay" was renamed = Great=20 Bend. It was Main Line #122. "Popokophunk" was renamed = Pohatcong. It=20 is believed to have been Main Line #33, 2-8-0. Many early rebuilt = camelbacks had=20 two steam domes. The one in the cab was for the throttle. The other = dome, up=20 front, was for the safety valve and whistle.</P> <P>[back page]</P> <P>P.329. The service on the Cincinnatus Branch was discontinued = December 29,=20 1961; not 12-29-59.</P> <P>P.682. The 7 coaches, #201-207 were seven former sleeping cars which = were=20 "converted" during 1954. They were 12-section, 1 drawing room = cars=20 "Anbury", Appian, Bijou, Imolo, Mandalay, Omena, Planter. It = is=20 questionable if any of them were actually used as coaches, and within a = few=20 years most were off the roster. In January 1960 only the 202 was still=20 listed.</P> <P>SLEEPING CAR INFORMATION</P> <P>In 1949 the railroad had 19 sleepers, 17 were in use with 2 spares to = cover=20 heavy travel on holidays to Buffalo. With the 9 new sleepers arriving = that year=20 only 8 of the older cars were kept in use, and the others were = store(sic). In=20 1954 7 sleepers were removed from service and retired - being rebuilt or = reassigned as coaches. The remaining 12 old sleepers remained until 1959 = when 8=20 were disposed leaving only the four "Scenic" cars left.</P> <P>Sleepers acquired from Pullman:</P> <P>Anbury, Appian, Bijou, Gilolo, Imolo, Mandalay, Omena(*), Planter,=20 Rokyatt(**), Raymilton(****), McConkey(**), = McCordsville(**). (12=20 section, 1 D.R.) Scenic Falls, Scenic Slope, Scenic Trail, Scenic=20 Valley. 10 section, 2 D.R. Bowman Lake, Devils = Lake,=20 Medicine Lake. 10 scetion(sic), 1 D.R., 2 compartments.</P> <P>* Syracuse - Hoboken cars</P> <P>** Scranton - Hoboken</P> <P>**** Philadelphia - Syracuse car (Reading RR supplied other car)</P> <P>The last 3 named Scenic cars were Hoboken-Chicago service.</P> <P>Some sleepers taken out of service in 1959 were not scrapped. The = Devils Lake=20 was observed in 1962 still lettered Lackawanna and in Pullman Green. = Most of the=20 other 18 old sleepers were never painted maroon and grey(sic).</P> <P> </P> <P>P.66. 20th Century. Middle picture. At the crossing were only = Susquehanna and=20 Erie tracks; the Pennsylvania RR did not have any but connected with the = Susquehanna. In 1950s Susquehanna ceded track to Pennsylvania.</P> <P>P.755. Newton. There was a turntable here.</P> <P>P.738. Fair Ground. There was a station xxxx(sic) building here which = was=20 used only during the annual fair. It may have been torn down in the = 1920s.</P> <P>P.761. Savona Station was moved in 1960s/70s to Bath where it is now = a=20 store.</P> <P>P.771. Whitney Point station may have been built later than 1904.</P> <P>P.771. Wilseyville station was also used by the L.V.R.R.</P> <P>P.733. Dansville,NY station burned shortly after agent discontinued = in=20 1960s</P> <P>P. 729. Carolina station was where L.V.'s Elmira and Cortland Branch=20 crossed.</FONT></P></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Robert H. 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