Re: (erielack) EL Working BT

[AL TILLOTSON <"CPLNAJT_@_njtransit.state.nj.us">]

In '73 or 74 the NJNY wayfrt, aka Hayshaker, aka 1671, began a round robin
routing, out of Croxton on the BCRR to HB, then NJ&NY to Spring Valley,
Piermont Branch to Suffern, then down the Main and BCRR back to Croxton.  The
last customer switched was Intl Paper in Monsey on the Piermont; from there it
was just highballin' back to Croxton.  

They were usually into Suffern about 1800-1830, ran around their train, then
departed for Croxton by 1900, arriving there a little before 2000.

The lower NJNY drills, 671 and 673, continued to work from and to Croxton via
HB.

Crew told me the reason for the change was that they were getting in the way of
the commuter trains on the NJNY too often.

>>> 19:02 HACK with GP-7 1232 goes east on the BC.
>>
>>Is this the oft-mentioned "Hayshaker?"
>
>Does that mean a caboose with GP-7 1232 goes east on the Bergen County
>Line??  That shouldn't be "The Hayshaker" which would have come down the NY
>& NJ RR line and hit the BCL at Rutherford east of BJ.  It shouldn't be
>near WJ at all???
>


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