(erielack) Art Erdman story, Cascade derailment

["MikeG0112_@_aol.com"]

I always look forward to reading one of Art Erdman's stories. They are 
excellent and I hope they keep coming. 
I thought I might fire up the ol' database to see what notes I had about 
Conrail symbols on the Southern Tier. Most of these symbols were written down 
as a result of listening to radio chatter.
Before May 1978, the symbols refer to pre-4 letter designations such as FM-4, 
IHB7, NY74, BH-4, HB-3, TV-98 and TV-77. The last entry I have for FM-4 was 
4/8/78. After that, the entries reference the new 4 letter codes, except PO87 
and PO98, which ran as late as 11/79 (the last time I saw them).
My first entry for a CRBI was 5/20/78. There were IHCR, CRBI, BICR and TV-98. 
The last entry in my notes for a CRBI was in the summer of 1980. OIBU/BUOI 
began to appear in the summer 1982. OIEL and ELOI also appear that year.

Mike Galesi

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