Re: (erielack) Canadian interchange around Buffalo

[Will <"alcoman_@_net.bluemoon.net">]

And on a modern note on this subject--- 2 or 3 of the former Niagara Jct
Steeple Cab electrics that were sold to MNCR were recently retired from
service at either GCT or NYP and were moved to Harmon for storage.  The
locomotives had been changed from pantograph pickups to 3d rail operation.
They hadnt been used for some time and had been kept as "backup" power.



On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Schuyler G Larrabee wrote:

>William Shultz helped me out with:the ownership of the Niagara Junction:
>
>In 1948 the NYC, the Erie and the Lehigh Valley purchased the railroad.
>> Conrail absorbed...."
>
> and commented that:
>
>"The line was electrified in 1913 - a logical enough move
>for a road owned by an electric company. The road's freight business
>prospered."
>
>Correct, but kind of funny that Westinghouse (the owners, essentially, of
>the
>Niagara Falls Power Co) waited until after their systems were in place on
>the Erie (1907), NH (1907/8) and the PRR a year or so later, and several
>other roads before doing their own, when it could have served as a
>demonstration line.
>
>SGL
>
>
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