Fw: (erielack) Marion Question(s)

["tbone" <tbone_@_redbird.net>]

Also,
All steel or raw material by rail to Alloy arrived in gondolas'. There
wasn't a dumping facility.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "tbone" <tbone_@_redbird.net>
To: ">" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: Fw: (erielack) Marion Question(s)


> Michael,
>     I finally caught up with a co-worker who used to work AC tower.
>     He said Alloy Castings was located northeast of AC tower along the N&W
> tracks. There's a spur that runs off main, past Alloy and up to the N&W
> yards.  No idea of the trestle you speak of. There is a metal bridge
across
> Leader St. on the main east, west line. It's just east of Alloy Castings.
>
>     He also said that The Marion Power Shovel shipped from the southern
part
> of the plant onto the C&O tracks. Very seldom (and he emphasized very
> seldom) was anything picked up, at the Shovel from the spur that ran off
the
> Dayton branch. The only EL access to the Shovel.
>     Hope this helps.
>                                 Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Dye" <luxpan_@_hotmail.com>
> To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:55 PM
> Subject: (erielack) Marion Question(s)
>
>
> > Listers,
> >
> > I was reading the EL 2/24/74 Employee Timetable and there's a place in
the
> > Marion Division Speed Restriction listing that I can't place. It states
> that
> > all engines are restricted from the Alloy Cast Steel Co. trestle. Where
> was
> > this company? Seeing as how the only reason that I can think of for a
> > trestle at a steel company, might be for dumping hoppers, I can't think
of
> > anyplace there that I've seen photos of that fits the bill.
> >
> > Also, did the EL serve the Marion Shovel Co.? If so, was it from the
main
> or
> > the Dayton Branch?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael Dye ELHS #1516
> >
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