Re: (erielack) Diamond and USPS delays

[Smtimko_@_aol.com]

In reply to Jim Flynn's posting on the rear cover photo of the 
Diamond................

He's 100% correct..........it's an Eastbound train starting up the hill 
toward Hubbard.

About the ONLY building that now remains is the Catholic Church that you can 
see the steeple in the photo.  I can't recall that anything else remains.  
Like Jim says, both Republic Rubber as well as Truscon Division were 
customers.  Also, there was a spur that went up the hill toward 
Youngstown-Hubbard Road that served a few industries including a produce 
dealer.

You couldn't take any photos there today, even at high noon and be safe as 
this area of Youngstown is notorious for it's crime rate.

A final note, McGuffey Yard (NYC) was abandoned by by photo time as an active 
yard, but it remained with an entrance on the North End (PC) at that time.  
When I was TM in Youngstown starting in 1989, we still used the yard for 
storage cars awaiting retirement at Midwest Steel and Alloy or other scrap 
yards.  I think McGuffey was finally abandoned and removed about 1992.

Great photo!

smt

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