(erielack) Re: ErieLack Digest V3 #414

[BPRutter_@_aol.com]

I spend a considerable amount of time in Norwich, since my in-laws live 
there, and I have spent many hours along the ROW there over the years.  I do 
not recall ever seeing anything that looked like the remains of  a TOFC ramp. 
 Where was it located?

<< From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
 Subject: (erielack) Trailers-on-flat-car traffic...
 
 I finally got a chance to start reading the (excellent) Chicago piggyback
 operations article in the Diamond yesterday. One item of note perked up my
 eyebrows, and that was the discussion of TOFC ramps at smaller locales, such
 as Norwich, NY! I was surprised that such ramps were being used into the
 1970s.
 
 Does anyone have a complete list of all of EL's smaller ramps? We all know
 Chicago and Croxton, but Norwich? Were there any other smaller ramps around?
 And when did service to the smaller ramps (like Norwich) end?
 
 By the way, was anyone else confused with the term "TOFC" used in the
 article (an acronym that DOESN'T stand for "trailer on flat car" in the
 context of the article!)
 
    - Paul >>

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