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Re:Re: (erielack) EL Interchanges with the Chessie System(2)



The Official Railway Equipment Register, July, 1954:

Erie / B&O :  Addison, NY; Akron, O; Barberton, O (via A&BB) (Note 1); Brockway, Pa; Buffalo, NY (via Buffalo Creek); Chicago, Ill (via BRC); Chicago,Ill (via CR&I); Cleveland, O; Cramer, Pa; Dayton, O; Girard, O; Hammond, Ind (via IHB); Hammond, Ind (via B&O CT); Howard Jct, Pa; Johnsonburg, Pa.; Kent, O; Leavittsburg, O; Le Roy, NY;Lima, O; Mansfield, O; Mt. Jewett, Pa; New Castle, Pa; New Catle Jct, Pa; Niles, O; North Warren, O; Rochester, NY (via PRR or Subway-LV); Salamanca, NY; Silver Springs, NY; Sterling, O; Warren, O; Wellsville, NY; Youngstown, O (Haselton, O).

Erie / C&O ( Chesapeake Dist) : Chicago, Ill (via CR&I); Clearing, Ill; Griffith, Ind; Hammond, Ind (via IHB); Hammond, Ind (via B&O CT); Marion, O; North Judson, Ind.

Erie / C&O (Pere Marquetter Dist) : Chicago, Ill  (via CR&I); Clearing, Ill; East Buffalo, NY; Hammond, Ind (via IHB); Hammond, Ind (via B&O CT); Suspension Bridge, NY.

(Note 1 -  Track connection but not regularly used for interchange)

DL&W / B&O : DL&W Jct ( B&O Jct) NY; Buffalo (East Buffalo) NY.

DL&W / C&O (Pere Marquette Dist) : Balck Rock, NY (Note 1); Buffalo (East Buffalo)NY.

When EL happened, then Chessie System, many of these would have been redundant; but one of any pair would have remained.

A common industry, served by both railroads, would not normally be an interchange point.

Interchange points were established by tariff, not physical connection.

Randy Brown
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When I was in Kent, OH from '76 - '82, there was never (to my knowledge)  active interchange between Chessie and Conrail at Kent.  

In Ravenna, there was no connection between the B&O/Chessie tracks and the  Erie/EL/Conrail tracks. . . .
The Erie/EL/CR ran on the north side of the Ravenna Army Depot, with the B& O/Chessie running on the south side along Rt. 5, and maybe a connection could be  made there, but there was no active interchange between the 2 through the  Depot... 

Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384

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