Re: (erielack) Three Questions - Mail Trains

[Vincent Lee <vincejlee_@_yahoo.com>]

ELdispatcher_@_aol.com wrote

"The Box cars (there were usually 4 or 5 cars per night) on

NY99 were from JC Penneys and were car floated over from NY
to make the connection from what I 
remember.  At a later date they may have been loaded on the

Jersey side and then added to 99 at Croxton, but I don't
know where they might have been loaded. 
The empties mostly returned in ordinary freight.  Penneys 
used mostly 40 foot box cars for the loads."

Rich:
A couple of follow-on questions: 
What years does your answer refer to? Was the switchover to
trucks in 1975 when the 28th Street carfloat service ended?
Or were the cars loaded while on a carfloat?

Thanks in advance.

Vince Lee


Modelling the Erie Wyoming Divison in Pennsylvania and 
the Erie 28th Street Terminal in New York City

East and West Railfanning Photos:
http://www.eastwestrails.com/


		
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