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RE: (erielack) Lodging location for crews

SMT - Until 1966 their was a Railroad YMCA at Binghamton.  It was a joint 
D&H-DL&W-Erie YMCA.  Even the meal tickets had all 3 logos on them.  Was 
closed and razed c. 1966.  The Downtown Binghamton Y, about 2 blocks away, 
then saw some railroad use.  MJC

>From: Smtimko_@_aol.com
>Reply-To: Smtimko_@_aol.com
>To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>Subject: (erielack) Lodging location for crews
>Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 17:04:12 EDT
>
>I'd like to know about lodging facilities and locations for crews in EL
>days, especially on the east end.
>
>I believe that Croxton had a Railroad YMCA in a large house type building  
>at
>County Road.  I was in it once about 1966 or 1967 while waiting for a  taxi
>back to Hoboken.
>
>Also, believe that Hoboken had a Railroad YMCA for the passenger crews that
>was complete with individual sleeping rooms, community bathroom/shower room
>and  a full lunchroom.  I stayed at this location on one occasion during 
>1966 or
>  1967 if I remember correctly.
>
>Were both of these actually 'Railroad YMCA's" or were they just railroad
>operated crew bunk houses operating much like ( and called ) Railroad  
>YMCA's?
>
>What about at Scranton?  Where where the crews lodged?  Same for  
>Binghamton?
>  Mr. Smith has given us great detail about private living  accommodations 
>in
>this area, but did the EL actually provide  accommodations?
>
>Hornell:  Was the Sherwood Hotel downtown used for lodging?  I  had stayed
>there while qualifying as a Train Dispatcher on the Mahoning Division  but 
>was
>it an actual lodging facility for crews?
>
>After the IDR (Inter-divisional) crews started in the late 60's (anyone  
>know
>the date for certain?) many bunk houses were eliminated and crews lodged in
>hotels.  Kent, for instance had a bunkhouse for freight crews and sleeping
>rooms above the depot for passenger engine crews.  After the IDR crew runs
>started, crews were lodged at the Kent Motor Inn.
>
>Crews arriving Meadville from Cleveland, Marion, Hornell and Buffalo were
>lodged at the Holiday Inn.  This location was the scene of a disastrous  
>fire in
>which a couple of crew members lost their lives---believe one from  Marion
>and one from Hornell.  This happened in the early 1970's I  believe.
>
>Passenger crews in Cleveland returned to E-55th with the train and took  
>rest
>in an old Erie 049XX series caboose.  Youngstown crews taking rest in
>Cleveland went to the Stirling Hotel.
>
>Cleveland crews coming to Youngstown that required rest (rare occasion)
>rested at the city's YMCA.
>
>Meadville crew members working temporary assignments at Jamestown stayed at
>the YMCA.
>
>Meadville and Hornell crews working in to Salamanca rested in a railroad
>operated bunkhouse in the yard, near the roundhouse until the mid-60's then
>moved to the Dudley Hotel.
>What about Buffalo?  Bradford? Other locations.
>
>Any information on this subject would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>SMT
>
>
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