List Hot Westbound trains included the NY-77 which operated from Croxton and the MB-77 which operated from Maybrook. They were not as hot as the 99's but carried any loaded traffic from those points as well as moving the empties back to the western roads to save per diem expenses. The NY-77 (or sometimes the MB-77) made a daily (M-F) pick up at Jamestown. Blackstone Radiator loaded a boxcar of radiators for Jeep at Toledo daily. The Jamestown Yard crew pulled the load late in the day and placed it at the Second Street Spur or Track JN-1 (which were both off of the WB main) for the 77 to pick up. This traffic was known as "The Creston Radiators" as it was set off at Creston for movement to Toledo via N&W. There was also a MB-99 and a PB-1. MB-99 had mostly hot mixed traffic and the PB-1 was a hot westbound pig train. PB-1 came off of the D&H at Binghamton. I suspect the PB-1 was at one time known as PB-99---I don't remember the sequence of events but the PB-1 was listed in the EMP TT in 1964. SMT The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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