> Wasn't the hotshot train CX99 and not NY99? I may be wrong > but if I remember > correctly when my late dad was eastbound clerk at Croxton, > NY100 was the > eastbound and CX99 was the westbound (JC-CHI). Maybe it was > NE97 that Paul > was thinking about. > > Fred Stratton > Clearwater, Florida Repeating verbatim from Jim Gerofsky's excellent EL train symbols page: Westbound.... CX-99 - CroXton 99. Ran as mixed manifest / TOFC until 1970, leaving Croxton 12:15 to 3am, a few hours behind NY-99. Was temporarily re-named NC-1 in 1967, but then went back to CX-99 by early 1969. In 1970, with the start of the UPS contract, CX-99 was reprogrammed as an all-TOFC run, primarily UPS traffic, leaving Croxton at 5:30 am. Picked up UPS trailers from Boston loaded at Port Jervis, set out at Huntington. ACX-99 - Advance Croxton 99. Expansion of CX-99 TOFC service for UPS. Ran 3 to 4 days per week. NY-99 - New York 99. Traditional Erie TOFC / boxcar forwarder hotshot from Croxton to Chicago. Prior to 1964, there was a first-99 and second-99, although declining traffic may have led to their combination by 1963. Officially nicknamed "The Flying Saucer" along with E/B counterpart NY-100 by the Erie. In 1970s, carried fewer forwarder boxcars and more and more UPS trailers. E/B counterpart, 100 and NY-100. ANY-99 - Advance New York 99. TOFC and high-class boxcar merchandise, including forwarder traffic. This was an early section of NY99 to Chicago, initiated during traffic surge caused by PC merger problems. If BN power came into Croxton on NE74, it often went west on ANY-99. Did not run regularly after early 1970, although remained in schedule until 1972. This was a rare and short-lived 4th schedule from Croxton to Chicago; the only other tjme there were more than three was in early 1966, with the addition of 97. NY-97 - New York 97. Mixed manifest and TOFC. Replaced NY-77, and later was replaced by CX-97. Before the UPS contract of 1970, NY-97 was the early morning hotshot out of Croxton. After CX-99 became the UPS TOFC train, NY-97 became a mostly-boxcar train leaving around 2 to 3 am. Was cut back to Marion because of the western interchange plan of 1974, whereby Marion originated trains running thru to the Chicago yards of particular railroads, e.g. CNW-97, BN-99, IC-97. NY-77 - New York 77. Mixed manifest and TOFC. Formerly 77, replaced by NY-97. It could appear that, in order of importance (most to least) the trains would be CX-99, ACX-99, NY-99, AMY-99, NY-97... - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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