These trailers were in fact "rubbered" to PJ. The Diamond article refers to UPS drivers bringing trailers in from Stratford CT for CX-99 and going back with trailers off 2-NY-100. He didn't mention anything about Boston. Since EL's route was definitely off-the-beaten-path, it had to use it's intermediate ramps to handle off-line traffic, particularly for UPS. So Huntington, IN served Indianapolis and Ft Wayne, Marion handled Columbus and Toledo, and Akron served Cleveland. EL promoted it's Newburgh NY ramp with it's location on I-84 for New England traffic, but for UPS it was better to go another 40 miles to PJ on the main and avoid the branch run. There comes a point where the dray is so long and expensive, it's not worth using rail at all, especially if it involves some circuity. The satellites mentioned above are all within 100 miles, but then again, the Minneapolis trailers were unloaded at Chicago and went 400 miles over-the-road. So it's quite possible the UPS trains handled Boston traffic via PJ. Comments, anyone? Paul Brezicki Paul, the description is open to interpretation: It could mean UPS trailers that had been "rubbered" to PJ, and loaded there. Can anybody clarify? The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------ End of EL List Daily V3 #1672 *****************************
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