Hi paul: When the NYSW gave up Passaic Jct. and started using Croxton again, in order to speed up the interchange, we had two cabooses in that pool. The usual move was: pull down into either the cut or the bergen tunnel, then reverse for usually somewhere in "D" yard, caboose and all. Then we would cut off, and lay on the hill next to the Northern Branch(sometimes for hours). The EL would then pull our outbound train with the OTHER caboose back into the cut or Bergen tunnel and then cut off. Then we would come off the hill, tie on, and go. Sometimes, if the train was heavy, the EL job would stay right on and help shove to get us over to Marion Interchange. I remember the two hacks used most often were the 0112 & 0116. Rich Campana >From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com> >Reply-To: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com> >To: "'erielack_@_lists.railfan.net'" <erielack@lists.railfan.net> >Subject: (erielack) NYS&W caboose on EL? >Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:10:24 -0400 > >NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment. >To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the >following URL into your web browser: > > >http://lists.elhts.org/listthumb.cgi?erielack-06-08-05 > >Switcher_with_NYS_W_0112_Great_Notch_NJ_-_7-76_-_Todd_Hollritt_.jpg >(image/jpeg, 769x453 62656 bytes) > >Hi folks, > > A question that's been on my mind for a while, and I keep forgetting to >ask, is: What was the EL's relationship with the NYS&W at Croxton yard? I >have two photos that shows the "caboose lineup" near KW, and there's an >NYS&W caboose in the string. Huh? When the NYS&W came to do interchange, >did they just put their hack on the string so they could switch, then pick >it up on the way back to Little Ferry? Equally baffling is a Todd Hollritt >photo (see attached) showing NYS&W caboose 0112 (trivia buffs: Today, this >caboose is Morristown & Erie #4) on an EL work train at Great Notch, NJ. >Huh? Was there some sort of agreement, or a short-term lease? > > - Paul > > > <<Switcher with NYS&W 0112 (Great Notch, NJ - 7-76 - Todd Hollritt).jpg>> > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------ End of EL List Daily V3 #1678 *****************************
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