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RE: (erielack) August Calendar Pix
"Stuff," huh? Right. Ooooog. 8^P
SGL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Pennisi [mailto:eldispatcher72_@_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:27 PM
> To: Schuyler Larrabee
> Cc: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: RE: (erielack) August Calendar Pix
>
> All,
>
> My brother worked Chester, New York during 61 or 62 and had
> the pleasure of counting heads of cattle that emerged from
> the bowels of Erie wooden stock cars. The cars were unloaded
> at 5:00 am daily. I don't know who set them out or what
> train picked them up.
>
> He said it really got messy when the cattle vacated the cars.
> Stuff was flying everywhere.
>
> Rich Pennisi
>
>
>
> Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> > The image DOES show that the Erie stock cars made it to at
> > least 1962. When were they sold to the Pennsy?
> > - Paul
>
>
> Those stock cars aren't the steel cars, if I remember
> the photo clearly from work. I don't have it
> here at home. I'm also interested that the wood-sided
> cars lasted that long.
>
> I don't know the date of the sale to the PRR.
>
> SGL
>
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