Fw: (erielack) B&SW Operations

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

A couple of emails with some good content that didn't get copied to the
list. Thanks Tim.

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "timothy heckman" <chunk1_@_msn.com>
To: <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:27 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) B&SW Operations


>
> Paul
> as i remember el rerouting most trains to river jct because of the wieght
of
> the train.  but rarely the el would send a mainline frieght through dayton
> hill.  mostly would you see any train that was small and once in a while
> they would put them on the ground.  we had one on my parents land that
> dumped 3 or 4 cars.  mostly paper for news print we pull paper off the
rolls
> for awhile till the rain destroyed it.  also the el dumped one at the
> crossing on maltbie back in the early 70's.  we saw it on the way to
church.
>   if you go to that part of the line now the ny&le has a lot of ties and
> fill because of the unstable hill.  also from maltbie rd to the town of
> dayton the hill is lousy with quick sand.  i walked this grade many a time
> as a kid as easy access to get to gowanda.
>
>
> Tim Heckman
> ELHS#2571
> MP 35 DAYTON HILL 2.5% GRADE STEEPEST ON ERIE
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
> >Reply-To: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
> >To: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> >Subject: (erielack) B&SW Operations
> >Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:14:42 -0400
> >
> >Question for Mr Heckman (and others): Sometime around 1970, according to
> >printed schedules, it appears that most Buffalo-Meadville traffic was
> >shifted off the B&SW to a circuitous routing via Salamanca and the River
> >Line, presumably to avoid Dayton Hill and it's 2.5% grade. This reroute
> >affected BM-7, BM-9 and MF-74. So apart from BR-100 (aka RC-98) and the
> >occasional detour, was traffic limited to locals?
> >
> >Paul B
> >
> >
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