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RE: (erielack) Caldwell Branch Operations

Common practice on the line from Mountain View to Wanaque was running a RS2 or 3 on each end of the train.




 --- On Tue 08/23, erie910 < erie910_@_fastmail.fm > wrote:
From: erie910 [mailto: erie910_@_fastmail.fm]
To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:38:42 -0500
Subject: (erielack) Caldwell Branch Operations

Before road switchers, how were passenger operations on the Caldwell <br>Branch handled?  Was there a turntable at Essex Fells to turn the steam <br>locomotives?  The most recent Greenwood Lake/Caldwell Branch passenger <br>timetable which I have shows a few shuttle runs between Great Notch and <br>Essex Fells.  Some of the times between arrival in Essex Fells and the <br>next trip out of Great Notch back to Essex Fells do not allow much time <br>to turn a steam locomotive, couple on, do an air test, and return to <br>Great Notch.<br><br>Did train crews back in the days of shuttle service on the Caldwell <br>Branch and from Mountain View to Wanaque/Midvale bottle the air to avoid <br>taking the time to pump up the reservoirs on all the coaches after a <br>run-around?  No doubt, it was against the rules, but was it done to save <br>time?<br><br><br>Ken Bush<br><br>	The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List<br>	Sponsored by the ELH&TS<br>	http://www.elhts.org<br>

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