On 11/2/05 12:18 PM, "Michael Mang" <mnmang_@_mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> My 1947 ETT (no. 91) shows distances from Buffalo for eastward trains, and
> from Hoboken for westward trains. By 1957, in ETT no. 111, all distances are
> shown as to or from Hoboken even on branchlines.
>
> Interestingly, and to provoke further confusion, clearances restrictions on
> top of trains list bridge #189.74 at Conklin (miles from Hoboken), #191.70
> Binghamton, and 193.91 also in Binghamton. Bridges on the Buffalo Division
> also appear to be numbered as miles from Hoboken.
>
> Michael Mang
>
>>>
>>
>> Mike does not say whether he is looking at/remembering a public
>> timetable or an ETT. When did the DLW start showing distances from
>> Buffalo in the ETTs?
>>
>> bob gillis
>>
>
>
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Michael: The clearances you refer to are overhead bridges of which there
are probably more than undergrade bridges (Bridge 60).
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