Re: (erielack) Erie Baseball Specials

[James G Flynn <jimbatt1_@_juno.com>]

        Steve and All,
        
        The Youngstown Fire Dept. used to sponsor an excursion or two, to
Indians' games, every summer.  They were chaperoned by off-duty
firefighters, and, as kids, we had a lot of fun.  Part of the package was
a box lunch and souvenirs.
        I remember the RS-2's and Stillwells well.
        By the time I got on the job on the Y.F.D., the EL no longer ran
any passenger service, save for the Cleveland-Youngstown commuter trains.
 So there wasn't much equipment (coaches, etc.) around.  So there weren't
any baseball excursions sponsored by the dept.
        We did try a couple of trips using buses but the response was
never good enough to justify the costs.
        
        Jim Flynn
        ELHS # 2598
        jimbatt1_@_juno.com
  
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:30:27 EST Smtimko_@_aol.com writes:
> The Erie (and later EL) ran many baseball excursions from Youngstown 
> to  
> Cleveland each season.
>  
> I remember riding several as a Boy Scout.  Trains would have two  
> units---such as PA's or the locally famous 900-901 Alco Road 
> Switchers, and two  1000 
> series coaches and about a dozen Stillwell coaches.  There was no 
> need  for food 
> service on a run that consumed less than two hour's running time.   
> The train 
> would leave from Youngstown, stopping at Niles, Warren, 
> Garrettsville,  Mantua 
> and Aurora.  The scouts would walk from CUT to the old Municipal  
> Stadium.  
> Games lasted about two hours and the trip would return.
>  
> These trips were usually operated on a Saturday when coaches were 
> available  
> as the regular Cleveland service trains were reduced in size on 
> Saturday and  
> Sundays.  Also, P&LE coaches were frequent on these specials, being  
> used from 
> the Cleveland-Youngstown-Pittsburgh pool.  P&LE coaches were  always 
> stored 
> at the Erie's North Avenue Coach Yard in Youngstown.
>  
> The trips were usually to the games that had the Washington Senators 
> or the  
> Detroit Tigers playing the Tribe.  There were plenty of seats 
> available  when 
> these teams played.
>  
> SMT
> 
> 
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