Re: (erielack) Freight Operations (Classic Trains/Hoboken)

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

These were Monday-Friday schedules handling mostly merchandise out of
Hoboken in the evening. They were hot trains with cars for NE-99 at Bingo
and Wabash & NKP at Bfo, so they were probably relatively short and
generously powered. At this time, plenty of hot merchandise including LCL
was still being handled in boxcars.

Paul B

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From: <Charles_Walsh_@_berlex.com>
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Subject: Re: (erielack) Freight Operations (Classic Trains/Hoboken)


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> I'm wondering how long a train would HB-1 or HB-3 typically be?  And how
> long it would take tor them cross over the plant at Hoboken and get out of
> the way?
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>                       02/02/2006 05:09 AM
>                       Please respond to
>                       "Paul Brezicki"
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> I don't have a DL&W schedule but the July 1962 EL schedule shows two WB's
> out of Hoboken: HB-1 and HB-3 for Buffalo departing 6:15pm and 8:30pm,
> after
> the bulk of commuter runs. In general for EL and predecessors, freight
> traffic available for mid- to late-afternoon departure was held until
after
> the commuter rush.
>
> Paul B
>
> I have a photo in my collection showing EL train HB-1 departing the yard,
> and heading west on the southmost track. My guess would be that the whole
> thing was crossed over to the Boonton Branch (by then, Boonton Line) at
> West
> End Interlocking. My other assumption was that freights usually ran during
> passenger "lulls" (very late at night or late morning-to-early afternoon).
> I
> seem to remember reading that most DL&W freights out of Hoboken were
> nocturnal, which would have taken care of the issue of conflicting with
> passenger trains.
>
> - Paul
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