Re: (erielack) Con Agra (Another EL magazine article)

[Robert Stafford <erielack1_@_yahoo.com>]

During the winter months when the Great Lakes where frozen up is when the grain arrived via units trains. During the lake shipping seasn the grain arrived in 10 car or more lots from Standard Milling in Buffalo. Grain normally arrived in the EL 100 ton hoppers from Buffalo. Unit train operation, 7AM Pen Argyl DrillJob Condr Moryican with 3 units on the point took 26 cars of wheat to Martins Creek with the 6AM Portland Hole Job Condr Kern pushing to the top of the hill at Steir. Portland Hole then worked the reamining cars up the hill to the Yard Track which was between East Bangor and Bangor. 
When wheat was moving from Buffalo it arrived at Portland in SC-8. It was brought into town on the normal Portland Hole moves and setout at the Yard Track or Shops for Pen Argyl Drill to take the following morning.
Bob Stafford

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From: Paul Brezicki <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
To: EL Mailing List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:20:14 AM
Subject: (erielack) Con Agra (Another EL magazine article)


In EL days, I think most of the grain arrived in unit trains. I wonder if
these were held in Portland and then portions delivered to Martins Creek, or
if those 26 cars comprised a smaller movement set off at Slateford Jct by a
CX-bound manifest?

Paul B

From: <RWisneski_@_njtransit.com>
Subject: (erielack) Another EL Magazine Article

New issue (Feb 06) of Railfan & Railroad has a feature (including the
cover photo) by Jim Boyd on chasing an EL train (1974) on the Bangor &
Portland - 2 centuries doubling 26 loaded grain cars out of Portland
destined for ConAgra in Martin's Creek.


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