Re: (erielack) Calendar Time

["Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>]

The observation you make about the traffic level is not unique. I have heard 
others say the same, including some who work for the railroad. The patterns 
have changed-my guess is the traffic through Taylor is much greater now than 
it ever was; traffic through the Poconos is nothing like it was. Still, a 
good sign.

The occasional coal train will still get pushers over Clarks Summit.

Tom B
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <donaldliotta_@_gmail.com>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Calendar Time


> Regarding traffic between on the old DL&W from Scranton to Binghamton..in
> short, it's probably the busiest it has been since the Lackawanna days.
>
> The EL was never that busy in the 60s and 70s. In fact, I remember it 
> being
> totally devoid of traffic for several months when a tunnel collapsed
> (1974?). The busiest that line was when EL had it was probably the year
> before Conrail. The NS and CP trains do not user pushers on westbounds; in
> the EL days, almost all westbound trains had pushers to get them up the 
> hill
> to Clarks Summit. 



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