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Re: (erielack) Calendar time

Yes, Tom,
        I used to drive the back way to Binghamton to cover jobs there on 
the DL side. That involved going up the Sullivan Trail through Falls, Pa. 
then to Tunkhannock, from there I'd drive to Montrose (crossing the Lehigh 
Valley Montrose branch several times - never saw a train) finally from 
Montrose I'd take Snake Creek road to emerge a few miles below Conklin. All 
2 laners & forget it when snowing. The alternative was to drive to Scranton 
then the interstate 80 to Binghamton. Either way a hour & 1/2 drive. When 
they called u, u'd better have ur grip packed & ready to head out the door. 
In other words 12 hours away for 8 hours pay.
Regards,
Walt Smith


>From: "Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>
>Reply-To: "Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>
>To: <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>Subject: Re: (erielack) Calendar time
>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:13:15 -0500
>
>I don't recall now when he hired on, but I think it was some time in the 
>mid 60s. That would make his opportunities for travel on EL's passenger 
>trains rather limited. I'm not sure I'd want to chance missing the call by 
>relying on freights. He would have gotten either one in Wavely in any 
>event. His stories of close calls always involved  travel down the road 
>along the Canisteo at harrowing speeds never meant to be attained on that 
>road. I don't know what he did in the bad weather. That would have posed a 
>serious problem here in the winter.
>
>I imagine Walt Smith has some insight on this topic-he had some stories 
>about going to Hoboken and other reporting locations that were pretty 
>interesting.
>
>Tom B
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: <Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com>
>To: "Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>
>Cc: <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>; <erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:02 PM
>Subject: Re: (erielack) Calendar time
>
>
>>
>>Tom,
>>
>>I imagine that bad weather (i.e. snow/sleet) could make life miserable for
>>a crew member with a long commute and short notice.  I wonder if the
>>engineer you speak of, in former times, could/would have used passenger
>>service between Sayre and Hornell.  I know that into the 80s and 90s there
>>were a few EL/DL&W guys who worked with NJ Transit and who lived in the
>>Poconos.  I guess it's possible that they moved there later on, but they
>>may have also been there since the 50s and 60s when you could "still get
>>there" into NJ by train.
>>
>>I'm wondering how many members of this list commuted by train to their
>>reporting point on the railroad.
>>
>>Chuck
>
>
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