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Walt
 
I'm not certain, but perhaps there was a DISTRICT Power Desk in Youngstown  
at one time.  Perhaps Cal Banse can comment on this.  Wally Bura later  went to 
Cleveland I think to work the power desk there.  Others in  Cleveland were 
Jack F O'Connor, Jimmy Finan, Glen Nugent, Sy  Sutton.  Youngstown Dispatchers 
Gene Larsick and Ron Stallsmith I  believed worked the desk from time to time.

SMT


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From: "Walter Smith" <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>
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Subject: RE: (erielack) Hostler's rules
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:20:57 -0500
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  Funny u should mention the power desk. There was a man in Youngstown  - 
Walter Bura - who was introduced to me with the explanation that he 
'assigned power to the trains'. AI didn't have much contact with him, but 
perhaps Stewve Timko would recall him. I'm sure Cal Banse would.
     I'm reminded of another official at Youngstown in the early 60s - Gene 
Wogan - who I later ran into when I was a fireman on the ERIE side out of 
Hoboken. I saw him upstairs in the terminal building. I assume he moved east 
after the merger. Anyone remember these 2 guys??
Walt Smith
>From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
>Reply-To: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
>To: "'erielack_@_lists.elhts.org'" <erielack@lists.elhts.org>
>Subject: (erielack) Hostler's rules
>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:41:43 -0500
>
>Hello all,
>
>The recent posting of the various trains, their motive power lashup and 
>tonnages bring up a question that I've wondered about for a while but never 
>was able to get a clear answer about.
>
>Who was responsible for assigning power to a train? I know there was a 
>power desk at the EL's Cleveland offices. Did they know where all the power 
>was on the railroad? Did they assign the power to the trains? Or did the 
>hostler at the terminal have some discretion in selecting the power?
>
>The aforementioned listings of lashups show an obvious preference towards 
>six-axle EMD and GE power for most trains.  Occasionally you do see a GP35 
>or U25B sneak in, but that begs the question - where was the rest of the 
>fleets of these units? With a total of 62 U25Bs and GP35s, they all can't 
>be in use on through freights. I know on the east end you'd see GP35s and 
>U25B's substitute for GP7s or EMD NW/SWs on local freights, but not in huge 
>numbers. Were they replacing the RS3s/S2s on the West End of the railroad?
>
>Also, the lashups show another trend - the lashups were usually 2 or 3 
>units. How often did the EL ever go more than 3 units? (not counting 
>dead-in-tow units being transferred to a different location)  It still 
>baffles my mind that today's modern freights normally run 4-6 units with 
>trains that seem comparable to EL in its final years. Is it because today's 
>freight cars are heavier/handle more tonnage?
>
>   - Paul
>
>
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