NY-98 was always the evening departure Chicago-Croxton manifest shedule, traditionally the main produce train during the Erie years. It provides a good illustration of how a train can arbitrarily be given different names at different times or even at different points in it's itinerary. In early EL years the Chicago-Marion leg was called Chicago-98; at Marion it was reclassified into NY-98, NE-98 and Binghamton-98. At Hornell it did pickup Buffalo traffic destined for former Erie points, since most Buffalo trains ran via Scranton. In Nov 1964 it was rerouted via Scranton, then in 1968 the symbol disappeared and was replaced by runthroughs RI-100 and SF-100 which basically ran the traditional NY-98 schedule via Port. It reappeared in 1972 as PO-98, got it's NY-98 symbol back that October and shifted back to the Scranton side for good in 1973 (PO-98 continued to protect Erie-side traffic). From 1968-1972 the only regular freights on the NY&GL were PN-98 (aka SC-8) and CS-9. It appears that around 1970 the P'burger started connecting with CS-9 and PN-98 in lieu of running in and out of Croxton directly. This must have occurred at Dover since P Morris had been closed by then. Paul B Anyone know how many years the NY-98 ran via Scranton?? Was this a Buffalo train at first that was extended out to Chicago during the later years? If there were 6 through freights on the Boonton Line through the early to mid 1960's it must have not lasted long. Freight traffic via Boonton was relatively minimal between 1968-1972 no? Thanks in advance, Steve The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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