Re: (erielack) Empty milk car question

[Smtimko_@_aol.com]

Paul ( and list)
 
To further churn this conversation and sour the note about Steamburg milk  
being trucked to Salamanca:
 
The eastbound passenger trains stopped at Steamburg (interlocking), cut the  
power off and sometimes held onto a car or two and backed into the Queensboro  
Dairy Switch and picked up the milk car or cars.  Then double back to  the 
train, the train crew would put the steam and air back into the train, make  the 
air test and depart for Salamanca with a total delay of about 10-12  minutes.
 
I was onboard the locomotive many times when this was done on train 4, and  
later train 2.
 
Westbound empties were sent back west to Jamestown on train 7, in  later 
years, they moved to Jamestown on freight trains such as X-3, then back to  
Steamburg on the local.
 
SMT


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