Re: (erielack) Morristown & Erie interchange

[DLW1155_@_aol.com]

While I don't recall exactly how many cars Vornado got I'm going to guess the 
biggest day was probably about 15 loads in and as many empties out. Except 
for the first building which had a loading platform and never got many cars, all 
the others had only two rail doors originally. More doors were added later on 
to a couple of the buildings. Before that, we would spot whichever car they 
specified and shoved the others by. Vornado would use a yard tractor to pull 
the cars down with a cable. if we didn't gat back to drill them when the first 
car was empty. This worked well until one day the car they were using to 
control the move had a defective handbrake and the string dragged the yard donkey 
over halfway to Ridgedale Avenue before the guy could hop off and grab another 
brake. The grade alonside Murray Road is fairly substantial. Had they gotten 
away they would have rolled all the way out to the M&E's main track with ease.

Al Holleuffer


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