Since there seemed to be some interest here we go- 3, 1869 The DL&W gains control of the Syracuse, Binghamton, and New York 31, 1857 Syracuse & Binghamton changes name to Syracuse, Binghamton, and New York 16, 1927 Woman walks in front of train in Cortland and is killed 30, 1927 William T. Wolfe promoted to Cortland yardmaster 8, 1932 The Lehigh milk train leaves twelve hours late account of snow 1, 1934 First air conditioned cars on the DL&W 12, 1934 DL&W and LV officials meet at LV passenger station to discuss consolidation of engine and freight depots, same day the DL&W southbound milk train derails a car while switching in Little York 20, 1935 DL&W engineer gets foot stuck in stoker on norhtbound freight, possibly breaking it, rides in Caboose to Cortland then to hospital 18, 1936 LV engine 2093 detour passenger train #9 from Pittston, PA to Syracuse, doubleheads with PRR 3678 on DL&W stone train south ?, 1936 PRR engine 3678 detour passenger train #5 from Taylor, PA to Syracuse, doubleheads with LV 2093 on DL&W stone train south 13, 1939 Lehigh engine derails in Cortland yard account of snow 29, 1940 Lehigh uses a rotary to open up the line 19(?), 1941 Lehigh service suspended between Truxton and Canastota for 2 days due to weather, same time period DL&W plough derails in Tully, line blocked for two days 20, 1948 Landslide at Chenango Forks blocks railroad for the day, passengers bussed Whitney Point-Binghamton ?, 1976 Penn Central on the ground near Rome, NY, detours via Utica, Chenango Forks, and Syracuse 31, 1976 Last day of Lehigh & EL service And one for January- 13, 1928 All steel coaches on the DL&W 31, 1929 Truck driver killed when freight train strikes his truck in Killawog 3, 1930 Cortland yardmaster Ford Sparrow to Syracuse, replaced by Jack O'Connor from Binghamton 22, 1935 Burning refrigerator car brought from Cortland Junction to passenger depot for firemen 21, 1936 Safety award presented to S&U division workers and employees in Binghamton 2, 1937 Car strikes train at James Street in Homer, minor injuries 29, 1937 Streamstyled #1115 on a train, being broken in, new air horn noted in the paper as well 14, 1939 Last mixed train on Cincinnatus branch 4, 1948 14 car passenger train, loaded to the brim 4, 1949 Fireman injures finger in Homer, caught between firebox doors 5, 1958 Pullman service discontinued 20, 1996 Blizzard of 1996 detour of D&H train 258 with NS power 10-12, 2002 Detours of CSX trains due to derailment at Little Falls, NY Joshua http://www.joshuakblay.com - ------------------------------------------------- The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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