[Date Prev][Date Next] [Chronological] [Thread] [Top]

RE: (erielack) JULY CALENDAR PICTURE

That's great!  Would love to hear more stories like that...

- -----Original Message-----
From: Walter Smith [mailto:wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:24 PM
To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
Subject: RE: (erielack) JULY CALENDAR PICTURE



  My feeling is that they needed ROUNDUP for the weeds..........seriously,
guys, when we were running up the NJ & NY line(1960s), there were several
places where the homeowners had billboard size signs next to the ROW saying
things like "PLEASE - NO WEEDSPRAYER ON OUR FLOWERS/ROSES/ETC". I guess the
EL had killed off their trellises near the tracks.
   That'll teach them to grow FLOWERS near the railroad.

Regards

Walt Smith


>From: "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_comcast.net>
>Reply-To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>To: "'EL Mail List'" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>Subject: RE: (erielack) JULY CALENDAR PICTURE
>Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:04:05 -0400
>
>The one thing that really got to me about this photo is the relative
>lack-of-maintenance on the ROW here. It strikes me as a melancholy photo...
>:(
>
>	- Paul
>
>
>
>
> > Not much has been said about the the July picture.  It is
> > interesting.  It is one of the few shots I have ever seen of
> > an uninteruppted Erie passenger consist.  All Green/Gray and
> > Green from PA through.  Not hard to do when there are only
> > three cars.  The calendar says this is train 26 and it
> > probably is considering the baggage car.  It could have been
> > a PJ train carrying bulk mail.  I'm not sure how mail was
> > handled on that line.  If it is 26, EL is not very concerned
> > about accomodating passengers.  Why not at least use one of
> > the Erie thru-line reclining seat coaches?  The Stillwells
> > were airconditioned but the seats weren't very good for long
> > trips.  It would have been hard to try and sleep in them.  I
> > wonder how many passengers actually transferred to 26 at
> > Binghamton.  26 was probably just another commuter train
> > picking up passengers at Port Jervis and Middletown for a
> > quick trip to Hoboken.
> >
> > Ed Montgomery
> >
>
>
>	The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
>	Sponsored by the ELH&TS
>	http://www.elhts.org
>	To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html

_________________________________________________________________
http://liveearth.msn.com


	The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
	Sponsored by the ELH&TS
	http://www.elhts.org
	To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html



	The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
	Sponsored by the ELH&TS
	http://www.elhts.org
	To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html

------------------------------