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Re: (erielack) EL baggage cars off their home rails

Thanks Steve, that does make sense, and since your post had EL content you 
don't need to worry about the LP.

Paul B

From: Smtimko_@_aol.com
Subject: Re: (erielack) EL baggage cars off their home rails

At the risk of being chastised by the List Police, I'd like to comment on
the above and the response by both Paul and Dale.  It does have some 
connection
to the list as it involves Youngstown as the EL and P&LE had  joint service
into Youngstown with some trains.

Former PRR-PC-Conrail-NS Pittsburgh area Asst Supt Max Solomon II many 
times
told me of his first railroad employment tasks which was actually a NYC 
Asst
TM at Ashtabula, OH.  That is a little known fact as Max lives,  breathes 
and
bleeds PRR, but he worked for a very short time on the NYC.   Max was in
charge of supervising the passenger train switching moves at  Ashtabula.  In 
the
very early 1960's there was still a nightly train  #277 from Pittsburgh to
Youngstown (NYC Station) that continued on as  follows:  NYC #272 YO to 
Ashtabula,
#28 Ash to Buffalo, #371  (NYC-TH&B-CP) Buffalo to Toronto and from Buffalo
east the train was still  #28 to Albany and Boston.  Through cars were 
carried
from Pittsburgh to  Ashtabula and Buffalo.  Some cars were removed at
Ashtabula went west on  the NYC.  At one time there was a nightly Pullman on 
the train for Massena  due to Alcoa headquarters in Pittsburgh and the plant 
in
Massena, but that is a  subject for the passenger cars lists, not this list.

During that time period the EL-P&LE had through service Cleveland to
Pittsburgh via the Youngstown EL station.  Those trains contained checked 
baggage
and storage mail.

It is entirely possible that the EL baggage car in question on the original
post (en route Toronto) moved
Youngstown-Cleveland-(Youngstown)-Pittsburgh-Ashtabula-Buffalo-Toronto. 
During the late 50's and early 60's I would
certainly think that Pittsburgh  could generate an entire carload of mail 
for Toronto
and via.




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