- --- Smtimko_@_aol.com wrote:
> The Erie's Road Foreman at Youngstown deemed that they were unsafe
> for that service due to the possibility of not shunting track
> circuits. (Some roads required and may still require RDC's to make
> two stops whenever a stop is required. The second stop is to be a
> few feet from the first one and without the use of sand, on order
> to properly shunt the track circuit.)
>
> Thus, the RDC's did not ply the Mahoning Division but for a short
> period.
The Erie banned the NYS&W's RDC's from Jersey City for the same reason.
Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey
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