NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment. To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the following URL into your web browser: http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-02-29-08 d_dumper_sideview_2.jpg (image/jpeg, 1512x900 312477 bytes, BF: 4.35 ppb) Rick, Without digging out the files and checking exact dates, the Erie had a wooden coal trestle in Buffalo on the City Ship Canal from about 1880 to about 1928, when it burned. They then transferred their coal loading over to the DL&W dumper at the mouth of the Buffalo River. In addition, the NYC, Reading, LV, and Pennsy all loaded coal out of Buffalo. The DL&W had a modern dumper erected in 1917. There was so much capacity in Buffalo that the Erie decided not to rebuild their facilities. Attached is a Strong Family photo of the DL&W dumper from the mid-50's. Ron Dukarm > Question: Did the Erie RR load coal at the docks in Cleveland? Did they > have a coal loading facility in Buffalo? > > Rick Fleischer The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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