RE: Erie/EL operations in Bath NY (was: (erielack) EL way freight operations)

["Dick Honeyman" <hmanrr_@_rochester.rr.com>]

One additional tidbit - The street, (like the river, as Michael spelled it)
is "Conhocton" - although the original spelling is often replaced by
Cohocton - even Mapquest shows it as "Cohocton".  I haven't looked at the
street sign there now, but historically it was Conhocton St.  

Also of interest - in the early days (1800's) there were tracks on the
"street side" of both the freight house and the passenger station.  It's not
clear there was a street per se where Conhocton is now.  Access to the
freight house would appear to have been from Railroad Ave. and the passenger
station from Cameron St.

Dick Honeyman



- -----Original Message-----
From: pat.moore_@_att.net [mailto:pat.moore@att.net] 
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 9:52 AM
To: EL Mail List
Subject: Erie/EL operations in Bath NY (was: (erielack) EL way freight
operations)


Michael...

Aha!  Another piece of the puzzle has been found.  I had a feeling this
would be the case, but I didn't want to assume it.  I was hoping someone
would confirm it and here you are!

I know exactly which building you are talking about and yes it is still
standing.  I got some pictures of it this past summer, in fact!  I believe
the address would be Cohocton Street.

Thanks...

- -pat moore

Incidentally, I saw your business card at the Steuben County Historical
Society.  They were wondering if I had any association with you.

- -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Michael Connor <mjconnor_rr_@_hotmail.com>
>
> 
> Pat
The EL freight station with freight office  in Bath still exists although no

longer in railroad service.  Its street address eludes me but it is west of
the 
crossing near the Bath Library.  Obviously it is on the portion of the
former 
Erie that was cobbled together to clear the former DL&W through Bath for the

> Ikeway.
        After the merger and the physical coordination of the former DL and 
former Erie the former DL&W depot was vacated and ultimately razed (after a
fire 
IIRC).  The industry (and the B&H connection) in Bath were on the former
Erie as 
the DL&W was boxed in by the Erie on the (RR) north and the Conhocton River
on 
> the (RR) south.
       I think the Erie passenger station (which was opposite the current 
library) was razed in the late 1940's after the Corning-Avon passenger
service 
> was disontinued in 1947.
> MJC
> 
> > From: pat.moore_@_att.net
> > To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> > Subject: Re: (erielack) EL way freight operations
> > Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:19:58 +0000
> > 
> > Jim...
> > 
> > Thank you for your insightful post!  Up until a few days ago, it 
> > never
> occurred to me to ask how the crew of a drill would know when to pull 
> empties
> from a spur.  Now I have a better idea about how the EL got things done on
a 
> daily basis.  
> > 
> > As far as I know, the EL kept a freight agent in Bath, NY, up until 
> > the end,
> although I don't know where because the Bath station was torn down by 
> the 1970s.
> I would imagine that he was the point of contact for the Wayland Turn, or
at 
> least that section of it.  
> > 
> > While I have your attention, what is this "drill slip" you speak of?  
> > It is an
> official EL form, kind of like the "daily yard check" that I have?  If 
> so, does
> anyone out there have a blank "drill slip" they would be willing to share?
> > 
> > -pat moore
> > elhs #1719
> > modelling the EL Wayland Branch and B&H
> > 

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