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

Re: (erielack) "Short-term" operations



 
In a message dated 4/2/2009 2:05:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com writes:

How were  "same day switchouts' handled? If a car was dropped at a
consignee, it  usually stayed there until a future day's drill picked it
up (by which  point, the car would have been loaded or  unloaded).



................
Paul
 
For the most part, service was provided once a day, maximum.
 
Some industries, such as Sharon Steel dumped ore on daylight only, so the  
ore cars put in on third trick would be empty and pulled outbound on second  
trick.  Same with boxcars of copper (bars) for Packard Electric at North  Warren, 
they would get more than one switch a day, due to volume of inbound  cars.  
 
There probably weren't more than a couple of industries on each division  
that this applied to.  Perhaps others can add some to the list.
 
One exception, of course, was the captive Hot Metal crews working from  
Youngstown to Hubbard, Warren and Sharpsville.  Those crews returned with  the 
bottles when empty or the bottles brought over by the previous crew.

SMT
**************New Low Prices on Dell Laptops – Starting at $399 
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433304x1201394525/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl
eclick.net%2Fclk%3B213540718%3B35046385%3Be)


	The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
	http://EL-List.railfan.net/
	To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html

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