Don't forget that many operations using large numbers of cars on a daily basis have their own in-plant switcher(s) (sometimes it's a hi-rail vehicle with coupler). The RR comes once or twice daily to bring and take away whatever cars had accumulated. The cars sit on a siding or perhaps in a small yard, and the plant switcher drills them in and out of the plant as needed. I don't know if Drew had its own switcher. Paul B 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 The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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