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Re: (erielack) Jan 9, 1967 [1976] Hornell, NY Traffic

There certainly was an unusual concentration of 6-axle U-boats: six, vs four 
SD's. More often than not, the WB UPS trains had a pair of SD's with 5000 
gal fuel tanks to avoid having to refuel enroute, but they weren't always 
available at Croxton when needed. NY-97 was a symbol that appeared to have 
been retired during July, 1975 in favor of CX-97 and MW-97. CX-97was 
primarily WB empties for MEadville and Marion and often ran in sections. It 
was scheduled out of Croxton in early afternoon but being a non-priority 
train (an "Ordinary" in old Erie terms), the actual departure time varied 
widely. I'm thinking this was basically a 2/CX-97. Otherwise, it's a pretty 
typical lineup for a Friday afternoon. Here are the scheduled times:

NY-97 (CX-97): 0200
AB-91: 0815 (04:14L)
ACX-99: 1230 (00:52L)
BS-2: 1430 (00:54L)
PB-99: 1915 (03:45 AOS or 20:15L)
CX-99: 1430 (01:05L)
BC-2: 1500 (02:02L)

Thanks for posting, Schuyler.

Paul B


From: pat.moore_@_att.net
Subject: Re: (erielack) Jan 9, 1967  Hornell, NY Traffic

SMT...

Thanks for the interesting post!

Looks like it was "big U-boat" day on the Srn Tier.  I also noticed the 
SD45-2s on train AB-91 instead of one of the piggyback trains.

- - -pat moore


> I came across some old notes of mine that might be of interest  to some
> members of this group. On January 9, 1976, I spent the afternoon  watching
> action along the Erie-Lackawanna main line at Hornell,NY.
> Here's a  list of the trains I saw that afternoon (Details supplied from
> the operator at  the Hornell depot):
>
> 12:17pm - Train NY-97 - Units U36C's 3319,  3316.
> 12:29pm - Train AB-91 - Units SD45-2's 3669, 3670.
> 1:22pm - Train  ACX-99 - Units SD45 3608, SD45-2 3677.
> 3:24pm - Train BS-2 - Units SD45 3640,  U36C 3317, U25B's 2510, 2516.
> 3:30pm - Train PB-99 - Units U25B 2515, U36C  3320.
> 4:35pm - Train CX-99 - Units U36C's 3326, 3327.
> 5:02pm - Train BC-2  - Units U33C 3310, GP35 2560.
>
> There was also a long string of stored F  units near the Shops area, east
> of the depot that day.




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