Re: (erielack) Painting oddities and....................

[Dlw1el2_@_aol.com]

CPC ( Corn Products ) use to get a lot of these cars.  The  four cars you 
photographed here on the main are in position to be dropped  down over the X 
overs, grabbed and taken east  a quarter mile east to  CPC.  They had five 
doors to spot box cars, each which had to be  spotted with less than a 6 inch 
variable. 
As the conductor spotted the car the brakeman tied on the hand brake,  but 
not until it was completely spotted  so the conductor could get  the pin 
with out having to bump the car back, thus altering the 6 inch  variable.   Two 
 60 foot cars  with long draw heads always  created a problem.  If you put 
one at the bump, you might luck out.   You didn't want to play with the 
extra draw head at the first location because  of the curve going in made it 
difficult to then couple up. Every  customer had its little idio sincerities 
that could play havoc with an  inexperienced conductor, or and experienced 
conductor that had to follow up the  next day the work of an inexperienced man. 
 I worked both the  Conductor and Brakemans position on the Northern many 
times.  
 
When I started Don Cypers had been the Conductor on the first Northern  for 
18 years.  He was called GOD cause of the way he stated  things and the way 
he ran the job. You worked 12 heavy hours stopping  at the end of the day 
on the Northern  along side KW with about  10 minutes to spare 6 days a week. 
  A yard crew would  always yard the train. He would tell you in the 
morning, " We eat when  we get to Closter ".  If he liked you and you were on the 
ball, at the end  of the day he would say GOOD JOB, and you felt like you 
had just been  personally blessed by the Pope. Having been the receiver of his 
blessings,  I feel fortunate to have worked with such an old  but 
professional  railroader. 
 
Walt Smith you can have the floor back. LOL
 
Bob Bahrs
 
 
In a message dated 12/17/2010 3:24:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
paultup_@_comcast.net writes:

http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-12-17-10

69263_a_Ridgefield_NJ-1994_-_PRT.jpg  (image/jpeg, 1773x1177 586375 bytes, 
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To continue Ron Dukarm's thread, here's a shot I  took of one of the last EL
offset-door cars in Ridgefield, NJ (yes, on the  Northern Branch!) back  in
1994.




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