(erielack) Re: West-end helpers?

["Joe Mayer" <jmayer_@_insight.rr.com>]

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From: "Joe Mayer" <jmayer_@_insight.rr.com>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: West-end helpers?


> I have had some discussions with Keith Robbins regarding this.  According 
> to Keith, when an EB needed a push over the hill, the preferred method was 
> to pull a WB into the siding at either Silver Creek or Sterling, cut their 
> power, cross them over and use them to push the EB.  They could then cut 
> back through the manual trailing-point crossover at Sterling to head WB to 
> get back to the head end of their train.

Sorry- I meant to say "They could then cut back through the manual 
trailing-point crossover at Silver Creek...".

Joe Mayer
ELHS 702


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