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From: Home Email samtrak AT optonline DOT net
Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 08:49:28 -0500
Subject: Re: EL Mail List Digest V3 #7003
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Lackawanna yard lamp from 18F.
Sam Caliciotti



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> On Feb 29, 2020, at 5:33 AM, EL Mail List Digest wrote:
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>
> EL Mail List Digest Saturday, February 29 2020 Volume 03 : Number 7003
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> Subjects:
>
> Re: (erielack) Southern Tier
> (erielack) Question About DL&W Yard Switch Stand Lamps
> (erielack) Re: Glass Plates - THANKS!
> Re: (erielack) Question About DL&W Yard Switch Stand Lamps
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> Message-ID: <1621937094.805382.1582896397430@connect.xfinity.com>
> References: <1918394202.735095.1582728226914@connect.xfinity.com> <7ede40ce-83fa-7ba8-ea86-1aa0c7b41c8b@gmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <7ede40ce-83fa-7ba8-ea86-1aa0c7b41c8b@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:26:36 -0500 (EST)
> From: Paul Tupaczewski
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Southern Tier
>
>> I reread an article in a 1998 "Trains" magazine in which NS stated that
>> it would use the Southern Tier line as a line dedicated to intermodal
>> trains. Because of the lack of congestion on the line, its length would
>> not be a significant impediment to expected delivery times.
>>
>> I don't live in the east any more, and therefore have no first-hand
>> knowledge of what's going on with the line. Did NS keep its promise?Â
>> What are traffic levels like on the line?
>
>
> NS did keep its promise - it spent a LOT of $$$ on the new Letchworth arch bridge, which allowed it to increase speeds on that part of the line *and* haul heavier cars too. Apparently, part of the strategy was acquiring the D&H lines south of Albany, which allows trains coming from the west to swing south at Binghamton via the former DL&W. I don't know about traffic levels, but with NS (like UP and CSX) adopting "Precision Scheduled Railroading," the trains are likely fewer but much longer. Hopefully those who live along that part of the former Erie can provide more info...
>
> When we had the ELRRHS Convention in Binghamton two years ago, the track seemed well-maintained and shiny and several intermodal trains were seen coming off the Southern Tier side of things.
>
> - Paul
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> Message-ID: <000001d5ee53$373d7b10$a5b87130$@ecentral.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:22:02 -0700
> From: "William Botkin"
> Subject: (erielack) Question About DL&W Yard Switch Stand Lamps
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am modeling the DL&W in the early 1950's and have a question about the
> colors of yard switch stand lamps. From the few photos I have seen, it
> appears as though the metal targets on switch stand lamps in yards (for
> example, Port Morris) were painted white on one side and yellow on the
> other. I presume the white indicated the switch was normal and the yellow
> indicated it was reversed. But what color were the lenses associated with
> the white and yellow targets? Were yellow lenses with the white targets and
> red lenses with the yellow targets or something else. I presume the
> mainline used the conventional red and green targets and lenses.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
>
>
> William E. Botkin
>
> Centennial, CO
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> References:
> In-Reply-To:
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:11:35 -0800
> From: Richard Brennan
> Subject: (erielack) Re: Glass Plates - THANKS!
>
> In addition to the 'Glass Plate Sleuths'...
>
> Thanks to Pat McKnight, Historian/Archivist at Steamtown NHS, for the
> initiative, and all the effort required, to make these images
> available to a wider audience.
>
> ...and from the Left Coast:
> I am (and I'm sure I'm not the only one) not much interested in the
> ERIE, the DL&W, or locations in NJ, NY , PA or elsewhere on their routes.
>
> I am VERY interested in all the railroad rolling stock that is
> captured in these images... and the various states of repair or
> disrepair they appear in.
>
> I do have to admit that I'm drawn-in by some of the more atmospheric
> photos... of life and times a century ago away from the largest cities.
> An example is C4649, an SP (of course!) wood boxcar #85753 (Class
> B-50-1, AC&F-built 1904) unloading on the street in Oswego, 1918...
>
> There was also some mild voyeuristic interest in finding the white
> 'X' in many of the accident photos... and mentally re-creating the
> probable scenario!
>
> Thanks again to all involved!
>
>
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> Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA
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> From Archives@Railfan.net
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> References: <000001d5ee53$373d7b10$a5b87130$@ecentral.com>
> In-Reply-To: <000001d5ee53$373d7b10$a5b87130$@ecentral.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:45:54 -0500
> From: Robert Bahrs
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Question About DL&W Yard Switch Stand Lamps
>
> Switch Marker lights in the yard were Yellow and Green. If the a large
> metal target was around the lens, it was yellow for diverging and white for
> strait away. Another words a Green lens in the yard got a white metal
> target around it.
>
> On the road it was Red and Green, with the same color targets around the
> lens.
>
> Bob Bahrs
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 11:24 AM William Botkin
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am modeling the DL&W in the early 1950's and have a question about the
>> colors of yard switch stand lamps. From the few photos I have seen, it
>> appears as though the metal targets on switch stand lamps in yards (for
>> example, Port Morris) were painted white on one side and yellow on the
>> other. I presume the white indicated the switch was normal and the yellow
>> indicated it was reversed. But what color were the lenses associated with
>> the white and yellow targets? Were yellow lenses with the white targets
>> and
>> red lenses with the yellow targets or something else. I presume the
>> mainline used the conventional red and green targets and lenses.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any insight.
>>
>>
>>
>> William E. Botkin
>>
>> Centennial, CO
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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