Re: (erielack) Preserving history, or trying to at least

[Dlw1el2_@_aol.com]

Paul
I believe I spotted the last car ever received by Norda.   It was  a tank 
car and they wanted it up on that raised platform.  Nothing had been  up 
there for years.  It was difficult just getting the brake on and cutting  away, 
cause there were no walkways if I recall and the weeds ( trees ) were  
pretty thick at the gate.     It would have been the summer  of 1980, on the 
Totowa Roustabout, which at the time was WLDO67   9:30  AM on duty in Dover.
 
Regular conductor was off the job for a month or so, cause he wanted to  
play soft ball evenings, and that job went 11 to 12 hours everyday.
 
Bob Bahrs
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/22/2011 2:16:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
paultup_@_comcast.net writes:

The  other two photos show a portion of Norda, a manufacturer of flavors  
and
fragrances just west of the Fanny Road bridge. What always impressed  me
about this place (other than the various odors that wafted from it) was  
that
spur that curved into plant property behind that chain-link fence on  what
appears to be about a 10% grade! It's very short, and that the  top
immediately levels off onto an elevated unloading/loading structure.  (it
appeared that it could take hopper/covered hopper loads OR tank car  loads
from this structure)   Anyone ever see a car spotted  here?

Enjoy!

- -  Paul



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