Re:RE: (erielack) Pushers on Train Number 3 at Denville on a

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_bluemoon.net>]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 Janet & Randy Brown related:

> Wasn't/isn't it the normal practice to avoid pushers on passenger trains out
> of respect for the consequences if something happened at the front end?
>
> If so, what were the circumstances that allowed it in this case? Was it to
> get up the hill to Summit in bad weather? How far would the pushers go? If
> they came off at Dover, would more be needed out of Stroudsburg? Or
> Scranton?
>
> Did DL&W regularly push passenger trains out of Scranto, in either
> direction?
>
> Inquring minds . . .
>
> Randy Brown

I don't know about the DL&W, but I once read a story about a yard goat pushing
an NYC passenger train up West Albany Hill (NY) and not being able to uncouple
at the top. It was supposedly dragged for a while with its drivers spinning
furiously before the train could be stopped so it could cut off. 

I wouldn't think pushers on passenger trains would be used by the DL&W unless
for some reason or another a train was exceptionally long or conditions
unusually adverse and adequate head end power was not available.

Henry

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