Paul, I doubt the Norwich ramp was an 85' car, much more likely a 40' flat which had had a brief career as a TOFC flat. I have an >>extremely<< vague memory of seeing this, back before I knew how to look at stuff. SGL > So that's why EL put a ramp in Norwich: they derailed a flat > there and were trying to figure out what to do with it. > Actually this was fairly common practice in the days of > "tie-pile" ramps. Later, when 89' flats became predominant in > intermodal service, they started doing this with the older > 85-footers. It was also common to establish a ramp for the > benefit of a single customer, and I'm sure this was the case > with Norwich and Victory. This ended in the 70's when the > RR's realized that in most cases the cost of maintaining > these ramps rendered them unprofitable. Marion was another > ramp maintained for the benefit of a single customer, in this > case UPS. > > Paul B > > From: Art P <sigvarius_@_prodigy.net> > Subject: [Fwd: (erielack) The Norwich Engine] > > Glad you like em... now to find more to post :-) Never got > to see any trailers unloaded, and don't recall seeing any on > flats, but I do recall the ramp- it was an old flat car w one > truck removed. > - -ArtP > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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