From lister Bob Chupka: - -----Original Message----- From: Ironnuts [mailto:Ironnuts_@_mercury.fastbytes.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:59 PM To: "Tupaczewski, Paul R \" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>"@ihemail2.lucent.com Subject: RE: EL Runaways >> >> Paul, >> Posting off list since I haven't updated my computer to send >> directly to the list, but how about the runaway out of Scranton in >> Sept/Oct '78 ( I know Conrail but still EL >> related) that ran all the way down the Bloom until it derailed at the >> new end of track behind the Kmart in Edwardsville. My understanding >> was that the inbound crew that made the set off bottled the air and >> the cut with a couple engines attached began to roll away and that >> the lineup bwehind them allowed them to head down the Bloom through >> Taylor, Pittston Jct., Exeter, West Pittston, Wyoming, Forty >> Fort/Sworyersville, Kingston and finally running out of track in >> Edwardsville Approx M.P. 152.5. I managed to see the cleanup from >> Route 11 as I was taking drivers ed courses that fall and convinced >> the instructor that we needed to do some driving on route 11. >> >> Bob Chupka >> >> >> > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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