I forgot to include a comment on DT&I trains. Did it pay EL operators to handle its trains at SJ? Paul B D.T.&I. trains were recorded on a separate sheet. At this time in 1976 there would have been about 6-8 D.T.&I. trains per day plus some D.T.&I. yard engine moves across the diamond. All southbound D.T.&I. trains got orders at SJ to run extra, meet orders, slow orders, etc. The D.T.&I. conductors rode the 2nd or 3rd unit so the operator handed up 3 sets of orders:engineer, conductor, and flagman on the caboose. Some of them didn't slow down much for the operator so you had to know the proper spot to stand with the train order sticks! Always exciting to stand close to the track and watch as a train approached you at 35-40MPH and hold up those train order sticks as the engines rolled by you literally inches away! Ah the good old days! PA The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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