Re: (erielack) Re: Hornell Local Revisited

[pat.moore_@_att.net]

Paul and list...    

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> The WB counterpart was UT-97, which terminated at Elmira (not Gang Mills) 
> with S&U's, unclassified. 

Ah, yes.  Thank you.

> The crew couldn't sit in Elmira half a day waiting 
> on the train to be sorted, so would have DH, most likely to  Hornell. 

No, certainly not.  Do you know if UT-97 would have just dropped its train in Elmira and then run as a "caboose hop" on to Hornell?  It occurs to me that the crew needed to get back to Hornell by the end of the day, and so did the power.  I seem to recall caboose hops going in both directions through Addison back in the mid 70s.

> This differed from UT-74, where the Hornell-originated move arrived at Gang to 
> p/u a train already micro-blocked for S&U points. Even if UT-97 did go on to 
> Hornell, the crew couldn't switch local customers because union agreements 
> precluded road crews from doing this type of work. 

Hmm.  Okay.  We still need to talk to a Hornell resident.  I can't believe there is nobody on this list that doesn't know someone that lived there.

> As I said previously, 
> Hornell cars were placed in the Gang Mills block; I've never come across a 
> Hornell group. The Hornell-based local died when the yard was closed in the 
> early 70's. 

Okay, the most likely explanation then is that my Dad's picture was taken sometime in the early 70's.  That's when he did most of his railfan safaris anyway.

> UT-97 cars were usually forwarded west on PO-87, although Elmira 
> originated an NE-97 if traffic levels warranted. I see some Bath cars in the 
> UT-97 consist, so let me get that to you.
>

Cool!
 
> Since we've mentioned crews, did the UT-74/97 crews run GM/Elmira-Utica?
>

Good question.

Thanks.

- -pat

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