Paul, TOFC trains exceeding 70 cars were rare on EL, at least in 1975-76, and I have yet to come across one on the ex-DL&W. NY-99 and NY-100 were generally under 60 cars, A/CX-99 under 30 out of CX. There is a NY-99 ex-CX on 12-23-75 with 70 cars, including 9 forwrder boxcars for ATSF. NY-100 of 7-26-75 was an 83 car monster with PB-100's 36 car TOFC block on the headend. For comparison, Conrail routinely ran 100 car TOFC trains in the 80's and 90's. I've come across a couple of very heavy NY-98's. The one originating Marion on 8-4-75 was 127-3-130 10,327 out of Bingo the next day, with 54 Portlands, most or all Shawmut coal off the Bradford line. NY-98 out of HF on 6-11-75 had a few extra blocks and was 91-61-152 9096. As an aside, ATSF-100 of 8-4-75 had 11 mechanical reefers, illustrating that it was EL's primary perishable train. With a length of 7000+ feet, there were few if any trains Lincoln Park couldn't accomodate. EB manifests were generally under 100 cars after setting off at Scranton, Portland and/or E Dover. Paul B > Gary > The SIDING did extend east of Ryerson Road, but NOT over the > Pompton River Bridge. The switch was between the two. When > they moved the switch west of Ryerson Rd, they did loose > some capacity. > Probable 6-8 cars?? > > Bob Bahrs BTW, according to a note I have from Art Erdman, the Lincoln Park passing siding has a capacity of "125 cars" (I assume this means 50' cars?), making it a little over a mile long. Translated, that means it could hold 70 piggyback flats, and in later years the pig trains definitely exceeded this length. - - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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