Todd, Here is the link to the movie. It is at the Onondaga Historical Association site. http://media2.syr.edu/OHA/DewittRailYardssm.wmv Ed Todd Stearns wrote: > I don't know what this correspondence is all about, but I sure wish I > had a copy of the video! > > Todd K. Stearns > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Smith" > <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com> > To: <lackawanna_@_bellsouth.net>; "EL List" <erielack@lists.elhts.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:17 PM > Subject: (erielack) RE: Dewitt > > >> >> Thanks so much for the movies of the NYC at Dewitt. If I'm right, >> some of it showed the elevated section when it was built thru >> Syracuse, NY. Prior to that, the trains ran down the east - west >> streets (Erie Blvd, I think). When I was about 10 years old, my uncle >> was manager of the barnd new McCrory's downtown Syracuse. As a reward >> for getting good marks all thru the year, He and my aunt would take >> me up there for a week or so in the summer. Of course when my aunt >> Helen asked 'what do u want to do, Walter?' go look at trains!!!. I >> never got to see the NYC station because my aunt thought it was 'too >> busy'. You just bet. She did however take me to the DL&W station >> which also was elevated and hosted 4 trains a day. I took a few >> pictures of a big 200 class switcher huffing around the station. What >> was really neat when I got hired on the ERIE side was transferring to >> the Syracuse Div'n. I was running trains where I'd railfanned as a >> 10-yr-old. The NYC had it's uptown yard right ne! >> xt to the DL&W yard just west of downtown. It was explained to me >> that it was the remainder of the NYC trackage thru the city. The old >> DL&W night roundhouse foreman (William Laumeister) told me about a >> book published by the NRHS chapter called RAILS IN THE STREETS OF >> SYRACUSE. Great fotos of NYC Hudsons among crowds of Model T Fords. >> >> Regards to all >> >> Walt Smith >> >> >> >> From: lackawanna_@_bellsouth.netSubject: FW: DewittDate: Fri, 31 Oct >> 2008 00:54:47 +0000 >> >> >> -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: Ronnie >> McKenzie <rem_@_gulfandohio.com> To: "Timothy Abbott" >> <tpabbott_@_embarqmail.com>,<lackawanna@bellsouth.net>,"Leonard >> Brantley" <Leonard.Brantley_@_nashcountync.gov> Subject: FW: Dewitt >> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:36:57 +0000 This is Great. Please check it >> out. Ronnie McKenzie Senior Vice President PO Box 2408 422 West >> Cumberland Knoxville, TN 37901-2408 p: 865-525-9400 ext. 36 f: >> 865-525-3552 rem_@_gulfandohio.com -----Original Message----- From: >> Tubman, Dutch [mailto:cstubman_@_nscorp.com] Sent: Thursday, October >> 30, 2008 1:28 PM To: Hrusovsky, Dave; Clark, Bill (W.E.); Douglas >> Kocher; smle_@_midrivers.com; Ottinger, Andrew R.; Jim Overholser; >> PEWEFEL_@_aol.com; Ronnie McKenzie Subject: FW: Dewitt Amazing...well >> worth the 6 minutes it takes to watch it. 'Hump Riders', changing out >> the track pans on the mainline, the clothing of the supervisors - >> amazing stuff! Since it says 'DeWitt', I'm assuming all of this took >> place around S! >> yracuse, NY. -----Original Message----- From: robert bentley >> [mailto:wrobertbentley_@_yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 >> 1:05 PM To: Tubman, Dutch; Todd Hunter; Dave Gamble; Gary Shrey; Phil >> Opielowski Subject: Fw: Dewitt --- On Thu, 10/30/08, Doug Manson >> wrote: > From: Doug Manson > Subject: Fw: Dewitt > To: >> Undisclosed-Recipient_@_yahoo.com > Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, >> 6:18 AM > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rrcjb_@_aol.com > To: >> undisclosed-recipients: > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:50 PM > >> Subject: Fwd: Dewitt > > > Kind of herky-jerky in spots but some >> wonderful stuff > here.......... > > I'll bet those hump rider jobs >> were lots of fun in the > rain, snow, sleet, etc., of which DeWitt >> had plenty as I > recall. > > CJB > > > > > <> > > > > > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- > McCain or Obama? Stay up to date on the latest from the > >> campaign trail with AOL News. >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail. >> http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_5gb_112008 >> >> >> The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List >> http://EL-List.railfan.net/ >> To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 3596 (20081107) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > http://EL-List.railfan.net/ > To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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