> Quite some time ago I downloaded an image from George Elwood's Fallen > Flags website. It was a freight running South out of Utica and the data > provided said it was "The Scranton Bull". Was this an official EL name for > the train or a nickname? Were there others on the EL system? Very curious > and thanks for any help. > > Todd K. Stearns List, Last week I came across a Buffalo newspaper article from November 21, 1890 where an engineer ran his train into a standing work train inside East Buffalo yard limits. While giving testimony he referred to his train as a "Wild Rat", i.e., a train without a schedule. Never heard that one before. Ron Dukarm The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------ End of EL Mail List Digest V3 #2945 ***********************************
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