Coal from Lisbon was also shipped to Lone Star Cement in Nazareth, Pa in EL 70 ton hoppers. Normal came in 40 car lots.
Bob Stafford
- --- On Sat, 4/4/09, Smtimko_@_aol.com <Smtimko@aol.com> wrote:
From: Smtimko_@_aol.com <Smtimko@aol.com>
Subject: Re: (erielack) Western PA
To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 8:04 PM
In a message dated 4/4/2009 11:01:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
llyengalyn_@_hotmail.com writes:
Oil City was known for Oil, but I don't know how late they were still
shipping anything by rail.
............
Oil City shipped outbound lube oil as well as inbound crude oil and
addatives until the refinery closed......c. 1998 or so.
There were coal mines at Mineral Ridge on the Niles and Lisbon Branch and D
W Dickey shipped outbound strip mine coal from Lisbon to Ohio Edison at Niles
and to Standard Oil at Cleveland right up until Conrail Day One.
SMT
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