Richard Pennisi wrote: > Ed, > > In the summer of 1966, I hired out as an agent operator for EL while > I was a Junior in High School. I worked Ampere fas ticket agent for a > month. The original branch tracks at street level were still there > in the floor of the baggage room, with the new track elevated above. > It was a wierd thing to see. My next assigment after Ampere was > ticket agent at Upper Montclair for a few days. > > Yes, It was Westinghouse that Ampere was named for. The Pusher out > of Harrison drilled Westinghouse off track 1 several times a week > some time after 11 am. It then went up the branch and crossed over at > Montclair and drilled any consignees off track 2 on the way East. That section of East Orange is known as Ampere, probably because so many Westinghouse, GE and Worthington employees lived there. The station was named after the neighborhood. GE manufactured control at the plant just south of Bloomfield Avenue and next to the Garden State Parkway. worthington manufactures smaller pumps at a plant east of the station and across the street from the white former bread bakery. bob gillis The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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