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From: Todd Hollritt thollritt AT yahoo DOT com
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 08:46:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: (erielack) Caldwell Branch Hike
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Schuyler Larrabee wrote:
1906 is in between the 1901 and 1916 ORER's I've got. Checking both, the only cars in the 800 series are in the passenger
equipment listings, combines, "under 60' long" and with a seating capy "under 70."

In 1901, the NYS&W had milk cars, series 800-830, but they had (at least in 1901) NYS&W reporting marks, not ERIE. Possibly,
by 1906, they had been relettered to ERIE? There are a lot of notes in the 1901 book covering the in-process renumbering and
relettering of equipment, but it doesn't speak to that for these cars.

Maybe somebody will know about J S Udall. Does that say "Cmdr?" As in "Commander J S Udall?" Commander of what, I wonder.

SGL

At first I was thinking the Erie car was a freight car of some sort, but it makes sense it would be a passenger/baggage car of some sort. Would a Mr."Cmdr" Udall be the owner of a Dairy Farm? Possible Milk transport?? just a thought. Why else would you waybill such a car? The 500 series trains must be passenger trains I am guessing.

Okay, to get the Lackawanna fans intrested here's an Erie Railroad "Freight Train List" dated January 31, 1908. As you can see there's a DL&W Cement car in the consist! :)

Erie Engine 98 hauled this seven car train westbound on the Caldwell Branch, most of it Coal! The train Cunductor "Mr. Post" noted they operated from BS to GA as an "Extra". GA refers to Great Notch, where was "BS"... Jersey City? Other list's I have show mostly Coal deliveries. But a few include "Brick" shipments to the Overbrook Hospital in Verona.

Todd (ELHS 1318)



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