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From: "R DOT M DOT \"Rich\" Tubbs" rich AT richtubbs DOT net
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:07:52 -0500
Subject: Fw: Erie Lackawanna Website
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Listers,

Merry Christmas to All !!

I received this on my website and had to share it with all. The details in
the shot are fabulous! Enjoy!!

Rich Tubbs
Marion, OH


----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Byrnes danbyrnes AT charter DOT net
To: 'R.M."Rich" Tubbs'
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:39 PM
Subject: Lackawanna Engine 697 (steam)


My uncle worked the tower in Hoboken. I think his title was "dispatcher"
when he worked there.. His name was Robert Byrnes.
He retired after the state took over the EL.. I recall him saying that you
had to watch everything you said after the state took over.
He said that they would call other workers using private phone lines if they
had something to say that the state should not hear..
My other uncle was a flagman in the yard at Hoboken and Jersey City. His
name was Francis (Brud) Byrnes.
My father spent many years as ticket agent at Newark, NJ.. He retired as
stationmaster at South Orange..He was Joseph Byrnes.

My father had my brothers and I ride the last passenger steam locomotive to
Hoboken (from Morristown). That was in the early 1950s.
There is a tunnel just before Hoboken about a mile long. I remember they
closed up the windows on the train before the tunnel. Soot, I guess.
He wanted us to remember that we rode the last passenger train powered by
steam on the Lackawanna.

I worked for a short time as a fireman for the EL (doing mostly drills).
Once in a while I got put with some old Erie engineers. They would not cut
me any slack!
"Call out those signals!"

My grandfather was listed on the 1910 census as a fireman and an engineer on
the 1920 census.
He was engineer on that camelback. His name was Francis Byrnes. Two of his
brothers (Joseph and Charles) were telegraph operators for the DL&W back in
the 1920s.
Joseph died in the 1930s and Charles (called Pete) retired from the
railroad.

I can remember several trips on the Phoebe Snow riding from Dover, NJ to
Buffalo (and back). I recall the two shiny Nickel Plate cars they used
for sleepers.

I do not have any more information on the picture of the camelback. I did
attach a high resolution copy of the picture. If anyone has any info, I
would appreciate knowing about it. I couldn't find that engine number
listed anywhere. I did find some information on engine 1113 that my
grandfather drove later.
Camelback 697.. My grandfather was the engineer and is standing on engine
with light colored coat.
I don't know where or when this picture was taken but he worked the line
from Hoboken to Dover (I think).
Later he was on engine 1113.

Enjoy your Christmas! Dan Byrnes danbyrnes@charter.net



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