Re: (erielack) Train Yard Symbols

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

That's interesting, the pig terminal in my HO layout's Binghamton yard is a
single track with 7 car capacity, although I'm going to unprototypically use
a sideloader. The caption says west end.

Paul B

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dad" <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>
To: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Train Yard Symbols


> The ramp was a single track siding on the East side of the mainliine.
Can't
> remember which trains handled the pigs. The track held about 7 TTX flats
> with 2 trailers on each. . I'll have to look at the DIAMOND to see if it's
> the east end of the yard.
> Walt Smith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
> To: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:23 AM
> Subject: (erielack) Train Yard Symbols
>
>
> > Thanks, Walt. Do you mind answering a few more questions on this?
> > Was the ramp at BY one track or several, and how many cars could it
(they)
> > hold?
> > Which symbol trains carried TOFC's for this ramp, and how many trailers
> > did
> > the ramp handle approximately?
> > Is the photo in the Diamond at the west end of BY?
> >
> > Paul B
> >
> > BY was east binghamton, the TOFC ramp was just across the mainline from
> > the
> > old BY tower. I spent many hours setting piggyback flats in & out there.
> > First of course, we'd have to take them all to the roundhouse turntable
to
> > get them pointed do the trailers would be headed south for it was at the
> > south end of the siding that the ramp sat. You'd also have to sit until
BY
> > could let u across both maintracks and tie up the WB main for ur
headroom.
> > The yard at the beginning of the Syracuse Div'n was "YO". Hard to
believe
> > it's gone now..........we had a round the clock engine there (3 shifts).
> > Regards,
> > Walt Smith
> >
> >
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