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RE: (erielack) EL & Erie 50' double door boxcars
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:11 AM
> Subject: Re: (erielack) EL & Erie 50' double door boxcars
>
>
> > Mike, Todd and group,
> >
> > Now that's interesting. D&H is about the least likely
> Scranton Class 1 to be handling auto traffic into that city, since most of the
> assembly lines were in the midwest and the D&H was pointed towards New England
> and eastern Canada. The autos were most likely received in interchange from the Erie at
> > Jefferson Jct (so Erie was still getting the bulk of the line-haul), D&H
> or LV at Binghamton, or a more circuitous route off the NYC at
> Schenectady. In the EL era, the only auto ramp in northeast PA was the
> Chrysler facility at Mount Pocono. EL also had a facility at Jersey City. One thing that
> puzzles me is why it didn't have an auto unloading ramp on the west
> end, Chicago being the most obvious market. EL handled substantial westbound auto
> traffic from Ford at Mahwah and from the GM plant at Framingham MA (received from
> NH/PC at Maybrook), and apparently interchanged all of it with western
> connections. Does anyone know how this traffic was routed?
> >
> > Paul B
I didn't read this post very carefully the first time around. (This is quoted from Todd's response,
therefore all the >'s.)
For GM vehicles, I would bet that the traffic on the D&H was, in fact, coming off the NYC at
Schenectady. The Detroit area plants, and certainly the Framingham plant (the B&A line runs
directly adjacent to it) could ship that way. And I bet the tariff they published gave an
advantageous rate. The Ford plant at Mahwah is more problematic. Is there any information about
which brand lines were going via D&H?
I can believe that the ERIE/EL got the business via Maybrook from the NH, but I'd guess it much less
likely after it became PC.
SGL
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