(erielack) Re: Youngstown Perishables

[Smtimko_@_aol.com]

Paul and group---
 
I don't recall any public team tracks that served auctions, terminals, etc  
in Youngstown.
 
All four major railroads (Erie, B&O, PRR and NYC) had their own freight  
houses and team tracks.  The P&LE was a part of the Erie's via  the Terminal 
Warehouse, later switching to the NYC's Freight House.
 
Only the B&O served the team track near downtown on a short industrial  track 
from their Hazelton Yard.  The EL Operator at NK Target (on the  Haselton 
Branch) had to run down a release and then throw a hand-operated target  to allow 
the B&O crew to cross the PRR's E&A Branch.  I worked this  job at NK Target 
when I first started in 1965.  NK Target was a first step  for new operators.  
 
Just venturing a guess, but I would think the perishable traffic to  
Youngstown was a dozen cars a day on EL fwhen I started (including the cars from  the 
NYC transfer), declining somewhat toward the end of EL as A&P closed and  
piggyback took it's toll on carload traffic.  
 
SMT
 



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