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RE: (erielack) Attica Branch Questions
Paul,
For what it's worth, the Passing Report shows movement from BX to station
2660 (Attica) for 3 cars on train ATWF. Nothing from 2660.
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Brezicki [mailto:doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 12:50 AM
> To: EL Mailing List; Smtimko_@_aol.com
> Subject: (erielack) Attica Branch Questions
>
>
> Steve and List,
>
> I have a few questions about EL operations on this branch; Steve, I think
> you may be familiar with this area also. The first involves
> interchange of
> salt traffic with the G&W. It appears that this took place at 3
> locations:
> the bulk of it occurred at Greigsville on the former DL&W main, and less
> than a mile from the big salt mine at Retsof; G&W Jct (Caledonia) on the
> Erie Rochester branch; and indirectly via P&L (Pittsburgh &
> Lehigh) Jct to
> B&O's BR&P line at Silver Springs on the Erie Buffalo main. (This last
> became the interchange with D&H when it assumed traffic rights on
> Conrail).
> Why 3 interchanges for the salt traffic?
>
> Secondly, was all of the Attica branch traffic routed through Buffalo, or
> did some head directly east from Attica? As far as I can tell, operations
> consisted of the following:
> RC-98 or 298, BFO-Rochester and running off BR-100 from Meadville
> RM-97, Rochester-BFO
> Groveland Turn out of Bison, mostly salt off the G&W at Greigsville
> Avon local, based at Avon and running west as far as Attica
>
> In addition, the salt business was heavy enough to warrant solid salt
> consists, although I don't know how frequently these were
> operated. Much of
> this salt traffic traffic headed east to the Port of Albany,
> which continued
> after 1976; the D&H operated dedicated consists of this traffic.
>
> In the 1970's, both BM-7 and BM-9 usually operated via Attica and
> River Jct
> mainly to avoid the steep WB grade on the B&SW. Did these trains and EB
> trains like ATC-4 and BS-2 pick up Attica branch cars at Attica
> to save the
> 25 mile backhaul to Bison?
>
> As an aside, the name "Attica Branch" is an anomaly, since
> branchlines are
> generally named for the endpoint, not the mainline Jct; eg: it's
> the Dayton
> Branch, not the Marion Branch.
>
> Paul B
>
>
>
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