(erielack) Re: Attica Branch Questions

[Smtimko_@_aol.com]

Paul
 
I'm not familiar with the salt operations on the Buffalo Division.
 
BM-7, BM-9, RC-98 and MF-74 operated via B&SW and River Line from  time to 
time as the traffic patterns changed, new traffic was developed or old  traffic 
lost.  
 
When I first started in 1965 all of those trains operated via  B&SW.  After 
the trains got too big for the hill, the River Jct Wye  Track was rebuilt and 
BM-9/MF-74 operated via River Jct (NT).  BM-7 and  RC-98 operated via B&SW.
 
Trains operating via NT did set off and pick up at Silver Springs on  
occasions, and at other times, the traffic was hauled into Bison and brought  back on 
a Way Freight.  It changed frequently; with change of local and  divisional 
management.  There were always different plans to operate better  and more 
efficiently.
 
Probably the best plan was one that the Meadville crews operated RC-98 via  
B&SW, rested in Buffalo and returned via River Jct on BM-9.
 
The Buffalo crews operated BM-7 via the B&SW, rested in Meadville and  
returned to Buffalo on MF-74 via River Jct.  
 
This plan was not cast in stone either because if BM-9 had 12 cars leaving  
Buffalo the crew would ask to go B&SW, shorter, quicker route with small  train 
and still get paid the mileage via NT.
 
BM-7 would usually handle cars for Hamburg, Dayton,Jamestown and  Meadville.  
Train would show up at Waterboro with 4 GP-7's and 10 or 15  cars.  On the 
flip side, the BM-9 was usually a tonnage train with 120 cars  or more.
 
SMT



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