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(erielack) Re: Attica Branch Questions
Steve,
Did MF-74 take any Shawmut coal to Buffalo? That would be another reason to operate via Salamanca and NT.
Paul
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From: Smtimko_@_aol.com
To: doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net ; erielack@lists.railfan.net
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: Attica Branch Questions
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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