Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - NYC St. Lawrence Division
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Dave,
I really have no idea why it took so long to make the trip. It's not likely they had to wait for the engines to be ready as it was usual for everything to have been ready for the road crew to get on, oil things up, get the steam pressure up, take a brake test and go. I suspect they were put "in the hole" a few times, waiting for traffic to clear.
I really enjoy sharing the info. Although I don't see many responses to what I post. I am always encouraged to keep them coming.
Have a great week.
Ed
On Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 06:42:32 PM EDT, Dave Simmons via groups.io <bdsimm7@...> wrote:
Ed --
? ? Even in the steam days, it wouldn't have taken 12 hours 10 minutes to get from DeWitt to Watertown! ?So much of that time was in DeWitt Yard. ?Did it take a lot more time to get the steam locos prepared to get out of the yard and on to the line than it does now with diesels? ?They probably had to wait somewhere for south-bounds. ?
? ? I wonder what percentage of the traffic south from Watertown to Syracuse (they probably bypassed DeWitt) was Benson Mines ore traffic, and what was everything else. ?I am glad to hear that most of the Canadian traffic went via Utica and the Adirondack Division.
? ? Thanks for all your information, D&H and NYC, as well as D&RGW NG.
Dave Simmons
10/9/48 Layed in.
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10/10/48 B1Wx, engine watch on Alco class L-2d 4-8-2 2967, train power Alco class L-2c 4-8-2 2895, through freight rate, marked on DeWitt 11:30 AM, marked off Watertown 12:10 AM, on duty 12:40, paid $20.50 for 187 miles, Kellogg engineer, Cooper engine watch.
-- Ed Cox
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Ed Cox