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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1960s
12/24/61 WHT (Whitehall Turn), power 4123-4073-4031, local freight rate, marked on Rouses Point 9:30 AM, change to 4031-4073-4108 @ Whitehall, 45" final terminal delay, marked off Rouses Point 10:35 PM, on duty 13:05, paid $50.48 for 239 miles, P.B. O'Neil engineer, Cooper fireman. |
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Dick Cooper Time Book - Guilford Error
10/30/85 Regular day off.
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10/31/85 PYRP, power B&M 1567-MEC 294, through freight rate, marked on Mechanicville 7:00 PM, 15" initial terminal delay, taxi to train @ Mohawk, marked off Rouses Point 4:30 AM, on duty 9:30, paid $183.31 for 193 miles, Cooper engineer, T. Vogt fireman/trainee, T. Heller conductor. |
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
7/15/80 AM-2, power 7601-7612-7618, through freight rate, marked on Hudson 11:59 PM, 30" time off assignment on CR (LV), 54" final terminal delay, marked off Oneonta 10:25 AM, on duty 10:26, paid $132.26 for 147 miles, Cooper engineer, no fireman, S.L. Loomis conductor. |
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Re: Richmond Hill and a Switch
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI agree with Bill. I have this duplicate slide in my collection. My slide
is marked ¡°D&H 4027, 4045. 8/6/60 Richmond Hill, NY.¡± This is a northbound
freight coming off Track 4 (identified as Track 2 in 1960) at the top of the
grade. As a kid, I remember seeing the line but by that time, most of Track 2
had been abandoned and a short segment was being used to store cars. Photos of
the low grade line are hard to come by.
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Les Sittler
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Sent: Monday, December 2, 2024 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [DandH-Railroad] Richmond Hill and a
Switch ?
First the slide is labeled incorrectly as it should be
Richmondville Hill.? The only place it could be would be DE Cabin ("Dante")
where the low grade line diverged from the main. It was abandoned in 1964 so
this would be near the end of its operational life. You can still see a lot of
the old ROW when travelling on I88. This picture would be a little west of where
Rt 7 passes over the tracks just west of West Richmondville. Dante would have
been south of Rt 7. The next most obvious landmark is the old bridge abutments
on Brooker Hollow Road. (Not sure if they are still there). Not sure that is
where the slide is from though. This is a little before my time and I don't
recall any pictures of the track there.
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On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 7:56?PM Charles Woolever
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Re: Richmond Hill and a Switch
D&H had 2 mains at one time running south of Schenectady. People refer to them as the High line and low line. One was eventually abandoned and parts of that row eventually became I-88 Neat picture!? Maybe this was a Northbound train on the low line approaching the area where the North end of the Richmondville siding interlocking is at currently? On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 7:56?PM Charles Woolever via <yahoo=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Richmond Hill and a Switch
First the slide is labeled incorrectly as it should be Richmondville Hill.? The only place it could be would be DE Cabin ("Dante") where the low grade line diverged from the main. It was abandoned in 1964 so this would be near the end of its operational life. You can still see a lot of the old ROW when travelling on I88. This picture would be a little west of where Rt 7 passes over the tracks just west of West Richmondville. Dante would have been south of Rt 7. The next most obvious landmark is the old bridge abutments on Brooker Hollow?Road. (Not sure if they are still there). Not sure that is where the slide is from though. This is a little before my time and I don't recall any pictures of the track there. Bill Phillips On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 7:56?PM Charles Woolever via <yahoo=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
Al, He may have taken the train out there once, but generally he did drive. He did a lot of railfanning when he was out there and would have needed a car to get around as well as report for work. As a matter of fact, he would sleep in the back of his Ford wagon on the way out and back instead of in a motel. Of course, that ended when he married my mom. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Ed
On Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 09:21:13 AM EST, Al Zubal <azubal@...> wrote:
Ed
Did your father take the train or did he drive back and forth to Colorado? Thank you Al ----------------------------------------- From: "Ed Cox via groups.io"To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Saturday November 30 2024 7:04:14AM Subject: [DandH-Railroad] Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande 11/10-12/61 Layed in.
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11/13/61 Antonito turn, power GP7 5102, local freight rate,
marked on Alamosa 3:15 PM, 10" tying up, marked off Alamosa 9:40
PM, on duty 6:25, paid $20.21 for 102 miles, G.B. Greathouse
engineer, Cooper fireman.?
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Ed Cox