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
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
EdDid your father take the train or did he drive back and forth to
Colorado?Thank youAl
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Al Zubal
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Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
11/10-12/61 Layed in.
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.
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1960s
12/23/61 SC19, power 4049-4093-4112, local freight rate, marked on Whitehall 11:00 AM, cut engine at Jones', marked off Rouses Point 7:10 AM, on duty 8:10, paid $24.29 for 115 miles, A.J. Bombardier
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1950s
5/15/53 Layed in.
5/16/53 deadhead, local freight rate, marked on Mohawk 5:45 AM, marked off Colonie 6:45 AM, on duty 1:00, paid $2.26 for 16 miles.
5/16/53 SU-4, power 4002, local freight rate,
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - Guilford Error
10/29/85 RPPY, power B&M 338-D&H 2918-MEC 226-B&M 311, through freight rate, marked on Rouses Point 9:30 PM, 2:00 Premium time, 45" initial terminal delay, 15" switching @ Z, train to Mohawk, taxi to
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
7/6/80 Layed off.
7/7-13/80 Vacation.
7/14/80 NE-87, power 7401-754, through freight rate, marked on Oneonta 6:30 PM, 35" initial terminal delay, 754 failed at Oneonta, changed to 7417-7408-2304,
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1970s
6/2/71 RW-6, power 758-757-702, through freight rate, marked on Whitehall 7:30 AM, 12" initial terminal delay, 702 not loading out of Whitehall, marked off Oneonta 2:20 PM, on duty 6:50, paid $40.41
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1969
5/15-20/69 Layed off.
5/26-6/1/69 1 weeks vacation.
5/30/69 Assigned fireman's position on WR-1/RW-6, Oneonta home terminal by bid.
6/2-22/69 3 weeks vacation.
6/23/69 Reported @ 3:30 AM.
6/24/69
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1962
8/18/62 Rouses Point yard, power 4100, yard rate, marked on Rouses Point 2:30 PM, change to 4025, marked off Rouses Point 1:35 AM, on duty 11:05, paid $37.21 for 158 miles, Cooper emergency engineer,
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
11/9/61 XE2 (extra east), power narrow gauge class K-36 2-8-2 483, through freight rate, marked on Chama 7:45 PM, ran lite, marked off Alamosa 2:10 AM, on duty 6:25, paid $21.64 for 106 miles, G.B.
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1960s
12/22/61 SC-20, power 4086-5000-4115, local freight rate, marked on Rouses Point 9:00 AM, marked off Whitehall 5:25 PM, on duty 8:25, paid $24.29 for 115? miles, A.J. Bombardier engineer, Cooper
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
Ed --? Thanks for this info; It helps to understand what happened back then.? ? ? ? Dave Simmons
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Dave Simmons
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1950s
5/14/53 Mohawk hostler, through freight rate, marked on Mohawk 10:40 PM, marked off Mohawk 6:40 AM, on duty 8:00, paid $24.11 for 150 miles.
I have no idea why he was paid at the "through freight
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
Thanks again Gordon. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Ed
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
I think I can explain a few things here. The ENO-1 ran from Enola to Sunbury on Conrail, then on the Sunbury Main of the First Subdivision to SX Hudson, original First Subdivision (former Pennsylvania
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Gordon Davids
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
Ed --? Thanks for the explanation.? I forgot about the tunnel work.? Even with CR, the W-B/Scranton area must have been difficult to get through with a long train!
Dave Simmons
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Dave Simmons
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Dick Cooper Time Book - Guilford Error
10/27/85 Regular day off.
10/28/85 PYRP, power B&M 351-311-D&H 7320, through freight rate, marked on Mechanicville 7:30 PM, taxi to train in Mohawk, marked off Rouses Point 5:30 AM, on duty 10:00,
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
Dave,?
By 1980 it was Conrail he had to contend with not EL & LV. Anything could have been holding them up. At around that time, they were working on the tunnel, I think, and trains had to be
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
Ed --
? ? ?It certainly took him a long time to get through Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and Carbondale!? Did the D&H control any of the interlocking towers down there?? Or were the towers controlled
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Dave Simmons
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