Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
10/28/61 Placed on vacant standard gauge turn with E. Madorin @ 2:00 AM. 10/28/61 MVT, power GP7 5102, local freight rate, marked on Alamosa 3:00 PM, 25" tying up, marked off Alamosa 10:15 PM, on duty
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1960s
12/7/61 Plattsburg yard, power 4096, yard-local freight rate, marked on Plattsburg 11:00 PM, marked off Plattsburg 7:00 AM, on duty 8:00, paid $22.56 for 100 miles, H.O. Pecotte engineer, Cooper
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1940's
Thank you very much Gordon. I appreciate all the information you share with us all. I miss him too. Ed
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1940's
I would like to make a few points on the background here. First, about local freight service on the Susquehanna Division in the 1950's through the 1970's. It appears that Dick worked a local freight
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Gordon Davids
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1950s
4/20/53 Layed in. 4/21/53 Mohawk yard, power 3010, yard-local freight rate, marked on Mohawk 6:30 AM, marked off Mohawk 2:30 PM, on duty 8:00, paid $15.19 for 100 miles, Young engineer, Cooper
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1940's
1/6/49 Layed in. 1/7/49 Cooperstown branch, power 954, local freight rate, marked on Oneonta 9:30 AM, marked off Oneonta 2:55 PM, on duty 5:25, paid $11.48 for 100 miles, Odell engineer, Cooper
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - Guilford Error
10/14/85 RPPY, power B&M 205-D&H 7404-B&M 312, through freight rate, marked on Rouses Point 6:30 PM, train to Mohawk, taxi to Mechanicville, marked off Mechanicville 3:20 AM, on duty 8:50, paid
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Ed Cox
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Rutland RWY Rouses Point <> Alburg, VT Trestle/Bridge Fire
Hey, Guys, My apologies to those who might think I'm posting Off Topic. You could literally see the smoke from this incident from the D&H, so I'm figuring I can squeeze it in. I'm making some good
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Richard E. Shivik
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1980s
6/24/80 RW-6, power CR GP38-2 8235-D&H 7619, through freight rate, marked on Oneonta 7:00 PM, to Carey Ave., 30" final terminal delay, marked off Hudson 4:30 AM, on duty 9:30, paid $123087 for 150
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1970s
5/24/71 RW-6, power 602-EL GP35 2556-D&H 709-606, through freight rate, marked on Whitehall 2:00 AM, picked up 5004 @ MX, gave 5004 to OA-1 @ WH, marked off Oneonta 8:30 AM, on duty 6:30, paid $50.28
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Ed Cox
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1969
5/5/69 Rouses Point yard, power 4022, yard rate, marked on Rouses Point 3:00 PM, marked off Rouses Point 12:45 AM, on duty 9:45, paid $58.14 for 202 miles, Cooper emergency engineer, K.C. Peterson
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1950s
More great information. Thanks again Gordon. Ed
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1950s
D&H Dimension Loads Moving dimension and heavy loads for GE on the D&H was always an interesting challenge. GE Schenectady had some cars with the highest maximum gross weight in the country. One that
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Gordon Davids
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Dick Cooper Time Book - 1962
6/7/62 SC19, power 4111-4099, local freight rate, marked on Whitehall 9:45 AM, marked off Rouses Point 4:30 PM, on duty 6:45, paid $23.37 for 115 miles, A. Gennette engineer, Cooper fireman.
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
Thanks Ed. Always interesting to know how they did things in different areas. In my career it has been mostly under 'system' seniority. [email protected]> wrote:
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Al Whalen
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
Al, I believe it was all determined by seniority divisions, just like on the D&H. One thing that some people forget is, narrow gage and standard track was present together in some, if not all
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
Ed, It appears from the entries that your Dad was able to work on the narrow-guage and the standard guage portions of the Rio Grande. Do you know if this was common practice for most employees in that
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Al Whalen
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1950s
Thank you, Gordon. I like to compare the operations on the REAL D&H to my experiences on the same territory post-2000 under CP. Al W. [email protected]> wrote:
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Al Whalen
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Dick Cooper Time Book - Rio Grande
10/27/61 Antonito turn, power GP7 5104, local freight rate, marked on Alamosa 3:15 PM, marked off Alamosa 1:35 AM, on duty 10:20, paid $28.53 for 144 miles, C.T. Sisemore engineer, Cooper fireman.
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Ed Cox
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Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - 1950s
Thanks Gordon. Ed
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Ed Cox
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