I had posted this question on the DL&W thread but hadn’t received an answer so here goes:
Dansville Hill Grade
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Post Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:51 pm
In regards to the grade of the DL&W at Dansville, I can't find the thread I read when the comments were referencing the need for pushers north bound (west) for freights loaded with coal , but returning empty ( SB or East ) they were not needed -my couple questions are:
I presumed the grade was going DOWN from Wayland to Dansville. ( NB) ???????
My assumption looking at the ROW from 390.
Did the Erie take over this segment from the DL? If so. did the Erie haul coal or had that diminished by the time of take over?
And lastly, I know the coal on other lines went to be loaded on Ontario lake freighters - Charlotte, Sodus Bay and Fairhaven ,but where was the coal on the DL destined?
Mark
Dansville Hill Grade
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Post Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:51 pm
In regards to the grade of the DL&W at Dansville, I can't find the thread I read when the comments were referencing the need for pushers north bound (west) for freights loaded with coal , but returning empty ( SB or East ) they were not needed -my couple questions are:
I presumed the grade was going DOWN from Wayland to Dansville. ( NB) ???????
My assumption looking at the ROW from 390.
Did the Erie take over this segment from the DL? If so. did the Erie haul coal or had that diminished by the time of take over?
And lastly, I know the coal on other lines went to be loaded on Ontario lake freighters - Charlotte, Sodus Bay and Fairhaven ,but where was the coal on the DL destined?
Mark