Thanks. Hopefully he'll be able to check soon.
-Mike
-Mike
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nessman wrote:Why would they abandon past Rt 96 in Manchester? So long as Victor Insulators is receiving loads... and there's storage at the end of the track...You may be forgetting the purpose of the railroad. It's not to move freight cars. It's to make money. I don't know how many cars a month Victor gets, but it's darn few. I'm guessing maybe 4 or 5 a month. Federal regulations require the track be inspected weekly. Crossing signals must be inspected monthly, with more complex inspection quarterly and even more so annually. Those crossings each have an RG&E feed buying electricity - and there are 9 of them. Track maintenance, train crew time, car hire, overhead such as office staff and management. Liability if some trespasser gets hurt. There are all sorts of other factors - politics to name a big one.
lvrr325 wrote:I mean Victor Insulator was never more than one or two cars at a time.I presume you mean in FGLK's time. Back in ONCT's early days, VI always had 5 or 6 cars at a time up there, and had an employee who did nothing but unload railcars his whole shift. The train usually ran twice a week and often had 3 or 4 VI cars each trip. That involved switching as they USUALLY wanted the older cars first, except when there was something hot coming in. Yes, there were times when they did not get anything for a week or so, but overall they were busy.
BR&P wrote:The insulator works gets a few cars a month.No more Ryan?
I know the storage cars came and went several times. I don't know whether the town "made them" move them, or if they were just ordered out.
Nothing official, but my guess is before too long the track will end just east of the Rt. 96 crossing near Manchester. I would love to be proved wrong, but I just don't see any major industry locating along there. Between the state's economy in general, and the spread of residential development, I think the handwriting is on the wall. It was fun while it lasted.
ON THIS DAY - 02-23-1982 Conrail to ONCT 5 cars for Victor Insulator, 2 for Dekalb, and one for Iron City Sash & Door. That brought the ONCT traffic count year to date up to 42 cars.