twinship wrote:i remember seeing the LV line from my dorm room at UR in the early 70s,but never knew the EL had been there as well, hauling coal to the UR powerplant.
Powerplant was served by LV. There was a tragic collision in that general area, I believe a bit farther north. An EMD switcher with cars for the U of R and a doodlebug came together with the loss of...2 lives? in the ....late 1940's? Both those points are from recall and subject to correction if I'm wrong.
EDIT: From a 10-year old thread on here, the following posted courtesy of JR - "The LV doodlebug / switcher was on Jan 27th, 1940, resulting in two crew fatalities." That thread is
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