by edbac333
Related to,but off topic from the East bridgeport Yard thread question to Noel, Et al: How much coal was recieved and how would it be routed to Bridgeport Harbor Station up to the late 1960's when that station was converted to oil?
When I worked there in the early/mid 1980's,there was still some trackage on the property and a "Thawing Out "shed where cars carrying coal were dumped into grated hoppers.In this shed was also the station's switch locomotive which was painted in the same yellow color and UI logo that the company's truck fleet was painted in at the time.
When that station's Unit #3 was converted back to coal in 1985,the engineer in charge of the project(was and still is a railfan) was very disappointed that coal could not be brought in by rail because as he told me at the time" there are no bridges over the Hudson River or associated track capacity to bring that amount of coal to Bridgeport".Personally I think it would be more track issues than bridge issues,but that is what he told me.
Thanks,
Ed Baclawski
When I worked there in the early/mid 1980's,there was still some trackage on the property and a "Thawing Out "shed where cars carrying coal were dumped into grated hoppers.In this shed was also the station's switch locomotive which was painted in the same yellow color and UI logo that the company's truck fleet was painted in at the time.
When that station's Unit #3 was converted back to coal in 1985,the engineer in charge of the project(was and still is a railfan) was very disappointed that coal could not be brought in by rail because as he told me at the time" there are no bridges over the Hudson River or associated track capacity to bring that amount of coal to Bridgeport".Personally I think it would be more track issues than bridge issues,but that is what he told me.
Thanks,
Ed Baclawski