[PRCo] Re: Fw: Nickel Plate 765

[Herb Brannon]

Dennis,
Do you happen to know the schedule for the 765 leaving Conway to Bellevue?
Someone on the "ClevelandRail" list has asked the question.

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Dennis F Cramer <trombone at windstream.net>wrote:

> Sorry if things get reposted--
>
> My time stamp was off by 10 minutes, so they got to Lilly at 2:45 P.
>
> We all know how dirty the coal industry can be. Fred shoveled coal at
> Strasburg (their locomotives are too clean also) and I worked 2 summers in
> the beehive coke industry.
>
> The speed seemed faster than 40 MPH, but I do not have a smart phone, so I
> could not access the tracking device once I left home to check the speed. I
> will look before I go back to chase her next Monday on the return trip from
> Enola to Conway.
>
> The cars are leased from Mid America. http://www.midamericarailcar.com/
>
> The gondolas carry the coal and or have coal loaded there first to avoid
> having it scooped from the ground. Apparently at some time in the past
> while loading coal trackside, a front-end loader picked up a tie plate and
> it did a number on the screw of the stoker, so now they load their own coal.
>
> The service and water stop was Altoona, as Derrick mentioned.
>
> Both Johnstown & Altoona television covered the trip.
>
>
> http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/old-steam-engine-travels-along-prr-line/nQ9r8/
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>           Dennis F. Cramer
> http://home.windstream.net/dfc1
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park