[PRCo] Re: Fw: Nickel Plate 765

[Herb Brannon]

Make that Pittsburgh to Bellevue. Not Conway.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

> Dennis,
>
> Do you happen to know the schedule for the 765 leaving Conway to Bellevue?
> Someone on the "ClevelandRail" list has asked the question.
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> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Dennis F Cramer <trombone at windstream.net>wrote:
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>> 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/
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>> 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.
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>>
>> 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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