January 24, 2024
DIAMOND BELLS,BELLS,BELS,JOHN BERNETT'S HORNELL,N.Y. PT1,ERIE AT OLEAN'S X TOWER
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THIS IS THE DIAMOND VOL 27 , NO 2, 2013. PRODUCED BY THE ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THIS ITEM WOULD BE A GREAT REFERENCE OF THE HISTORY OF ANTHRACITE RAILROADS. FRONT COVER: IT LOOKS QUIET AND PEACEFUL ON THIS SEPTEMBER 16, 1961, BUT X TOWER IN OLEAN, NEW YORK, GUARDED TWO MAIN LINES AND COULD BE A CHALLEGING RESPONSIBILTY FOR ERIE/ERIE LACKAWANNA OPERATORS.WELCOME ABOARD, IN THIS ISSUE:BELLS, BELLS, BELLS. AN INSIGHT TO OPERATING A MANUAL BLOCK TRAIN-ORDER STATION. THIS IS A STORY OF WORKER THAT HAD NO EXPERIENCE OR SENIORITY, AND HAD TO QUALIFY FOR AND LATER WORKED ALMOST ALL THE AGENT/OPERATOR JOBS ON THE NEW YORK GREENWOOD LAKE DIVISION AND ITS BRANCHES IN 1952. TWO PHOTOS.JOHN BERNET'S LEGACY IN HORNELL, NEW YORK. PART ONE, THE DOOR TO THE WEST. THE EARLY HISTORY OF HORNELL, NEW YORK, AND HOW JOHN BERNETT INFLUENCED ITS PLACE IN ERIE HISTORY. IN MORE THAN A CENTURY OF OPERATION AT HORNELL, THE ERIE RAILROAD HAD RANSFORMED A SIMPLE JUNCTION INTO A COMPLEX OCCUPYING MORE THEN THREE MILES OF RIVER FLATS. THE DEPOT WAS ITS SUSQUEHANNA OFFICE. BEYOND THE RIVER BRDGE AND EAST AVENUE AWATED THE SPRAWLING FACILITIES THAT HAD SERVED AS THE RAILROADS PRINCIPAL HUB FOR EASTBOUND TRAFFIC SINCE HE DEPRESSIN - THE HUMP YARD AND THE ICE HOUSE. HORNELL WAS HOME TO ONLY 20,000 RESIDENTS. EIGHT PHOTOS.SHORT TRAINS, LONG TRAINS. THE ERIE
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