January 24, 2024
DIAMOND ERIE LACKAWANNA ++V 27#2 BELLS-BELLS-BELLS, HORNELL,NY,OLEANS. 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, N.Y., GUARDED TWO BUSY MAIN LINES AND COULD PROVE TO BE A CHALENGING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERIE/ERIE LACKAWANA TOWER OPERATORS. WELCOME ABOARD, IN THIS ISSUE,BELLS, BELLS, BELLS. AN INSIGHT TO OPERATING A MANUAL BLOCK TRAIN-ORDER STATION. BEFORE AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNALING AND ITS REPLACEMENT--CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL--WERE DVELOPED, RAIROADS WERE OPERATED PRIARILY BY A CONBINATION OF EMPLOYEE TIMETABLES, TRAIN ORDERS FROM THE DISPATCHER (LATER TELEPHONE) , AND THE MANUAL BLOCK SYSTEM. THE ERIE SPENT MONEY CAUTIOUSLY--SOME WOULD SAY STINGILY--AND MODERNIZED ITS SIGNAL ONLY WHEN THERE WAS CLEAR NEED TO DO SO. TWO PHOTOS.JOHN BERNET'S LEGACY IN HORNELL, NEW YORK, PART ONE. THE EARLY HISTORY OF HORNELL,N.Y. AND HOW JOHN BERNET INFLUENCED ITS PLACE IN ERIE HISTORY. IN MORE THEN A CENTURY OF OPERATION AT HORELL THE ERIE RAILROAD HAD TRANSFORMED A SIMPLE JUNCTION INTO A COMPLEX OCCUPYING MORE THN THREE MILES OF RIVER FLATS. THE SUSQUEHANA, ALLEGHANY, AND BUFFALO DIVISIONS MET AT CASS STREET TOWER. BETWEEN THERE AND ZY TOWER UNFURLED A PANORAMA OF 1950s RAILROADING. EIGHT PHOTOS.SHORT
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