01-12-2018, 08:42 AM
Thank you for your help Larry! I really appreciate it.
I stumbled upon this 2012 article about a telegrapher working in Springfield. He started his career in 1954. While his reminescences aren't dated, they seem to fit the 50s-60s era since he refer to pre-Conrail trains.
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/l...qa9KgUJBI/
He mentions Erie only ran a local train from Marion to Dayton. The train ran 6 days a week, starting in Marion, the team spent the nigh in Dayton before returning back in Marion. According to the Erie Magazine 1955 article, they usually left Dayton at 2 PM but depending on work, they could reach Marion the next morning. It was implied they would switch all the town on the line well into the middle of the night.
Here's the Erie Magazine article. On the cover is the caboose of the Dayton branch local train. The article starts on page 10. The caboose had an air-activated whistle for backing moves. Anybody ever though about installing a sound decoder in a caboose... would be a neat feature.
![[Image: ERIE_May1955.pdf]](http://elmags.railfan.net/ERIE_May1955.pdf)
Now, the interesting thing would be to know what the Big Four (NYC) ran on Dayton Branch... Their trains run by Maitland, that is a fact.
Matt
I stumbled upon this 2012 article about a telegrapher working in Springfield. He started his career in 1954. While his reminescences aren't dated, they seem to fit the 50s-60s era since he refer to pre-Conrail trains.
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/l...qa9KgUJBI/
He mentions Erie only ran a local train from Marion to Dayton. The train ran 6 days a week, starting in Marion, the team spent the nigh in Dayton before returning back in Marion. According to the Erie Magazine 1955 article, they usually left Dayton at 2 PM but depending on work, they could reach Marion the next morning. It was implied they would switch all the town on the line well into the middle of the night.
Here's the Erie Magazine article. On the cover is the caboose of the Dayton branch local train. The article starts on page 10. The caboose had an air-activated whistle for backing moves. Anybody ever though about installing a sound decoder in a caboose... would be a neat feature.
Now, the interesting thing would be to know what the Big Four (NYC) ran on Dayton Branch... Their trains run by Maitland, that is a fact.
Matt
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