Re: Lydonville Sub operations continued [was CP milk trains]
- From: "jshorvath10583" <jshorvath10583@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:45:47 -0000
"bm_1950" <duano40@...> wrote:
Even though the freight was in the CP timetable, once it hit B&M
rails it became an extra. The flags would have been added prior to
reaching Wells River since the train didn't stop there.
Good point, Duane. I assume the train would have had to have
stopped at the home signal just before Wells River and phoned the
B&M dispatcher for permission to enter the railroad. They would then
have posted the white flags at that time. Also, if my assessment of
post-1951 milk movements is correct it would also have picked up a
loaded Hood milk tank car from Plainfield, VT on the B&C at that
point as well. My guess is the B&M's Woodsville switcher (typically
a GE 44 tonner) brought the car over from the Woodsville passenger
station. This pickup hypothesis is supported by the fact that in my
April 1953 ETT #906 is allowed 15 minutes longer between East
Ryegate (the next TT station north) and Wells River than other
freights. I believe this was time allocated to do the daily pickup @
Wells River. In any event, I think you've solved the mystery of
those photos, Duane. It's almost certainly CP 906 becoming B&M UJ-4
after it had done its work at the siding just north of the Wells
River station and it simply had no non-dairy cars that day.
... 904 was the hotshot freight on the line...It's the train
dropping off the meat reefer at Wells River for the Woodsville
switcher to pick up.
904 was allowed five minutes more between Eat Ryegate and Wells
River than 902, possibly to allow for this regular drop of cars @
Wells River.
JSH
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