Leo,
In '66 and '67 things were a little different. The Operator at Aurora
tower had to be very careful with the Earlville Turn. They wanted
that full 16 hours and from the time they left Cat to arrival at West
Eola seldom exceeded 5 mph. Of course this worked in their favor
since they would get held at the West end of the plant until there
was a very big window open. Never a complaint from that quarter.
If the Dispatcher had gotten burned on their move before and didn't
want to let them come at all we sometimes just let them go via the
Hill Yard. Again, never a complaint on that move.
The Fox River and Roustabout seemed to work in a different time
schedule. As it was, at that time, they handled a tremendous volume
of sand and gravel and never had any choice about how fast they went.
Russ
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Subject: [BRHSlist] Adventures on the Fox
> Ray,that 9PM or so radio transmission would have been from the Fox River
> wayfreight(Gene Benoit was the engineer for much of the 70s and this was his
> nightly routine). I dont recall the lefty comment but he would call Eola
> Yardmaster near Oswego w/the number of cars they were bringing in. This would
> alert the yard so they could decide to take them in or not and if needed get
> a trk cleared off.
> There was something of a contest between the Fox River job and the Earlville
> turn during this years. We both went to work in the late A.M. and would
> return near the 12 hour mark. What was the competition? It was two fold.
> Bragging rights as to which job was bringing in the highest number of cars
> and who got the most O.T.
> For the bulk of the time the Earville Turn brought in the higher # of cars
> and also the higher earnings as Cat always held the second switch on the
> loading floor until the very last minute. Sometimes we'd die and have to be
> towed or cabbed in.We really ddidnt care for that so we'd really fly to make
> it back to rdhse.
> Gene and Leroy Kennedy(the Condr) generally had fewer cars(the gravel pits
> had mostly dried up and the corn business had gone to trucks) along with
> lower revenue as the rate on sand is far lower than on finished earth moving
> equip. It was somewhat routine for them to get towed in as they would be held
> at Montgomery,Aurora depot,Farnsworth Ave. Gene always stayed on the untis
> until the yard job put them on the inbound trk at the rdhse.
> Leo
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