Re: COAL TRAFFIC
NicholasF
Dear Joel,
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This may be a document you'll find useful. It is available from the B&O Railroad Historical Society company store at http://www.borhs.org: Item # 72055: B&O Officers Inspection Trains. Buffalo Division. Approx 162 pages of very detailed data prepared for B&O officers inpsection trip of the B&O for trips in 1953, 1954 and 1955. Employee statistics and safety data. Page of fuel usage on Buffalo Div on given dates. List of cities served, population and revenue per city. Season tonnages for 8 years running at Charlotte and DL&W docks. Income/Expense statement for Charlotte Dock Company for 1950-51-52. Comparison of B&O tonnages on Lake Ontario vs PRR, NYC and DL&W docks. Details of lease agreements for facilities. List of mines and carloadings of coal & coke. Coal tonnages billed at Cloe scales for 7 years, by month. Dates of miner's strikes and vacation outages for 1946-52. Special moves of coal and coke on Indiana Sub with PRR. Motive power forces by location. Quantities of freight cars held for heavy or reconditioning at 4 locations on Buffalo Div. Description of the line with details of construction, ties, rail, switches, facilities, equipment. List of improvements with AFE numbers; costs, number of new crossties and tons on new rail laid; track workforce listing. of engines assigned, by class, steam & diesel, for Buffalo Div. Tonnage ratings by engine type, to include tonnage adjustments in tons per car depending on air temperatures. List of engine numbers assigned by location for freight & passenger. These types of data are represented for the various trip dates, enabling the reader to see changes on the Buffalo Division during these years. Take Care -Nick Fry Archivist Director at Large B&O Railroad Historical Society http://www.borhs.org
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