NYC ROCHESTER FREIGHT TRAIN CONSISTS

THANKS TO DON BROWN FOR PROVIDING THE DOCUMENTS FOR THESE TRAIN CONSISTS

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THERE ARE 169 TRAIN CONSISTS LISTED BELOW WITH 1773 CARS FROM 112 COMPANIES

NOTE: Some of the handwriting is tough to decipher. If you find anything that doesn't make sense ( reporting marks/car number, car type, destination names ) - please let me know.  Many times a short form or nickname was used for the railroad, load or destination.  In some cases, I've been able to figure them out, but not all.  Please note that THERE ARE MISTAKES on the original documents - particularly with the car types and even more so with the destination names.  I've attempted to correct some of these mistakes - but there are many that I did not correct.  I've included the crew names in honor of these folks that ran these trains.  Again, due to handwriting variances, there may be spelling mistakes.

I have converted these files into an Excel spreadsheet to make searching these files easier.  The master file is sorted by Reporting Marks.  Download this file from here.

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2nd BELT JOB

Second Belt job worked the Charlotte branch primarily serving Kodak.. Return trip south to the main line and east to Goodman Street Yard.  Cars from Charlotte arrived on CTA or State Street job then the Second Belt took them to Goodman Street.  Conductor was R.E. Bernhardt (nicknamed "Sarah" after the old movie actress).  He was a great guy and was always good for a caboose ride.

Kodak shipped out anywhere from 2 to 5 loads a night of chemicals, they were called the hot cars because they had to make a connection on westbound trains not long after arrival at Goodman St.  They were moved just ahead of the caboose in the Belt - that way even if the yard crew didn't have time to switch the whole train, they could reach in from the west end and take the caboose and the hot cars off without having to handle any extra cars.

EAST ROCHESTER TRAVELING SWITCHER

Some customers:
EAST ROCHESTER - MERCHANTS DESPATCH SHOPS - RAIL CAR BUILDER

DECEMBER 1, 1966 - WAYNEPORT TO GOODMAN STREET YARD

DECEMBER 28, 1966 - GOODMAN STREET YARD TO EAST ROCHESER VIA PITTSFORD

DECEMBER 29, 1966 - EAST ROCHESTER TO  GOODMAN STREET YARD

DECEMBER 30, 1966 - GOODMAN STREET YARD TO EAST ROCHESER VIA PITTSFORD

DECEMBER 31, 1966 - GOODMAN STREET YARD TO EAST ROCHESER

JANUARY 3, 1967 - GOODMAN STREET YARD TO EAST ROCHESER VIA PITTSFORD

APRIL 4, 1967 - GOODMAN STREET YARD TO EAST ROCHESER VIA PITTSFORD

APRIL 5, 1967 - GOODMAN STREET YARD TO EAST ROCHESER

APRIL 5, 1967 - EAST ROCHESTER TO GOODMAN STREET YARD

APRIL 6, 1967 - GOODMAN STREET YARD TO EAST ROCHESER VIA PITTSFORD

APRIL 7, 1967 - EAST ROCHESTER TO GOODMAN STREET YARD

APRIL 7, 1967 - GOODMAN STREET YARD TO EAST ROCHESER VIA PITTSFORD

APRIL 8, 1967 - EAST ROCHESTER TO GOODMAN STREET YARD

JUNE 13, 1967 - EAST ROCHESTER TO GOODMAN STREET YARD

 MIDDLEPORT TURNAROUND - VIA FALLS ROAD

Some customers:
ALBION - LIPTON FOODS
BROCKPORT - OWENS ILLINOIS GLASS PLANT