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Recrew at st thomas? Still wondering why the set off at fargo of buffalo traffic unless this train had no crew to finish the journey.
Incredible… what awesome times they were !
Such great motive-power and an informative caption.
Prior to 1993, when R320/321 operated Detroit/Buffalo, the traffic would be left at Fargo as John stated. On days that 320 was going to operate to Buffalo, the incoming crew from Detroit would lift the ” stored ” traffic out of the east end of Fargo and bring the train to St Thomas, whereupon a fresh crew would be called in the projected window. Off they would go and return some 12 to 16 hours later as R321. They would park the train right here, with a fresh Detroit-bound crew already called to take 321 further west, lifting at Fargo as required and ending up at Rougemere Yard.
Starting approx May1993, things changed as new trains R322/R323 were created between Sarnia and Detroit. And thereafter R320 would originate ( with a St Thomas crew) at Chatham approximately 2030 three nights a week for Buffalo. They would return 12-14 hours later as R321 to Chatham. Then the traffic would be lifted by one of the daily R323′s at Chatham, usually doubling the size of that train for the remainder of his trip to Detroit.
Thank you Bruce as always. I enjoyed in later years how they would still drop engines in Chatham for locals and sometimes for “Grain extras” – the railway have been cut way back but the old patterns were still in place with the taxi’s to Chatham till the very last week of CSX operations in town.
The good ole days-nice shot John !