Yellow | Freezing workers claim dangerous, inhumane conditions in Tannersville freight facility

[LEHIGH vALLEY]

Yes it did, and it wasn't from the zero temps. They're only using 2 safety lane doors out of the 12. You enter through the center [2nd] entrance that we had blocked with jersey barriers. You go all the way up even with the pump house which is their inbound Guard Shack now. 2 lanes to the right for outside Carriers and one lane left for Walmart units. All the mtys are over by the scale and snow scraper in the lower lot. I was in and out in 15 min. They added a traffic light at Werner road in front of the Pocono Record building.
When I got to Rockaway, NJ., I saw a 120 guy I hadn't seen for quite a while. He said he was laid off 5 yrs. and had 2 different jobs and just came back under 5.5. It was a nostalgic trip all around.

When I transfered (better yet escaped) to 158 I ran Akron 3 rounds a week. The highlight of my trip was going past the exit for that frekin hell hole with my middle finger at attention and yelling to the top of my voice F____ YOU!!!
Hey! It made me feel better at least!

 

[Wrench97]

You went past Tannersville to get from Allentown to Akron?

 

[BIG R GUY]

My favorite images of 313

 

[Sugarfoot]

You went past Tannersville to get from Allentown to Akron?

Yes Wrench, that was the routing, 78e, 33n, 80w. When our extra board or lay down board would cover eol runs from 158 they would go down 42 and then back 42 miles and then 366 to 211.

 

[Deleted member 5115]

Yo, shouldn't there be a skid of freight on there?

 

[mud]

When I transfered (better yet escaped) to 158 I ran Akron 3 rounds a week. The highlight of my trip was going past the exit for that frekin hell hole with my middle finger at attention and yelling to the top of my voice F____ YOU!!!
Hey! It made me feel better at least!

There's no better therapy then yelling and screaming when your all by yourself. You get it out of your system and nobody's feelings are hurt. Imo.

 

[Wrench97]

Yes Wrench, that was the routing, 78e, 33n, 80w. When our extra board or lay down board would cover eol runs from 158 they would go down 42 and then back 42 miles and then 366 to 211.

I guess it beat paying the tolls on the pike................

 

[jimmy g]

Heat's in the Freight!

I don't miss that at all!!!!!!

 

[jimmy g]

I remember years of 20 straight days where it never went up to zero for a high temp. We'd come ready for 15 hrs on the dock because most would book off. Twenty below and an occasional thirty below on Indy's open dock. YF's east west dock was ten times warmer than Preston's north south one because of the wind.

Senior guys got off the dock to city runs, where the trucks gelled. There they'd be. No cell phones, have to walk to pay phones, and dressed to drive, not walk.

My fingers and toes suffer from frostbite still today... We had great bosses tho. They were in it too. They'd send you to warm up.

 

[Sugarfoot]

I guess it beat paying the tolls on the pike................

Yup, 78w-81s-76w was the snow routing, or if you had to via through 135.

 

[Wrench97]

I was thinking the NE extension(476) to 80 instead of up over the mountain on 322......................

 

[Deleted member 5115]

I was thinking the NE extension(476) to 80 instead of up over the mountain on 322......................

Mifflintown Truck Stop used to have a great hot turkey sandwich made with real turkey. It's probably torn down or falling down by now.

 

[ESP]

You went past Tannersville to get from Allentown to Akron?

He just could not help himself. Had to do it.

 

[Sugarfoot]

Mifflintown Truck Stop used to have a great hot turkey sandwich made with real turkey. It's probably torn down or falling down by now.

It went out of business for quite a while. Different people took over and re-opened it. But, Loves opened up a very small place across the road from it. I havn't been out past there in the last 6 yrs., so, all bets could be off again.