Thank you, this was the answer I was looking for. The next question is what is the history of the line between Washington and Phillipsburg? Was this a DL&W branch of Lehigh Valley, CNJ, etc.? Derek - ---------- > From: "rastaff_@_iguana.ruralnet.net" > To: "erielack_@_internexus.net" > Subject: (erielack) Portland Secondery > Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 2:33 AM > > Derek Fenton asked how ConRail got from P'burg to the power plant at > Portland. Conrail uses a route put togother from trackage once > operated by several railroads. CR leaves Allentown yard on the former > LV to Easton. Here they cross over to the former L&HR bridge that > forms a curve and go across the Delaware River. Once across the > Delaware they get on the former PRR/PC Bel-Del Branch and take it to > Brainards. Here the PRR had constructed a bridge to connect with the > Bangor and Portland Rwy in 1885. The coal trains then take the former > Martins Creek Branch of the Lackawanna to Martins Creek Jct then the > mainline of the Bangor and Portland Branch of the Lackawanna to > Portland. On arrival at Portland trains come down what is called the > east leg of the wye and then go into the power plant. > I still have memories of 2400 class EL C-424 units pulling > trains up the 3% grade out of Portland to Bangor. When operating a > unit train on the branch it was normal to have a second set on the > rear pushing to Steir, if it was a grain train, and to Pen Argyl Jct > if it was a coal train for the cement mills. > Bob Stafford ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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