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RE: (erielack) Portland Secondary

Derek,

	The line between Washington and P-burg was a DL&W line for
interchange with the LV (and CNJ?). The DL&W had a station in P-burg (which
I think is still there?). The EL continued to use this until the end (look
at EL In Color Vol. 3 for a photo of some GP7's at P-burg).

	- Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Fenton [mailto:"drfenton_@_erols.com"]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 1:25 PM
> To: "erielack_@_internexus.net"
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Portland Secondary
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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