The Morris & Essex built to Hackettstown and then through Washington and on to P'burg. They got there abour 10 years after the CNJ. In the meantime, the DLW had come east from Scranton via the WArren RR (from the state line via Delaware, Buttzville, and Oxford and on to connect with the CNJ at Hampton, crossing over the M&E at WAshington. Then the DLW and CNJ merged! TRaffic continued to flow across at WAshington and the merger failed within a year or so; one result was that the DLW changed its eastward connection to the M&E, which it had leased and thus effectively controlled. This left the line west to P'burg as a spur and also the line south to Hampton. Since the DLW had built engine facilities at Haampton, they continued using them for some time. There are still stone uprights for the bridge ad Changewater standing; the bridge went out over 60 years ago. The DLW used the line through Washington as its main line (as in only line) until the NJ CUtoff was built and then renamed it the 'Old main'. Today, the original M&E line survives and most of the Warren RR is gone... For that matter, much of waht the DLW built is gone... - -- cleveland.Freenet is a mail-drop. Gary Kazin, Rockaway, NJ ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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