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RE: (erielack) North Jersey Track Diagrams

I concur, Hank's track diagrams are great!

I can tell you what that "wavy" line is - I have an EL track diagram of the
Boonton Line, circa 1963, which his drawings seem to be loosely patterened
after. The line all the way at the bottom is the gradient. The line with the
semi-circular portions is the track curvature and direction; the numbers
above the semi-circles are the curvature in degrees... Very neat stuff!

Hank, have you considered using Bill Sheppard's track diagram book as
another reference?

	- Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Jordans [mailto:"pamela_@_blast.net"]
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 1998 8:03 PM
> To: Henry J. Sundermeyer
> Cc: "erielack_@_internexus.net"
> Subject: Re: (erielack) North Jersey Track Diagrams
> 
> 
> Hank-
> 
> I've taken a look at your drawings on your web site and they 
> are impressive
> and to the best of my rememberances, appear to be right.  I lived in
> Rutherford NJ for the first twenty years of my life and "hung 
> out" around
> the BJ Tower and  Rutherford/East Rutherford complex and knew 
> that area
> inside out.  Looks good on your diagram.
> 
> You have a "sometimes wavy line" under the track diagram.  
> Can you tell me
> what that represents??
> 
> Also the lines below the wavy line seems to portray "grades"?  Is that
> correct??
> 
> -Joe Jordan
> 
> 
> At 02:42 PM 10/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >I'm in the process of drawing track diagrams of the Erie and 
> DL&W lines in
> >New Jersey to post on my web site.  I have a collection of 
> photocopies and
> >originals from the '60's and earlier as my source.  The Erie 
> and DL&W have
> >to be redrawn.  This is where I need some help.  I was a 
> little too young
> >to get a personal view of the Erie Station in Jersey City, 
> though I do
> >remember seeing a few times the track approach to the 
> station as it passed
> >under the highway leading to the Holland Tunnel.  I would 
> appreciate any
> >info on the track layout for the station, coach yards, and 
> its approaches
> >from Croxton (Bergen) Jct through the arches and tunnel.  A 
> hand sketch
> >would be great.  My sources are bad for visualizing switch 
> configuration at
> >interlockings; I could use some help there.
> >The signal symbols are another mystery.  I've been able to 
> figure out some
> >form other sources, but I've been unsuccessful in finding a 
> symbol legend
> >to make the signal symbols correct.
> >
> >The site address is:
> > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sunder/
> >
> >The drawings are far from complete, but will keep on them 
> and adding. 
> >Thank you for your help
> >Hank Sundermeyer
> >
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