Message text written by "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" >Hank, have you considered using Bill Sheppard's track diagram book as another reference?< Thank you for the compliments, much work to go yet. I would love to have access to this reference. Is it available? I've seen his work in various books. I'm trying to figure out how to adapt his drawing of Hoboken terminal w/o stepping on his copyright. I have the NJT station plan which I can use. I will be adding the grade and curve data over time. What I would like to come across is the track plan for the Erie's Jersey City terminal. Never got to see it, I was a little to young to be exploring then. I was lucky enough to see the end of service at the CNJ's JC teminal. The CNJ plans are scanned 1960 originals forced into B/W. I suspect the updates go a bit later into the 60's, one track has been taken out of service on the Newark Bay bidge and the connections at "XC" for Aldene are noted. The color files are too big for the room C'serve gives me for web space. I think this might be the last set the CNJ drew up, the Conrail era drawings are taken directly from these. Future posting will include the High Bridge, Seashore, and Freehold branches, and the Southern Division main if room permits. If you feel the site would draw interest, please link it. Warn that it's not done. I would like to include text, but other than what I've read in current books I have nothing to add other than my interpretation of the drawings and some experience riding the lines as they are now. I will try to be as accurate as possible in the lines, eg ERR Passaic and DLW Paterson, that are gone forever. Here's a question; how did the ERR Newark Branch and the DLW Boonton Line interact at Paterson Jct. before the abandonment of the Passaic and Paterson lines? Was it an 'at grade diamond', or did the tracks merge and separate at some distance? The profile doesn't give me a good picture of this on either side. Hank ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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