Re: (erielack) Flyover Boonton BRanch DLW

["MIKEDC3_@_aol.com"]

In a message dated 5/22/99 10:01:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
"iu136_@_cleveland.Freenet.Edu" writes:

<< 
 Given the way the tracks appear to have been arranged, the purpose
 was to get westbound passenger trains to the platform at Denville.
 The Boonton line only had one platform there, on the eastbound side.
 This track went under the two center tracks  (there were 4 at the 
 time, merging to 3 as you went west toward Denville) which were used
 for freight, principally coal trains.  An eastbound coal could be 
 run without interfering with the westbound passengers...
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 Gary Kazin, Rockaway, NJ
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Hi All
 
You know the strange thing, is after westbound trains left Denville they 
would still have to block the center tracks to get to the platform at Dover 
as the only platform there was on the westbound side. So the freight trains 
might get held up anyway.
                                                                             
MIKE




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