I got this on another e-mail group, but thought some of you might find it interesting. Mark Nolan Clarksville, TN - -----Original Message----- From: Jim Moir [mailto:"moir5sdr_@_vic.com"] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 11:24 AM To: "ProTrak_@_onelist.com" Subject: [ProTrak] Scale track lengths/capacities From: Jim Moir <"moir5sdr_@_vic.com"> Here is some data about scale track lengths and capacities. This is from the "Directory of Industries and Facilities, 1952" for the Lackawanna. 1) Secausus, NJ: 50 feet, 200 tons capacity 2) Paterson, NJ: 50 feet, 150 tons capacity 3) Harrison, NJ: 50 feet, 150 tons capacity 4) Port Morris, NJ: 50 feet, 150 tons capacity 5) Phillipsburg, NJ: 38 feet, 100 tons capacity 6) Oxford Furnance, NJ: 44 feet, 100 tons capacity 7) Nazareth, PA: 54 feet, 150 tons capacity 8) Portland, PA: 54 feet, 167 tons capacity 9) Gouldsburg, PA: 54 feet, 150 tons capacity, with dead rail 10) Scranton, PA: 50 feet, 167 tons capacity 11) Scranton, PA: (at storehouse): 44 feet, 150 tons capacity, with dead rail 12) Scranton, PA: (Keyser Valley Shop): 54 feet, 150 tons capacity, with dead rail 13) Kingston, PA: 50 feet, 160 tons capacity 14) Bloomsburg, PA: 54 feet, 167 tons capacity 15) Binghamton, NY: 54 feet, 167 tons capacity 16) Elmira, NY: 65 feet, 167 tons capacity Jim ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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