RE: (erielack) FW: [ProTrak] Scale track lengths/capacities

["Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <"paultup_@_lucent.com">]

Regarding this post:

> 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


Is this meant to be a complete listing? I know that there was a scale track
in the West Boonton yard for weiging wastewater tankcars that has been there
since at least the 1940's....

	- Paul

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