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

["Donald E. Kern jr" <"doubletrack_@_home.com">]

Uh...What is their meaning of  Dead Rail?

Mark Nolan wrote:

> 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
>
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