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Re: (erielack) Eastern Ohio Lowgrade



Well if it was the LATE 20's that would make sense.  Did anybody catch the
date on the map that George has on his site?  Or do you know the date of the
MUSA map?

SGL

- ----- Original Message -----
From: R.M."Rich" Tubbs <"rtubbs_@_marion.net">
To: Erie Lackawanna List <"erielack_@_internexus.net">; Schuyler G. Larrabee
<"SGL2_@_IX.NETCOM.COM">
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Eastern Ohio Lowgrade


> Schuyler and List.....
>
> SGL wrote:
> "and headed somewhat north
> of west to get to Cleveland, along something called the "Pymatuning
> Escarpment" (I _think_, we're depending on ten-year-old memories here) and
> the Grand Scheme was to have a line out the other side of Cleveland to
> ?Marion?."
>
> You've stirred some faint memories with this thread. I do remember
> *somewhere* reading about this proposal. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I
> think it was part of the Van Sweringen brothers' grand plan. I recall
> seeing, as Schuyler mentioned, plans for the new line from Meadville to
> Cleveland and thence by existing rails to Toledo and then south to a
> proposed new connecting track from the C&O rails north of Marion to the
Erie
> mains west of the Marion yards. The blueprint drawing that I saw, which I
> believe is now in the archives at Marion Union Station, was dated from the
> 1920's. Curious twist of events....CSX has added that very connection
track
> recently, only closer to the Marion proper than was originally planned.
Just
> my two cents worth......
>
>                      Rich Tubbs
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>


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