Re: (erielack) Paradise cut/tunnel question.

[Scott Lupia <"scottnyr_@_nac.net">]

Paradise tunnel was daylighted in 1902-3.  From what I recall the track was
built around it in the early 1940's.

Scott

Mel and/or Steve Hay wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> I have a question about a picture in Carleton's Erie Lackawanna story that
> has me puzzled. On page 87 there is a picture of a Pocono rounding a sharp
> curve in a deep cut, supposedly east of Mount Pocono. The date was 1940.
>
> I've been to this area and can't remember seeing any such cut. I know that
> at one time there was a tunnel near Paradise that was on a very sharp curve,
> and because of the curves, the line was re-aligned around the outside of the
> mountain. I'm thinking that maybe this tunnel was 'daylighted' at some point
> before the line was moved to go around the mountain, hence a deep cut on a
> sharp curve. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a date for when this
> re-alignment occured, or any evidence that the Paradise Tunnel was ever
> opened up.
>
>  Am I on the right track, or am I way of base here????
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Hay
>
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