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(erielack) Erie question
I've kicked this question around a little and wonder if anyone has an
answer. Most people know what happened to the Lackawanna 45
years ago when Hurricane Diane really messed over the company.
The Lackawanna diverted passenger trains over the Lehigh Valley
between Easton and Scranton.
I have never discovered what happened on the Erie side during that
storm. I know that Port Jervis was underwater and wasn't there a
washout around Shohola or Lackawaxen? What did the Erie do with
its passenger trains. They diverted some of the freights over the
O&W.
I was on the line w/Paul T on the O&W detour and he didn't believe
the Erie passenger trains ran over the O&W. I was looking at the
website containing NJ railroads and there is an O&W employees
timetable published from the 1930's. That was when the company
was in pretty good shape. Top speeds were 40 mph! Slow orders
on almost all bridges. This was nothing more than a longer version
of the old Susquehenna.
So, what happened to the Erie passenger trains during the flood of
1955? Does anybody know.
Ed
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