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Re: (erielack) Columbus & Erie question



Kevin:

    The ELHS "Extra Board", Volume 9, No. 1 - March 1989, has an article by
Dennis R. Yachechak and Henry J. Gund about the C&E.  In summary, the C&E
was incorporated on 9/5/05 for the purpose of constructing a 13.2 mile
low-grade bypass of the old main line.  Additionally, under the C&E, the
Erie double-tracked the main line between Lakewood and Niobe - 8.3 miles.
The C&E was a "paper railroad" organized by the Erie to undertake these
projects.  It was formally absorbed by the Erie on 12/22/41.

    I seem to remember evidence of a relocation between Lakewood and Niobe
on some topographic maps that I once looked at.  Maybe this was done under
the C&E.  I don't believe there was any separate, competing railroad between
these two points.  There wouldn't be any reason to.  The area is, and was,
very rural.

    On a personal note, my great-great-grandfather lived in Niobe and served
in the 9th NY Cavalry during the Civil War, returning home there afterwards.

- - David Green, ELHS #1366

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin DeGroff" <"kdegroff_@_starpower.net">
To: "erielack" <"erielack_@_internexus.net">
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 6:34 PM
Subject: (erielack) Columbus & Erie question


>
> Does anyone know where the Columbus & Erie main ran?  What were the
> endpoints of the line before the Erie purchased it?
>
> Of course, I am aware that the eastbound Erie main between Columbus Pa and
> Niobe NY was former C&E track that was purchased by Erie, in order to
avoid
> having to double track between those two points.
>
> However, both the DeLorme Atlas and the TerraServer website show
> another parallel line that zig-zags back and forth across the latter-day
> straight-as-an-arrow EL mainline between Niobe and Lakewood, west of
> Jamestown.  I was curious if that was just a harmless line relocation
> (since the double track main is slightly elevated in places in that area,
> ala the NJ cutoff), or was it originally the eastern end of the C&E that
> was not needed by the Erie?
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