(erielack) NYSW_@_Stroudsburg

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     I had this hope someone else would answer this question since the last 
time I was in   Stroudsburg was in 1978 so here it goes. The NYSW came up the 
opposite side of Broadhead Creek then the DLW. It crossed the Delaware a bit 
up river from the Water Gap. Back then you could still see the piers on the 
bank of the river. The ones in the middle of the river where gone. The 
started up Broadhead Creek and just beyound the paper mill it crossed over 
the DLW/EL and the creek to the other side. The old right of way could be 
seen from Slides Curve. 
     The line came into town about one block over from the river. It crossed 
the street that is the main drag through town and runs right into the bridge 
across the river. I do not remember the street name after all these years 
now. In the block between this street and the next was located the passenger 
station. A small yard and maybe the freight house was located on some of the 
land where the Big N store is. The main line continued on to Gravel Place, 
crossing the river again on a bridge to connect with the DL&W. Service to 
Gravel Place was begun on October 26, 1882. 
     The trackage to the WB&E also took off in the area of the Big N and went 
to Shops. This is the big junk yard next to Rt 80 and some former railroad 
building where still standing in the junk yard back in 1978, the last time I 
was their. 
       Gravel Place continued to be a interchange point with the DL&W until 
the line was adbandoned on Feb 16, 1941. Cars for points on line in New 
Jersey would have been received from the DL&W until the closing of the 
interchagne. 
Bob Stafford

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