Re: (erielack) RE: Milepost "One"

[Ken <lackawanna_@_iname.com>]

I seem to recall some Erie passenger timetables which included ferry 
schedules.  Wasn't it the Erie which placed Jersey City at milepost 1?


Ken B.

At 09:35 AM 12/27/01 -0500, Paul R. Tupaczewski wrote:
> > The DLW formally began in New York City at the ferry landing.
> >  The river is almost exactly one mile wide, so milepost one
> > was in Hoboken.  Under NJT, the railroad begins in Hoboken.
>
>To be truly accurate, DL&W placed their trademark milepost "1" about 200
>feet east of the eastern portals of the Bergen Tunnels. Still there
>today, and yes, it's exactly one mile west of the bumping blocks in
>Hoboken Terminal...
>
>         - Paul

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