RE: (erielack) DL&W jersey city (fwd)

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

David,

	The DL&W Hoboken yards haven't been used since the late 1970s. They
were ripped out by the 1980s for "commercial development" (read: a
supermarket and strip  mall). These yards were primarily meant for NYC-bound
traffic, and of course, there really is little NYC carfloat traffic today.

	- Paul Tupaczewski


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gelwood [mailto:gelwood_@_dnaco.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 6:37 AM
> To: Erie Lackawanna List
> Subject: (erielack) DL&W jersey city (fwd)
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> George Elwood
> http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:25:25 -0500
> From: David Bentley <david_@_adopt123.org>
> To: gelwood_@_dnaco.net
> Subject: DL&W jersey city
> 
> Hi I just saw the Jersey City detail map of the DL&W. I 
> couldn't believe those huge yards between the psgr station 
> and the Holland Tunnel. Do you know when they were ripped out 
> and where the traffic is marshalled these days? Or were these 
> yards used for NYC industrial traffic?
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