Re: (erielack) Gladstone Branch (NJ) bridge?

[A Samostie <quahog_@_sprint.ca>]

Dear Group,

I rode the DL&W MUs on the Gladstone Branch once in the early 1980s, but
I'm not at all familiar with branch, nor with the bridge.  Does anyone
have a photo of it that they can submit to the list?  What is its
historical or architectural significance in the annals of DL&W
structures?

Cheers,
Alan <quahog at sprint.ca>
ELHS #3178


DLW1155_@_aol.com wrote:
> 
> The activity you saw is the preliminary work for replacement of the famed
> Hogback Bridge. Much groundwork has to be done before the new span is put
> into place. NJ Transit announced its plan to replace the current structure
> late last year. Sevral newspapers carried the story. The actual removal of
> the old bridge and placement of the new span will be doen over a week end
> starting early on a Friday evening after the last rush hour trains terminate
> and will go around the clock to be ready for the Monday morning rush. No
> exact date has been announced as yet.
> 
> NJT is looking to prserve the old bridge and has offered free of charge to
> anyone who can cart it away.
> 
> Al Holleuffer

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