RE: (erielack) Dover's "Moller's Rock" view - then and now

["Philip Martin" <martinpl3_@_earthlink.net>]

I've learned some Spanish, to facilitate ticket sales, in my ten years at
Morristown.  I used to hear it at home, growing up, but didn't learn any. 
Some of my customers appreciate it.

Philip Martin
martinpl3_@_earthlink.net
Why Wait?  Move to EarthLink.


> [Original Message]
> From: Philip Martin <martinpl3_@_earthlink.net>
> To: Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_optonline.net>;
<erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 11/22/2003 8:15:46 AM
> Subject: RE: (erielack) Dover's "Moller's Rock" view - then and now
>
> Not much sign of the "Klan" in Doverico these days. 
>
> Philip Martin
> martinpl3_@_earthlink.net
> Why Wait?  Move to EarthLink.
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_optonline.net>
> > To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > Date: 11/15/2003 11:39:17 PM
> > Subject: (erielack) Dover's "Moller's Rock" view - then and now
> >
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> > I dragged my poor wife (OK, not exactly "dragged"; she enjoys hiking,
> > too :) down the street, now that the leaves are down, to look at the
> > beautiful view from the Moller's Rock overlook here in Dover. Moller's
> > Rock is more infamously known as the location where the KKK would burn
> > crosses over the town of Dover back in the 1920s, a history the town
> > would rather forget. Alas, there is still the concrete foundation here
> > of where the crosses would be mounted, a sign of the Klan's horrible
> > hold on the locals.
> >
> > Fortunately, sanity and intelligence prevailed, and this pox on the town
> > has long since vanished. Moller's Rock then became a terrific overview
> > point for the DL&W/EL/NJT passenger yard in town. With camera in hand, I
> > snapped a number of photos from up here. I remembered a Bob Bahrs shot
> > that appeared in "EL in Color, Vol. 3 - The East End" taken from this
> > same location, so vaguely remembering that shot, I tried to duplicate it
> > today.
> >
> > Much to my surprise, I did a pretty good job duplicating Bob's shot
> > (albeit 33 years later!), and equally surprisingly, the look of the
> > location has little changed (well, the equipment is all new, but the
> > "feel" is there.
> >
> > With Bob's permission, I've attached his shot ("then") and my shot
> > ("now"). Bob's shot shows the RS3 along the yard ladder, which today is
> > heavily blocked by a taller tree line (nature stops for no one!), but
> > you can definitely see the "then and now."  I will scan some more
> > overview photos shortly.
> >
> > 	- Paul
> >
>
>

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