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Re: (erielack) RE: EL Blue boxcar



At 07:05 AM 2/2/04 -0800, Todd Hollritt wrote:
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>  The General Foods distribution center was located on Colfax Avenue in
Clifton NJ, along the former DL&W mainline just "Timetable" east of where
the DL&W Mainline is merged into the Erie Mainline in Paterson. I recall
riding my bike up to Garret Mountian and looking down at the N Scale sized
Paterson Yard and seeing it filled with shinny new strange "Blue" EL
Boxcars. Must have been 1975.   
>

If I recall correctly, before this building was built and before the EL
merger, this area was a good sized yard on the DL&W and also, back in the
early 1950's or earlier, there was a large tie and/or pole creosote plant
located here also. Does anyone have any info on that by chance?

Joe K

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