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RE: (erielack) DLW, Erie, and Hoboken Shore

It's nice to see an Aclo high hood "oil electric," again; the 601. 
Were the box cabs Ingersall-Rands, by any chance?
I spent some pleasant days, as a freight handler, working on car floats
with center isles; hand trucking produce, etc., out of the cars, to the
pier, or to highway trailers.  One New York Central pier in Manhattan was
right next to the Lackawanna ferry terminal, uptown side of it.
A little operator humor referred to trains that went in the river as "sea
trains," (for everybody's edification.)


Philip Martin
martinpl3_@_earthlink.net



> [Original Message]
> From: Tim Stuy <njmidland_@_sbcglobal.net>
> To: Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_optonline.net>; bill guimes
<vze3fhdr_@_verizon.net>; EL <erielack@lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 6/30/2004 10:17:02 AM
> Subject: RE: (erielack) DLW, Erie, and Hoboken Shore
>
> The Hoboken Shore always interchanged with the Erie at
> the Hoboken/Weehawken border.  The car float was never
> owned by the HBS, it was owned by the Lackawanna and
> then the EL.  Originally, the float was located beyond
> Bethlehem Steel past 14th St.  In later years (1945?),
> it was relocated to approximately 10th Street,
> immediately south of Maxwell House Coffee.  I have a
> 1926 DL&W shippers guide that lists the HBS as a daily
> interchange connection via carfloat from the DL&W - a
> 10 block carfloat operation!  I have a photo somewhere
> showing the EL Marine Dept. repair the float bridge in
> 1962-63.  Perhaps a used Erie bridge was put in place
> or "Erie" was painted above the "Lackawanna".  The
> bridge was out of service by the end of the HBS
> (1974), but for at least some time the float was
> active after the EL merger - enough for the above
> mentioned repairs to be done.
>
> What I have always wondered is if car floats operated
> to any other points besides the DL&W.
>
> By the way, if you have never seen this neat little
> railroad, take a look at Paul's website:
>
> http://hbs.railfan.net/
>
> Tim

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