Re: (erielack) D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad, Honesdale, Pa

["Dad" <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>]

MY BAD......The title was STEAM ON THE ANTHRACITE ROADS.....Mike Eagleson.
Copyright 1974 (or so).
Regards,
Walt Smith
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dad" <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>
To: "Henry W Jarusik" <hwjpa_@_fastem.com>; "Ken & Carol Dabisch"
<dabisch1_@_pop3.concentric.net>; <erielack-digest@lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad, Honesdale, Pa


>     Another great book on this subject is COAL BOATS TO TIDEWATER by
> Manville Wakefield. Mr. Wakefield taught at Oneonta college & was a pretty
> good artist too. He illustrated the book with pen & ink drawings & did a
> great cover picture of an ERIE frieght climbing the Starucca viaduct  - I
> forget the title of the book , but it was one of the Carleton
publications -
> might have been softcover THE ANTHRACITE ROADS. Sadly he passed away.
> Regards to all,
> Walter E. Smith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Henry W Jarusik" <hwjpa_@_fastem.com>
> To: "Ken & Carol Dabisch" <dabisch1_@_pop3.concentric.net>;
> <erielack-digest_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: (erielack) D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad, Honesdale, Pa
>
>
> > Ken:
> >
> > Sorry for the delay.  I planned to write back over the weekend but
> > didn't get the opportunity where I had the book and my laptop fired up
> > at the same moment.  In addition, I'm leaving Friday for a 10 day
> > business trip to China so time has been at a premium.  I just went
> > through over 100 emails so I haven't been keeping up with the ELHS list
> > in the last 10 days or so.
> >
> >
> > The book is:
> > "The Delaware & Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad"
> > written by Matthew M. Osterberg
> > published by Arcadia Publishing
> > ISBN 0-7385-1087-4
> > Library of Congress Catalog Card # 2002108390
> >
> >
> > If you do get the book, you'll notice that the photos of the canal
> > appear to be almost "highway-like" in their broad sweeps and graded
> > towpaths.  It reminds me of driving up NY Rt 17 through the Sullivan and
> > Delaware Counties from Rockland County up to Binghamton, NY [before I
> > moved to Binghamton].
> >
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> >
> > Henry Jarusik
> > elhs #2113
> > New London, Pa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:04:50 -0600, "Ken & Carol Dabisch"
> > <dabisch1_@_pop3.concentric.net> said:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/27, Henry W Jarusik wrote:
> > >
> > >     "Also, I received a book for Xmas on the D&H Canal and Gravity
> > >     Railroad
> > >     around Honesdale, Pa. Very interesting"
> > >
> > > I'm also interested in that area.  What is the name of this "very
> > > interesting" book?
> > >
> > > Ken Dabisch
> > > ELHS #3275
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > -- 
> >   Henry W Jarusik
> >   hwjpa_@_fastem.com
> >
> >
>

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