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(erielack) Lehigh, Erie and Wallkill Transportation Co.



Hi folks,

I just finished reading the excellent "Bridging the Hudson" by Carleton Mabee - it's a great history of the Poughkeepsie Bridge and its connecting railroads. Towards the end of the history, there's a short paragraph relating to a proposed effort to restore freight service over the bridge.

It notes that an Arthur G. Adams of Mahwah, NJ and his associates formed a holding company known as the Lehigh, Erie and Wallkill Transportation Company, and wanted to purchase the bridge and related track. The book notes that at one time the company wanted to buy "much of the former Erie Lackawanna track to create a major connecting line for the bridge across New York State's southern tier through Port Jervis and Binghamton."  It also stated that Adams' company also negotiated with the Providence & Worcester on the east side of the Hudson to gain access into New England. The timeframe on all this was 1982-1983.

Has anyone else heard of this effort? This is the first time I'd ever heard of it - basically, recreating the route of the NE-74 trains. How far did this holding company get in any of its goals? What ultimately happened to it?

	- Paul

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Paul R. Tupaczewski
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