RE: (erielack) Foreign/Pool Power on EL new thread (Detours)

["Joel Long" <el2401_@_willoughbyinc.com>]

ED

The last issue of the Railroad Press has an excellent article on how Diane
affected the Lehigh Valley area and what the anthracite roads did.  Part of
the article deals with the DLW Detours.  It also has a neat picture of the
meat cars that got derailed at Analomik in the mess.  

Below is the link


http://www.alco628.com/wizzc.html


Joel



- -----Original Message-----
From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org [mailto:erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org]
On Behalf Of Montgomery, Edward T
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:15 PM
To: Joel Long; erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Subject: RE: (erielack) Foreign/Pool Power on EL new thread (Detours)

With all this discussion of foreign power it brings to mind the coming 50th
anniversary of Hurricane Diane tearing up the Lackawanna in August of 1955.
A couple of thoughts about that:  When Lackawanna got back in operation it
detoured over the LV to get to Scranton.  I've often wondered why because
there was the "Interstate Express" run-through between the DL&W and the CNJ.
Why didn't Lackawanna just detour everything over CNJ?
 
The Erie didn't receive as much damage from the storm but there was a
washout around Lackawaxen and everything was underwater at Port Jervis.  I
believe Erie detoured over the D&H and NYO&W during that period of flooding.
I've never seen any pictures of this but it must have been interesting
seeing the through-line passenger trains passing through Fallsburg, Liberty,
Roscoe, Cadosia and other towns.
 
Does anybody have further comments on this?
 
Ed Montgomery
 
 

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From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org on behalf of Joel Long
Sent: Thu 7/28/2005 3:35 PM
To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Subject: RE: (erielack) Foreign/Pool Power on EL new thread (Detours)






To add a new thread to this.  What detours with the originating power did
the EL see.  i.e.  B&O Detours,  I would expect, LV, RDG, CNJ when Agnes
made a mess of the lines in Northeast?  This gives more foreign power on the
EL but not EL trains.

Joel


- -----Original Message-----
From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org [mailto:erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org]
On Behalf Of Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:07 PM
To: 'Paul Brezicki'; EL Mailing List
Subject: RE: (erielack) Foreign/Pool Power on EL

So, going back to all the earlier posts, let's summarize what ran on the EL
(folks, please feel free to fill in the "???" sections or correct my
guesstimated dates)

- - BN (and GN/NP/CB&Q) roadswitchers - circa 1970-1972 (usually stopped power
at Port Jervis)
- - CNJ roadswtichers - circa 1972-1976 - pool power between Lake Jct and
Scranton
- - D&H C628's - usually west of Binghamton - circa 1967-1972
- - N&W units of all kinds (on "Cannonballs" and "Expediters") - circa
1967-1970?
- - MILW roadswitchers - circa 1968-1974?
- - PC roadswitchers - circa 1970-1974 - between Port Jervis and Maybrook,
runthroughs
- - RI roadswitchers  - circa 1966-1968

Feel free to keep adding to this list!

I've seen photos of EL F-units with Soo Line units sitting behind them in
some yard in Minnesota - does that mean Soo units ended up on the EL as
well?

Joshua Blay's list of stuff that ran on the Syracuse Branch intrigued me.
Was that list all during EL years? I can't imagine how an L&HR C420 would
end up there!  Can anyone clarify that one?

        - Paul

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