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(erielack) A new set of EL questions

The grade on the Greenwood Lake line is 1.04% eastbound cresting at Great
Notch.

Paul Brezicki

Westbound...and it's a prolonged grade that made firing steam locomotives
an arduous job.  I guess this means that we should also consider the "new"
Boonton Line in the discussion, which includes the Erie Greenwood Lake
Branch east of Mountain View.  I believe the ruling grade on the branch is
similar to that on the Morristown Line, and in EL days it presented quite a
challenge to get those 150 car freights over the hill and around the curve
near Montclair State.

Chuck


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