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(erielack) Blairstown

According to July 1962 freight schedule kindly sent to me by Jim Gerofsky,
the following trains operated on the Cutoff:

EB: BH-4, NE-4 (both Bfo-Hoboken)

WB: HB-1, HB-3 (Hbkn-Bfo)
        HB-9 (P Morris-Bfo)

Are we sure the Cutoff was CTC (TCS in EL parlance)? The Stroudsburg Op had
to hoop orders; was that just for westbounds?

Here's another question. Prior to the 1963 incorporation of the Erie
Greenwood Lake branch into the former DL&W main, was there any connection
between the latter and Croxton Yd? I don't see any on maps of the area. So
apparently until then, freights on the Scranton side had to continue to use
DL&W's Hoboken yard until the Greenwood line was used. Also where was the
connection between Croxton and Hoboken eventually installed?

Paul B

I was thinking about the possible revival of the cut-off and what it
must have been like to be the agent/operator at Blairstown in the early
sixties before the agency was closed.  It must have been similar, maybe
even less taxing, to being a lighthouse keeper.  The agency was probably
responsible for the freight arriving at Blairstown and Greendell.
Probably Greendell had more deliveries because of a feed mill located
there.  Outside of selling a few passenger tickets, what else was there
to do all day?  Since most of the freight was diverted over to the
Susquehanna division, there were probably few, if any train orders, to
write with CTC controlling the train movement.

Any thoughts on that?



Ed Montgomery



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