Re: (erielack) Blairstown

[Dlw1el2_@_aol.com]

In a message dated 8/25/2005 6:59:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net writes:
 
PAUL. B........................? OK TO ALWAYS TELL US WHO YOU  REALLY ARE. :)

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)? 
 
YES.

The  Stroudsburg Op had
to hoop orders; was that just for  westbounds?
 
EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?  HE NORMALLY WOULD HOOP ORDERS TO  ANY 
TRAIN IN EITHER DIRECTION THAT HAD TO GET THEM.  THERE WAS NOTHING  SPECIAL ABOUT 
WEST BOUNDS NEEDING SPECIAL TRAIN ODERS.



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.
THERE WAS WHAT WAS REFERED TO AS THE NEW CONNECTION WHICH CONNECTED THE OLD  
LACKAWANNA MAIN BETWEEN UPPER HACK AND CROXTON, BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY  SURE WHAT 
YEAR IT WAS CONNECTED.  I WOULD GUESS SHORTLY AFTER THE  MERGER.  IT SIMPLY 
DIVERGED FROM THE OLD LACKAWANNA MAIN JUST EAST OF NEW  COUNTY ROAD, DROPPED 
DOWN AND CONNECTED WITH THE THIRD TRACK WHICH RAN OUT TO DB  DRAW, ON THE 
GREENWOOD LAKE.  FROM EITHER OF THOSE TWO TRACKS YOU COULD  ENTER CROXTON VIA THE 
OLD LOOP OR THE NEW LOOP.

Also  where was the
connection between Croxton and Hoboken eventually  installed?
ABOUT OPPOSIT GROVE ST TOWER, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE  LACKAWANNA.  DOWN IN 
THE AREA OF THE OLD LACKAWANNA PIGGY BACK RAMPS.  CONNECTED TO THE ERIE 'S 
LINE TO WEHAWKEN, JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ERIE'S  TUNNEL.  
 
I KNOW THAT IF YOUR NOT REEEAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THIS IS  
ALL CONFUSING.



Paul B
 
BOB BAHRS,  NOT YELLING, JUST SEPERATING MY COMMENTS FROM THE  ORIGIONAL POST.


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