RE: (erielack) Boonton Line freight train analysis

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

Charles Walsh wrote:

> It may be a red herring, but I've read that Conrail might 
> have retained the
> Scranton route had it not been for the severing of the 
> original Boonton
> Line around Garret Mountain in Paterson (now part of Route 
> 80) back in the
> early 1960s.

I've also heard it stated that they didn't want yet another pusher district, and the climb out of Scranton surely qualified for this. (and the occasional push over Great Notch as well!)

	- Paul

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