The cut off was used orginally to move coal into the Met-Ed plant at Portland. Trains came up from Allentown to Port Morris, around the West Leg of the wye to Mount Minsi and then backed down into Portland Yard. Empty trains returned the same way. Later ConRail decided to upgrade the B&P to run the trains on a more direct route to Portland. In the early days of ConRail their was so much trackwork going and plans still where not really finalized concerning the EL. It dropped into ConRail unwanted at the very last minute. As it remember it ties where put in all the way to Scranton. I think it was the eastbound main the go the ties, IIRC. What ever main the DL runs on today, would be the one in the best shape that got the ties. Bob Stafford - --- Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com wrote: > > Dear Paul B. and all, > > So what remained on the Scranton side once the shift > to the Erie side was > completed? There were definitely CR freights that > operated over the > Cut-Off, at least during 1976. Whether this > continued in 1977, I don't > know. By 1978, Port Morris to Slateford Jct. had > been placed out of > service. Once again, I'm curious why there was > significant tie replacement > on the Cut-Off after CR took over. Maybe they had > all that federal money > to spend, or maybe it was something else? It > doesn't make any sense. Any > speculation? > > Chuck The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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