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(erielack) Erie - Jefferson Division - D&H

Gordon, a very interesting post.  The only question I have (now) is where do you have the
information that the Jeff was built with D&H financial support?  And when was the D&H line from
Nineveh to Jeff Junction put in?

SGL 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org 
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of Gordon Davids
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 6:15 AM
> To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
> Subject: Re: (erielack) CNJ... how about others?
> 
>  One very tight relationship was between the Erie and the D&H 
> on the Jefferson Railroad between Jefferson Jct and West 
> Carbondale, PA.  The Erie built it with financial support 
> from the D&H.  Erie owned and maintained it until it was sold 
> to the D&H in 1955, but the D&H dispatched it from 
> Carbondale.  Both railroads once ran passenger service on the 
> Jeff, with the Erie running between Susquehanna and 
> Carbondale, and the D&H between Wilkes-Barre and Nineveh.  
> Both railroads showed each others' trains in their public timetables.
> 
> Even after the D&H bought the line, the local service was 
> provided by Erie/EL/Conrail until it was abandoned when the 
> D&H bought the former DL&W from Binghamton to Scranton.  The 
> agency at Thompson was an EL office right up to the end, even 
> though the D&H maintained the building and used part of it as 
> the track tool house.
> 
> The Erie operated on the D&H from West Carbondale to Union 
> Jct, where they got onto the CNJ and ran into Ashley for CNJ 
> interchange.
> 
> Erie and EL interchanged with the Reading at Newberry Jct.  
> The train was operated out of Corning (Gang Mills) by New 
> York Central (Fall Brook) crews using Erie/EL power and 
> caboose.  That ended in 1969, after Penn Central was formed, 
> and the interchange moved to Rupert on the Bloomsburg Branch.
> 
> Gordon Davids
> 
> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:23:07 -0500
> From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
> Subject: (erielack) CNJ... how about others?
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> In an effort to expand the geographic scope of this 
> operation, were there any other areas where EL had tight-knit 
> relationships with other roads? The CNJ-EL joint trains are 
> obvious, but what else was there?
> 
> Another obvious thought that comes to mind were the Penn 
> Central runthroughts on the Port Jervis-Maybrook trains 
> (NE-74, I think?)  And once upon a time, there were the joint 
> Erie-P&LE passenger trains from Pittsburgh-Cleveland. Were 
> there any other relationships west of Binghamton with other 
> roads, or were they just simply interchange partners?
> 
> - Paul
> 
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