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Re: (erielack) Re: Train and Crane
Thanks Todd,
You are of course correct and I should know better having grown up in
northern New Jersey. My excuse is a Pavlovian response to the spell
checker since the correct spelling isn't in there either.
Now I was thinking what lucky people they were in that house myself.
Talk about being right in the middle of the action! Even after the
temporary track was removed, what a great location to live! Ah for the
halcyon days of America's industrial age. Yes it is better in some ways
to ponder it nostalgically rather than factually.
The lights in the photo appear to be gas illuminated. You can see the
mantles and the distribution pipe if you look closely. Also, number 88
still has her oil headlight. Oh, and at first I was thinking the pipes
were iron pipe, but the closer I look, the more they look like glazed
clay. What a great photograph it is!
Will Shultz
Todd Hollritt wrote:
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> Minor correction. That locomotive was built in Paterson NJ with one "T", that's ok happens all the time. :)
> Check out the kids in the photo watching the action right next to the workers! Also there seems to be many spectators along the tracks, my guess this is a Saturday or Sunday operation during a lull in traffic. What also surprised me is the trackage at right, is that a temporary "Shoo-Fly" or spur to deliver material to the site? Just look at that poor guys house and property! Talk about close clearance off his front porch!!
> Also what are the two poles with what apear to be platform lights in the photo? They really don't match each other and are just to the right of the tracks.
> Look how the Railroad perfomed a "Cut and Fill" project to get that double track curve through the area. Totally changing the landscape! What was once woods is now filled with Railroad tracks and Telephone Poles.
>
> Todd ~
>
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