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The Factoryville tunnel collapsed in mid-July 1974, apparently on the
weekend of the (then) Erie Railfan Society's fourth annual meeting in
Binghamton. The trains that couldn't be detoured via Port used the D&H
between Scranton and Jefferson Jct (at Starrucca).

Paul B

The EL was never that busy in the 60s and 70s. In fact, I remember it being
totally devoid of traffic for several months when a tunnel collapsed
(1974?). The busiest that line was when EL had it was probably the year
before Conrail. The NS and CP trains do not user pushers on westbounds; in
the EL days, almost all westbound trains had pushers to get them up the hill
to Clarks Summit.


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