Hello, Yes that explains what I saw, thanks for clearing that up. Mike Spinelli - --- "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_net.bluemoon.net> wrote: > Schuyler, > > That was the same location of the roundhouse and > engine facility as the USGS > map snippet I uploaded to the list. I think Mike > wrote what he meant to. > > I have that map as part of larger 1948 USGS map I > pieced together of the > entire Clevalnd area. In my 1934 "Unification of > Facilities Cleveland Ohio > General Map of Railroad Facilities" it also shows > the E55th St roundhouse > there. A 1964 NKP map also shows it there. > > I have looked around the tracks in all directions in > Sanborn maps and Google > Earth and I see nothing which resembles a roundhouse > aside from the actual > location of the Erie roundhouse. Today it is a > junkyard and parking lot. There > is a rhomboid building just east of E 65th St and > south of the tracks which > still stands which at one time had a spur off the > Erie. From the track side it > might be possible to mistake it as a wall of a > roundhouse, but the building > antedates the spur. It's at Morgan and E65th St. > > There are still 5 tracks where EL's E 55th St Yard > was and it appears to be > used fairly frequently. > > Henry > > J. Henry Priebe Jr. Blue Moon Internet Corp > Network Administrator > www.bluemoon.net Internet Access & Web Hosting > www.railfan.net Railfan Network Services > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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