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RE: (erielack) Metamorphosis



 
Fred, I was wondering the same thing.  That seems like a lot of very curvy track to be operating in
reverse!  Especially in winter.

SGL
> 
> SGL,
> 
> Thanks for the map. Those at maptech are just great. From the 
> research I have done and the infor I have recieved from the 
> libraries up there it seems as if there wasn't any yard. I 
> wonder however, how did they turn engines at GL? There's no 
> indication of a wye and the closest turntable was operating 
> in Wanaque/Midvale. Maybe they would turn them there in time 
> for the morning commute. 
> 
> Anyone?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Fred Stratton
> 
> MP. 7.2 NS Asheville line
> 
> Salisbury, NC
> 
> 	
> ________________________________
> 
> 	From: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
> 	Reply-To: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
> 	To: <Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com>, "'Tupaczewski, Paul R 
> (Paul)'" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
> 	CC: <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>, <erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org>
> 	Subject: RE: (erielack) Metamorphosis
> 	Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:20:22 -0400
> 	>
> 	>
> 	> On Behalf Of Charles_Walsh_@_berlex.com
> 	>
> 	> Finally,
> 	> > was there ever a yard at Greenwood Lake, prior to the line's
> 	> > truncation (due to the building of the Wanaque 
> Reservoir) later on?
> 	> >
> 	> > Chuck
> 	> >
> 	
> >http://historical.maptech.com/getImage.cfm?fname=grwl10se.jpg
> &state=NJ
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>Chuck, check out this map. In 1910, not much of one, 
> if the lines are to be believed, and in those
> 	>days, absent large yards, the USGS maps were pretty 
> accurate. Rails were the only game in town,
> 	>then.
> 	>
> 	>SGL
> 	>
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