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RE: (erielack) Port Morris Turn



Morris Plains, just a short distance east of Denville.

	- Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Brezicki [mailto:doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:01 PM
> To: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul); EL Mailing List
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Port Morris Turn
> 
> 
> Paul,
> 
> What town was it located in?
> 
> Paul B
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
> To: "'Paul Brezicki'" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>; "EL Mailing List" 
> <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:44 AM
> Subject: RE: (erielack) Port Morris Turn
> 
> 
> > Paul B asked:
> >
> >> Where was the Dairy Pak plant (at least
> >> that's what I assume you're referring to), and what did they
> >> ship and receive?
> >
> > Dairy Pak is, as you might surmise by the name, a company 
> that made the 
> > lined paper cartons for milk and juices. They received in 
> paperboard, and 
> > they shipped out completed and printed paper cartons. The 
> inbound paper 
> > was what arrived in those SOU boxcars, if my notes are correct.
> >
> > Sadly, Dairy Pak closed down about 3 years ago. In anohter 
> sign of what NJ 
> > is becoming, the facility now is a storage area for the 
> Mercedes-Benz 
> > dealer in Morristown. (!)
> >
> >
> >
> >> It appears there was a lot of traffic
> >> destined for the Northeast coming off the N&W at Hagerstown.
> >
> > That there was, hence the need for the P'burger to bring 
> those cars up to 
> > Port Morris.
> >
> > - Paul 
> 

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