Re: (erielack) Lackawanna & The Nickel Plate

[Donald Kern <doubletrack_@_comcast.net>]

Yes  it was Hurricane Diane  that did it

Frank P Adams wrote:

>Didn't the DL&W own a substantial part of the NKP stock and then sold it for
>some emergency or capital improvement?
>
>Frank Adams
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of RJFlei_@_aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:23 PM
>To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
>Subject: (erielack) Lackawanna & The Nickel Plate
>
>List,
>
>It seems that a merger of these two may have been viable, as they worked
>together in freight and passenger service pre-EL. 
>
>The short fast freight concept may have worked because of  the NKP's mostly
>single track main and the Lackawanna's heavy grades. 
>
>The NKP's coal traffic might have helped except that much of the Ohio coal
>is high sulfur. The Erie didn't have a whole lot of coal on it's lines
>except the Bradford Div. and the Lisbon Branch. 
>
>I don't think that the NKP would want to touch the Lackawanna's commuter
>district with a 10 foot pole, though. 
>
>Just my opinions, they're not worth too much. 
>
>Rick Fleischer
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