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Re: (erielack) West End
What is sad also is that Conrail decided to utilize the PC panhandle line in
lieu of the EL (they interchanged in North Judson). In 1983 then this PC
line was abandoned.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Albano" <palbano_@_earthlink.net>
To: "EL List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
Cc: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:31 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) West End
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
>>Sent: Oct 25, 2006 9:10 PM
>>To: 'Philip Albano' <palbano_@_earthlink.net>, erielack@lists.elhts.org
>>Subject: RE: (erielack) West End
>>
>>
>> On Behalf Of Philip Albano
>>>
>>> The EL trustees eventually sold the line to L.B. Foster for
>>> over $17 million. L.B. Foster removed the track and ballast
>>> in 1981.
>>
>>And shortly after that, there was an article in a magazine (Railway Track
>>& Structures?) which
>>covered that removal. It commented that it was a very well built line, in
>>good shape, and in much
>>better condition than either the former PRR or the former NYC.
>>
>>It was sort of hard to read that!
>>
>>SGL
>>
>
> Thanks for adding that Schuyler and very true. The former PRR west of
> Crestline was in terrible shape and Conrail spent millions in the late
> 1970's on trackwork. At times there were as many as 4 temporary block
> stations with operators in service at various locations copying train
> orders and crossing trains over to run against the current of traffic
> around trackwork. Conrail could have saved money by installing a
> connection at Mansfield, Ohio where both roads crossed and used the EL
> main to go to Chicago and let the PRR go.
>
> As per my post of yesterday, ultimately the West End of the EL was worth
> more in scrap value than as an operating railroad. Sad.
>
>
> PA
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