> A sudy of the "gulch" spanned by Bridge 60 shows many of the obvious > problems. It would have had to be at least a two level station with tracks > at the > bridge level and down to the D&H. Presumably the CNJ could access the D&H > by > running on their rails from Minooka Jct. O&W would have had to cross the > Lackawanna River to gain access to D&H level. Of course if it were three > levels and > spanned the Lackawann River then existing CNJ and O&W track could be used. Of course, the Erie could have come up the Jessup Branch and looped around on the NYS&W, where it would join the D&H (along with the O&W) near Storrs Jct. and all roll in on the D&H. Or, the Erie could simply have a connection to the DL&W near Elmhurst and come in that way (less scenic, less a modeler's dream <g>. Considering that the Erie had two round trips, the O&W 2-3 round trips and the D&H had its Carbondale-Scranton-Wilkes Barre commuter trains, the "lower level" wpud have been an interesting place. Then had the D&H gone through with its electrification plans, the place would have looked like real railroading <g>. Cheers, Jim The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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