RE: (erielack) More Cutoff info

["Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

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From: tonyhorn1_@_comcast.net [mailto:tonyhorn1@comcast.net] 

Does this sound like the "April Fools" emails about Tunkhannock a while
back?

	 

		> > > TRAINS: STROUDSBURG,! Pa. - The viaduct over the
Delaware 
		> > > River in Slateford, Pa., may be an impediment to
the 
		> > > restoration of passenger rail service on the
former 
		> > > Lackawanna New Jersey Cutoff. At a public hearing
last week 
		> > > in Stroudsburg, residents were told that the
viaduct in 
		> > > Slateford needs "extensive rehabilitation" before
trains use 
		> > > it again, the Pocono Record Writer reported. The
hearing 
		> > > addressed issues in a draft environmental
assessment needed 
		> > > to apply for the $551 million in federal funds to
make rail 
		> > > service between Scranton, Pa., and Hoboken, N.J.,
a reality. 
		> > > The bridge, several miles south of the Delaware
Water Gap, 
		> > > needs new arches and a new deck. Both are
"severely 
		> > > deteriorated," according to the report. 
		





It would if a) it wasn't January, and b) it wasn't from Trains
Magazine... :)

	- Paul

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