Re: (erielack) More Cutoff info

[Donald Kern <doubletrack_@_comcast.net>]

Was this Bridge Assesment done by RR experienced mechanical/structural 
Engineers?  or  just  by Enviromental contractor  who just  forcast the 
need from seeing some cracks Visually?   how much will it really need 
before day 1  verses  how much maintainance  to upkeep it  for 
decades?    I wont say  it needs no work  but  I will say some people 
are possibly trying  to build it "Gold Plated"    IE  why buy a Lincoln  
when a Ford will do the job nicely........

J. Henry Priebe Jr. wrote:

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>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:50:31 -0500 (EST)
>Subject: Railfan.net Forum Post:  Re: Lackawanna Cut-off (Columbia to Port Morris)
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>Re: Lackawanna Cut-off (Columbia to Port Morris)
>Post by Alco83 01/30/07 at 17:50:30 in "The Lackawanna"
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>This just released today:
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>Bridge on Lackawanna Cutoff needs extensive rebuild before return to service[b/]
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>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.
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>The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad built the 28.5-mile New Jersey Cutoff between 1908 and 1911. It heads straight across northern New Jersey between Port Morris and Slateford Junction, Pa. Massive cuts and fills and large, reinforced-concrete viaducts characterize the line, which was built without any at-grade crossings of roads or other railroads (for the story of the use of concrete on the Cutoff, see the November 2006 issue of TRAINS). Conrail tore up the Cutoff's track in New Jersey in 1984, but the state of New Jersey completed the purchase of the property in May 2001.
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>Officials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have cooperated on a joint plan to restore passenger service through northern New Jersey to Scranton. The project would require reconstruction of 88 miles of railroad, including the complete rebuilding of the abandoned cutoff portion. Envisioned are 18 passenger trains a day between Scranton and Hoboken. The trip from the Delaware Water Gap to Hoboken is estimated at more than two hours.
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>U.S. Rep. John Siptroth acknowledged that getting $551 million in one bundle from Washington is a tall order. "Maybe, we might have to get it done incrementally," he told the Record Writer.
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