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Re: (erielack) Akron Questions (2)
Somewhere in my slide collection, I have what I believe to be one of the
last through trains that I photographed, either in '80 or '81, rolling e/b
coming out of the easts end of Kent yard.
As I recall, tracks laid dormant for a few years before there was any
substantial work done on removal, including the portion running through
Akron, sometime in the mid- to late '80's. Chessie/CSX obviously was
anxious to reconfigure the diamond at JO, since the skew involved with their
tracks to cross the EL was less than ideal, and eventually reduced the skew
and curvature to something more manageable, but involved some realignment
and possibly, acquiring some of the ex-EL/CR ROW.
I did get out and photograph some of the ROW in places, and I'll try to pull
those out and sort them for showing at the Western Region meeting in Marion
on 4/28...
Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384
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From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
To: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Akron Questions
> Mike,
>
> I though the EL tracks were lifted by 1980?
>
> This reminds me of a question. Someone mentioned an early CR west end
> routing for former EL traffic: Erie-Akron-PRR-Orrville. Was the initial
> routing Erie-Mansfield-PRR? Also, was there a post-Orrville route via SN
> and Cleveland? I have some recollection of the EL main being cut back in
> stages. Sometime in 1980 or 1981 came the final diversion to the NYC at
> Buffalo. I recall seeing a TV-77 or TV-98 in Meadville in 1978 or 1979.
>
> Paul B
>
> If I get a chance in the morning, I'll go down and take a look.But IIRC,
> the EB main still sits higher than the WB. I never found out why.
>
> Mike Spinelli
>
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