Ed, you are correct. Projected traffic levels did not justify the expense of building a double-track bridge. Paul B I was looking at the 1956 DL&W ETT at: http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/DLW%20ETTs/DL&W-109(med).pdf. This was about seven months after Hurricane Diane tore up the ROW from the Water Gap up through the Poconos. I noticed a little change in operation that was a forerunner to many other changes as the fortunes of the DL&W began to crumble. In the spring of 1956, ABS signals reigned all over the place except for a .8 mile stretch between the Tinkertown crossing and Bells Bridge which was CTC - single track. DL&W must have replaced that bridge with a single span with no intention of adding a second. I believe the CTC machine was at Stroudsburg Tower. Within two years the single tracking would extend across the cut-off and within another two the Boonton Line would be essentially single track from Denville to Paterson. A second track remained in place from west of Montville but the primary track was reversible. Ed Montgomery The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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