In a message dated 8/4/2007 5:36:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mikedc3_@_optonline.net writes: Not to doubt Bob, he knows his stuff but I read here: http://www.ironminers.com/mineforum/viewtopic.php?t=2178 That the Drakesville train station was several hundred feet west of the Howard Bvld crossing. I'm sure Bob is right though. Mike Drakesville station which was the name of the original station in that area became a personal residence, and I suspect was moved off the right of way. My oldest maps show it down in the hollow, just west of the stump grinding facility that is located west of Howard Blvd and on the south side of the tracks by about a big quarter mile. Not sure of its original location. If it was where Mt Arlington was built it had to be moved across the tracks and west a quarter of a mile. Not a small task before the turn of the century when horse and mule power prevailed. Possible it was disassembled and then reassembled? I've walked the area where it shows on the maps, and there is absolutely nothing there but woods today. Speaking of that area, Does anyone have any pictures of the original overpass for Howard Bvld they could post? My father tells me it was very old and narrow. I believe it was replaced when I 80 was built. The original stone underpass was simple filled in. Its still there just buried. Also, I asked this once before years ago, Did the DLnW serve a quarry or open pit mine just east of the new station? There is a dark cinder path leading off of into the woods between the main and Rt. 80 that goes into a open pit. If this link works, the new station area should be in the left lower center, The cinder path I'm talking about is near the upper right, under the buttons that say "traffic", "map" and "satellite" I've looked at that obvious right of way for years. It doesn't show on any of my maps either, but is obviously to something that Rt 80 completely obliterated. IT was probable short lived and thus you need a map for a very specific time. Pre 1900 I'm sure. Thanks, Mike D. Bob Bahrs ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------ End of EL Mail List Digest V3 #2463 ***********************************
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