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Re: (erielack) Re: LV-D&H Trains

Paul Dickier wrote:
R. Barnes wrote:

Everyone forgets that the DLW crossed the Susquehanna River @ west end 
of  Owego, crossing the longest curved RR bridge in the US, if not the
longest  if not the world. This trackage would cross the ERIE main line. 
The crossing was west of North Ave. and the station. Now the question 
is, the track from where the LV and DLW met in Owego, and going north 
about 2 miles, was LV track with DLW having trackage rights, or was it 
DLW with LV trackage rights. Just south of the road that went to Candor 
and Ithaca the two roads would separate.  
 . Richard

  
> Bob,
>
> The LV Auburn branch closely paralleled the Erie from Sayre to Owego, 
> then turned north towards Auburn (and Fair Haven). At Owego, there was 
> a connection between the LV and Erie (specifically the north or WB 
> track). D&H had trackage rights from there to Binghamton, so you're 
> correct, LV did not have track or rights per se into Bingo. LV power 
> operated to Bingo by virtue of the joint operation with D&H, which had 
> the trackage rights. Is that clearer now?
>
> Paul B
>
> Okay, now I'm really lost.  How did the LV get from Owego to Bingo?  I 
> can
> find no record of LV tracks east of Owego.  I thought the rights 
> agreement
> was between Erie and D&H.  Was there an trackage rights agreement between
> Erie-LV?  All three?  If so, what was it and if not how did this work?
>
> Thanks, but puzzled,
>
> Bob
>
>
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