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Re: (erielack) CWR At Morristown 1969

Gary,
This view is definitely looking west and the MU is on the express track (M&E
interchange). Perhaps this is a Morristown turn and is in the clear waiting
for westbound traffic to pass before it returns east since they would be
single tracking from Summit to Morristown or Denville depending on how much
track was out of service that day.

Steve


> From: "Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: EL Mail List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:52:59 -0800 (PST)
> To: EL Mail List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Subject: RE: (erielack) CWR At Moristown 1969
> 
> Paul, I think you're turned around.  This view looks east, and the
> track on the right is the Morristown Yard lead.
> 
> The MU is parked on the Morristown yard lead.  Way back in 1969, EL
> ran half-hourly from Hoboken off-peak.  All trains ran to Morristown,
> but only half of them went all the way to Dover.  The others turned
> at Morristown, using the yard lead.  Several morning peak trains
> began their runs at Morristown and evening trains terminated there,
> stored overnight in the yard, which had four tracks.  There also was
> an era when the mid-day trains ran to Denville, changing directions
> by crossing over at the switches west of the station.  Morristown
> turn trains were assigned numbers in the 550 series, while Denville
> turns were 560's.
> 
> The Morristown yard was updated in 1983 with the reelectrification,
> but the first schedule for 25KV electric service did away with
> Morristown turns; all trains ran to Dover.  A few Arrow cars may have
> gone into the Morristown yard, but they wasn't scheduled to do so and
> I doubt that it happened.
> 
> --- "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
>> NICE SHOTS! One obvious question comes to mind - why is there an MU
>> train parked on the lead to the Morristown & Erie interchange? (out
>> of the scene to the right?)
> 
> Gary R. Kazin
> DL&W Milepost R35.7
> Rockaway, New Jersey
> 
> 
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