Pat Moore wrote:
> And besides, just how many power plants did the EL serve? I know of the one on
> the east end (someone please insert the details...was it on the B&P?)
Technically, it was on the Old Road - the Metropolitan Edison plant just south of Portland, PA.
> but other
> than that, did the EL serve any other power plants? There was a small power
> plant in Big Flats, NY, which I think had a spur, but I don't remember seeing
> much in the way of coal delivery in the 70s. If they got delivery by rail, it
> was in small lots and not entire trains, that is for sure. Perhaps on the west
> end?
On the far east end, I can't think of anything other than the Met-Ed plant at Portland. The EL did have a siding into the PSE&G plant near West End, but I thought that was to be used for transporting transformers into/out of the plant.
There was also the Hoboken Power House that did receive coal - this powered the Hoboken Terminal area.
- Paul
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