RE: (erielack) GL/Boonton, Lincoln Park Siding.

["Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>]

> BTW, according to a note I have from Art Erdman, the Lincoln Park passing
> siding has a capacity of "125 cars" (I assume this means 50' cars?), making
> it a little over a mile long. Translated, that means it could hold 70
> piggyback flats, and in later years the pig trains definitely exceeded this
> length.
> 
> - Paul



It has always been my impression that siding measurement in "cars" was based on a coupled 40' car,
much the norm in earlier days.

Can folks confirm or disprove that?

SGL


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