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RE: (erielack) The P'Burger (was Named Freight Trains)



Rich Pennisi wrote:

> The P'burger was a Port Morris to P'Burg and/or P'Burg to 
> Port Morris job only.  Crews stayed overnight at either 
> P'Burg or Port Morris.  Most times they lived in one or the 
> other towns. For a very short time under EL it was operated 
> Croxton to P'burg unsuccessfully as the crews couldn't get 
> the work done or over the road.  It then reverted back to a 
> PM-PB job.  As business slowed down or just disappeared it 
> became just a turn job out of P'Burg to Port Morris and 
> return to P'Burg.

Rich, do you have a timeframe for when it simply became a turn? (roughly speaking)   And did this turn job do local work along the way? Or was it a straight shot to PM and back?

  
> Any cars for P'burg came up from Denville and eventually 
> Dover (off the M&E railroad and Morristown).  Whatever other 
> traffic there was came up on CS9. Prior to EL I would need to 
> check DL&W blocking to see what train handled P'Burg traffic.

Good info! Thanks! (ties in nicely to the newly-constructed benchwork ;)

	- Paul


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