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Re:RE: (erielack) Boonton LIRR cars, was: "Forsaken" book

Considering the way some scrapping operations have gone in the past, I hope URHS is keeping a close eye on this to prevent over-exuberance on the part of the scrappers:  "Let's clean out all the junk in Boonton!"

Randy Brown
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Gary Kazin wrote:

>    The LIRR cars were moved to Boonton to form an upscale railroad-themed boutique
>shopping mall, some time around 1975.  It folded long ago, and I believe the town fathers 
>have been trying to get rid of them ever since.  With scrap values as high as they are now, I'm surprised this hasn't 
>happened - steel is $4 per hundred pounds.
>
    - Paul




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