[Date Prev][Date Next]
[Chronological]
[Thread]
[Top]
Re: (erielack) Re:Erie Lackawanna-track abandonment question
In the Morning Sun book "Erie Lackawanna in color Volume 6", by Bill
Brennan is a shot of NY-98 in October of 1973 at the Point of Gap curve in
the Delaware Water Gap and the line is single tracked.
Rich Onorevole
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM, ERIE LACKAWANNA <erie_lackawanna_@_yahoo.com
> wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> How did ES99 get from Elizabeth to the DLW Main to reach Scranton?
> Remember the CNJ had a subsidiary CRP in PA across Delaware River at
> Philipsburg to reach Scranton.
> What route was later used after CRP was abandoned?
>
> Jerome
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "STEVEZ10_@_aol.com" <STEVEZ10@aol.com>
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:09 AM
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Re:Erie Lackawanna-track abandonment question
>
>
> Yes it is Rich!
>
> I guess the ES-99/SE-98 freights ran with RS3's, geeps and first generation
> diesels early on???
> I wonder if the Hookerman scared the boots out of the crew on that run!!!
>
> Had to put that in as were getting close to you know what!!! ;-)
>
>
> Steve Z. Pellettiere
> Washington, NJ
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/16/2012 10:06:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rev66vette_@_gmail.com writes:
>
>
> What a shot!!!! I've got a photo (a B&W print) taken in 1974 of an SE-99
> heading East and it's lead unit is at right about where the end of your
> train is. There's a signal box (that's still remains) where the switch
> starts to the old road. This train is making a run for the grade leading
> to the Delaware River viaduct. the train is on the eastbound main, it
> sure
> looks like the westbound main is out as there is nothing beyond the switch
> that diverges off to the old road.
>
>
> Rich Onorevole
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:05 AM, RWJ <arjay3_@_comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment.
> > To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the
> > following URL into your web browser:
> >
> >
> > http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-10-16-12
> >
> > CNJ1548Slateford062472JDLJ.jpg (jpeg , 1500x997 217302 bytes, BF: 6.88
> ppb)
> >
> > I have a photos of ES99 taken west of Slateford on June 24, 1972 that
> > clearly shows two tracks.
> > Rich
> >
> >
> > On Oct 16, 2012, at 12:01 AM, Paul R. Tupaczewski wrote:
> >
> > >> Rich,
> > >> I can't forget what I never knew in the first place.
> > >>
> > >> Can you tell us about it? Was in only in PA or did it start at this
> > "East
> > > Slateford"
> > >> in NJ? How long was it? When was it taken out? I'm guessing from what
> > I
> > > see
> > >> in pictures it had to come out by the very early 70's??
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Mike D.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 10/15/2012 3:43 PM, Richard Pennisi wrote:
> > >>> Seems to me everyone has forgotten about the Slateford passing
> > siding.
> > >>>
> > >>> Rich Pennisi
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't know what timeframe Rich is referring to, but in 1974,
> > according to
> > > Bill Sheppard's diagram book, there was no passing siding on the
> > Cut-Off
> > > side, but it DOES show a siding on the Old Road side that appears to
> > have
> > > started near the tower and extended beyond where the Cut-Off passed
> > overhead
> > > (the diagram notes that the siding held 102 cars). Rich, is that the
> > one
> > > you're referring to?
> > >
> > > In later EL years, you obviously wouldn't be seeing through freights
> > at this
> > > location...
> > >
> > > - Paul
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
> > > http://EL-List.railfan.net/
> > > To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html
> >
> > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
> > http://EL-List.railfan.net/
> > To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html
> >
>
>
> The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
> http://EL-List.railfan.net/
> To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html
>
>
>
> The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
> http://EL-List.railfan.net/
> To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html
>
> The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
> http://EL-List.railfan.net/
> To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html
>
The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
http://EL-List.railfan.net/
To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html
------------------------------