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Re: (erielack) ES99/SE98

So CNJ really needed to be reorganized around 1950?  I suppose the ICC
would have objected to that.

Ed Montgomery



On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Paul Brezicki <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>wrote:

>
> After the 1950's, CNJ had become, in practical terms, a terminal carrier
> (in
> more ways than one), with a longest freight haul of approx. 180 miles (vs
> an
> industry average haul of 511 miles in 1972). In this respect, it was even
> worse off than the moribund New Haven, with a Boston-Maybrook  haul of 270
> miles. With a preponderance of inbound loads, it was also a terminating
> carrier.
>
> Paul B
>
>
>
> Don't forget that CNJ trustee Robert Timpany had decided by this point to
> focus CNJ efforts on their real money-maker - the vast amount of local
> business, particularly the chemical industries. The CNJ was being turned
> into a terminal railroad, and the joint EL/CNJ train was a primary outlet
> to
> western interchanges.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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