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Re: (erielack) Steamtown Images--September 1
Don,
Lpke you, this is the area I am really familair with. The view of Clark
summit in C3242 to C3246 are really impressive and testimony to the DL&W;s
engineering of the cutoff. The view that in clude the old tower shows the
amount of elevation save by the cut seen at left. The way DL&W routed coal
trains to Clarks Summit and Lehigh Summit from Hampton Yard without
obstructing traffic through Cayuga and Scranton is really impressive. From
the time I spent in east End tower I found that the depatcher notified
Bridge 60, Mattes St, and East End that a coal trains was leaving hampton
via doge's Cut off and the always set up the route though Scranton yard so
the heavy trains could cross bridge 60 on tack closes to the tower and so
not interfere with any switching operations at the end of the yard.
Far as I recall. all pusher and helper enginenes (including AB FT sets) had
to run backwards down to Scranton or Hampton.
Pondered for nany years why they didn't have a wye or turntable at Clarks
Summit but it became obvious there simply was no place to put one.
As I remember the "slow" track extended far out onto the fill beyond Clatks
summit with the trains stoping once the kead part of the train reached the
endof that track. Beleive there was spring switch there where ehad end heple
was cut of and then passed though the SS and backed down westbound main to
summit. Rear end pushers were back just past the tower so there was no need
to cut off on the fly.
Chuck Y
Boulder Co
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Liotta" <donaldliotta_@_gmail.com>
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 10:56 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Steamtown Images--September 1, 2013 (C3241 thru
C3245)--Correction
>
> These are shots of the DL&W I am most familiar with from my childhood. It
> is excellent documentation of the transition from the old main to the new
> cutoff on the south end.
>
> 1. C3241 Theodore St Crossing in north Scranton. On the right is the Von
> Storch shaft. In the background is the Cayuga breaker, now near the
> Keyser-Oak shopping center.
> 2. C3242 Just south of the duck under in Clarks Summit. What appears to be
> a sunken semaphore is on the recessed slow track just before the duck
> under.
> 3. C3243 Duck under bridge (concrete in foreground to left and right); the
> junction of the old main (now a siding) to the new main in Clarks Summit.
> Grove St. Bridge in the background.
> 4. C3244 Close up of the old main with one of the tracks ripped up. In
> Clarks Summit Looking north/west.
> 5. C3245 Close up of the old main junction in Clarks Summit, Looking
> south/east.
> 6. C3246 Clarks Summit, where the slow track comes up from the duck under
> to meet the new mainline.
>
> Don Liotta
>
>> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:08:32 -0400
>> Subject: (erielack) Steamtown Images--September 1, 2013 (C3241 thru
>> C3245)--Correction
>> From: pat_mcknight_@_nps.gov
>> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>>
>>
>> NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment.
>> To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the
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>>
>> http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-09-02-13
>>
>> C3241.jpg (image/jpeg, 2848x2302 766921 bytes, BF: 8.55 ppb)
>> C3242.jpg (image/jpeg, 2818x2302 815870 bytes, BF: 7.95 ppb)
>> C3243.jpg (image/jpeg, 2868x2302 712247 bytes, BF: 9.27 ppb)
>> C3244.jpg (image/jpeg, 2852x2283 784610 bytes, BF: 8.210 ppb)
>> C3245.jpg (image/jpeg, 2852x2283 738663 bytes, BF: 8.81 ppb)
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry about the mistake yesterday. I was just testing to see if anybody
>> reads what I say (joking). As always I appreciate any and all comments
>> from this group. Please find attached the following negatives:
>>
>> C3241--ROW with overhead bridge in background--Breaker in background
>> [Hopper car DL&W 72711]--[1916.02.24]
>> C3242--ROW and signal bridge--[1916.02.24]
>> C3243--ROW with overhead bridge in background and culvert in the
>> foreground--[1916.02.24]
>> C3244--ROW with overhead bridge in background--[1916.02.24]
>> C3245--ROW with signal bridgin background--[1916.02.24]
>>
>> If you have any additional comments on any of these images, let me know
>> and
>> I will update our database. Also, if any of you would like to assist
>> with
>> scanning (and are in the Scranton area) I am always happy to sign up new
>> volunteers.
>>
>> --
>> Patrick McKnight
>> Historian/Archivist
>> Steamtown NHS
>> 150 S. Washington Avenue
>> Scranton, PA
>>
>> Phone: 570-340-5193
>> Cell: 570-862-6321
>> FAX: 570-340-5222
>>
>> The employees of the National Park Service care for special places that
>> are
>> the heritage of all Americans. Since its inception in 1916, the National
>> Park Service has been dedicated to the preservation and management of
>> this
>> country's outstanding natural, historical, and recreational resources.
>>
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