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From: Mark Schmitt erie3319 AT gmail DOT com
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 16:30:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [REPOST] Re: (erielack) Re: EL Mail List Digest V3 #7448
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Such problems are not entirely unknown. These three photos were taken at
an unknown location and date, probably sometime in the mid-fifties.

Mark

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 11:28 AM Paul Tupaczewski
wrote:

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> From: Jim S
> Date: Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 8:48 AM
> Subject: (erielack) Re: EL Mail List Digest V3 #7448
> To:
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> Regarding the downed catenary support in Maplewood on the M&E, there are 3
> tracks there, which would make finding an off the shelf replacement even
> harder. The next nearest supports are about 300 feet away in either
> direction, if I am looking at Google maps correctly. The track is a
> straight tangent. Would it be possible for the wire to span 600 ft for a
> temporary basis and low speed operation? (If the track is really that
> straight,). Maybe running on diesels, if NJT can find some fast, is the way
> to go for a few months…. But the diesels would have to supply electric
> power for light and heatJim S
> From Archives@Railfan.net
> Message-ID:
> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:36:44 +0000
> From: Wes White
> Subject: (erielack) Catenary damage from storm, Maplewood NJ
>
> Hi all,
>
> Anyone have any thoughts or info on this situation as this is the first
> time I've seen serious damage to the support columns.
>
>
> https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpatch.com%2Fimg%2Fcdn20%2Fusers%2F22870800%2F20220308%2F084757%2Fstyles%2Fpatch_image%2Fpublic%2Fhighwindnjtransit___08084651193.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpatch.com%2Fnew-jersey%2Fmiddletown-nj%2Fwind-cuts-power-12-000-nj-homes-brings-trees-top-homes&tbnid=GjupWie1InO3pM&vet=12ahUKEwiB962n5bb2AhU0KFkFHZs_CNEQMygDegQIARAl..i&docid=D6vXM0rw2r9J1M&w=605&h=454&itg=1&q=Maplewood%20catenary%20pole&ved=2ahUKEwiB962n5bb2AhU0KFkFHZs_CNEQMygDegQIARAl
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> I would think that there would be a readily available supply of the steel
> and wires. But if the bolts in the cement support foundation were damaged,
> it would be a real problem. Kind of recall the attachment system for the
> pole might be designed so that the cement foundation bolts are protected.
>
>
> Wes White
> Mplwd, NJ
>
> PS: my usual odd comments:
> We are looking geo SE at the Jefferson Ave underpass, the abutments of
> which were rehabed on 2 or 3 year's ago. Hope the new improved cement
> lasts for another 120 years.
> Photog is standing on (and at approximately the same height) as the
> original ROW. To the right is the original (flag stop) station for
> Maplewood, which still stands. We are probably a third of a mile west from
> the start of the 1904 +/- elevation project from the crossing of the East
> Branch Rahway River up to Summit.
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