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From: "Ron" rdukarm AT roadrunner DOT com
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:51:27 -0400
Subject: Re: EL CLearances; was: (erielack) Pardon my ignorance
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Brezicki"
Subject: EL CLearances; was: (erielack) Pardon my ignorance


> It is by no means uncommon for road units to be used on transfers between
> runs, so it wouldn't surprise me if this happened at CX. If the Bergen
> Tunnel clearance was restrictive to a stock SD45 then you'd have the same
> issue as with the Cleveland docks route.

List,

Here is a diagram of Erie's Bergen Tunnel from a book published in 1918,
"Railroad Structures and Estimates". by J W Orrock. If the tunnel was double
tracked, it appears the clearances are generous.

Ron Dukarm


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