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Re: (erielack) Double-Track, Single-Track
- Subject: Re: (erielack) Double-Track, Single-Track
- From: "Michael Dye" <"luxpan_@_hotmail.com">
- Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 21:10:17 EST
According to the 1965 EL track charts, the trackage was:
DOUBLE TRACK:
State Line Tower to Aldine ("AD")
SINGLE TRACK:
"AD" to Akron ("AN") w/long sidings at Delong ("MY" to "MD"), Pershing ("GR"
to "MU" [This one siding ran from Pershing, thru Rochester, almost to
Athens])
DOUBLE TRACK:
"AN" to "RX" (Just W. of Laketon)
SINGLE TRACK:
"RX" to "WO" (Just E. of Bippus)
DOUBLE TRACK:
"WO" to Marion. Paired track w/NYC
to Galion
SIGNALS:
COLOR LIGHT (Type not given):
Hammond, Griffith, Kouts,
Wilders, "AD" to "WO", Huntington,
Decatur, Lima, Kenton and Marion
SEMAPHORES:
All other locations
NOTE: The siganl information is spotty. The notation on the chart changes
and is difficult to decipher.
Michael Dye ELHS #1516
>From: "David Green" <"davandli_@_ptdprolog.net">
>To: "ELHS Mailing List" <"erielack_@_internexus.net">
>Subject: (erielack) Double-Track, Single-Track
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:21:14 -0500
>
>Members:
>
> While following the signal discussion (which I have found VERY =
>interesting) I was intrigued to hear mentioned that the Erie =
>single-tracked it's mainline in Indiana in the 1950s. I know of, or have
>visited, many of the single-track portions of the Erie in NY and PA >but I
>had never heard of this in Indiana. Why was it done?
>
> I would like to see a comprehensive list of single-tracked sections =
>of the New York-Chicago mainline. >
> - Dave Green, ELHS #1366
>
>
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