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Re: (erielack) Rupert, PA (was: Up periscope!)
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Paul asked about the layout at Rupert. I have attached two scans of a
portion of the ICC Valuation map for the Rupert yard. Sorry about the size
(they're about 500K each), but any smaller and the detail is unreadable.
Someone used a colored pencil on the original to "highlight" the EL lines,
so they show up rather dark, but you can see Fishing Creek to the west, and
the grade-separated crossing of the Reading and EL at the east. The
Reading's Susquehanna River bridge is to the east of this map.
Hope this helps.
Jeff Mutter
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'Todd Hollritt'" <thollritt_@_yahoo.com>; <erielack@railfan.net>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 10:11 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Rupert, PA (was: Up periscope!)
> Todd Hollritt posted:
>
> >Witness C898 entering Rupert Yard on the Bloomsburg Branch. Yes, a
Lackawanna line blessed with clearences any Erie man would love.
>
> Here's a question for a Bloomsburg Branch neophyte...
>
> I've mentioned in the past that we like to go out to Knoebels Amusement
Park in Elysburg, PA. Driving down from Route 80, you parallel the former
Bloom across the river from Catawissa, PA. I assume the little hamlet at the
north end of this stretch is Rupert? Where exactly was the station/yard
area? The former RDG (I assume) girder bridge is just south of the hamlet
(with some cabooses displayed on it now), and it swings to the north, but
the north end of the span is hanging in the air - where did the RDG track go
from here to meet the EL?
>
> If anyone's talented with drawing, I'd love to see a sketch of the track
in the area....
>
> - Paul
>
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