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RE: (erielack) Erie Wyoming Division
I agree with Schuyler & Greg's comments. Tuesday night I spent hours
looking through the links/maps of the area. I even used the Terraserver
that Vince Lee gave me as an additional link. Using these tools I could
zero in on the family farm and even view the aerial photos, with enough
clarity to see the house, both barns, and small outbuildings.
I knew and used this website a few yrears ago but lost it and couldn't
recall it's title.
Now that I've got my bearings I'll trace the right-of-way from Hawley
west to Scranton.
One item that came to light in this thread was the actual date of
abandonment. I was a bit too young to know, but I thought it was
earlier than the early 1970s.
Henry
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 22:23:52 -0500, "Schuyler Larrabee"
<schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net> said:
> Glad you liked it. It's a great way to get a real understanding of where
> things
> were, and how they got there from here.
>
> Sometimes also a thing to keep you up WAAAAY past your bedtimre . . . 8^)
>
> SGL
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gjokra_@_comcast.net [mailto:gjokra@comcast.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:55 PM
> > To: Schuyler Larrabee; 'Henry W Jarusik'; erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> > Subject: RE: (erielack) Erie Wyoming Division
> >
> > Schuyler,
> > Thanks! that was great, I spent a few hours wandering around
> > the Poconos checking all the old branches and railroad lines
> > that I saw but did'nt know what they were. The older the map
> > the more interesting they were!
> > Greg O
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
> > > If you want to follow the line along on old USGS maps, go to
> > > http://historical.maptech.com/quadlist.cfm?stateabr=PA
> > >
> > > Pick the Hawley quad, and start with the north west
> > part of that map. You can
> > > follow it along by clicking appropriately. All the
> > way to Scranton, I imagine.
> > >
> > > SGL
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net
> > > > [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net] On Behalf Of
> > > > gjokra_@_comcast.net
> > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:32 PM
> > > > To: Henry W Jarusik; erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> > > > Subject: Re: (erielack) Erie Wyoming Division
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Henry,
> > > > I too, lived along the line, however, later in the early
> > > > eighties, in Wimmers, near Mt. Cobb. I don't have a
> > good map
> > > > of PA handy but I know where most of the line went. If you
> > > > were in Lake Ariel, you were on the branch that ran just a
> > > > few miles from the main. (2 point something miles) The line
> > > > came up from Scranton through Cobb's Gap and
> > crossed the DL&W
> > > > and Roaring Brook at "Nay Aug". This is just under
> > the I-380
> > > > bridge outside of Dunmore. The tracks followed
> > Roaring Brook
> > > > across from the DL&W to just before the Elmhurst Reservoir
> > > > where it ran along side RT 590 to the top of the
> > "Saddle". at
> > > > which point it went across the small valley to
> > > > Wimmers,(Passing under I-84 first) then around the hill to
> > > > Saco. Saco is on RT 348 and the tracks crossed at
> > DeLeo's gas
> > > > station. There was a small yard here. Next it went through
> > > > Maplewood, near Lake Henry and crossed RT 196 near
> > Varden. I
> > > > remember a small village called Gravity which had a grade
> > > > crossing but my map doesn't show it. This is where
> > I lose the
> > > > tracks until they surface near Hawley and connect with the
> > > > Honesdale branch and follow the Lackawaxen river to
> > > > Lackawaxen and the juction with the Main Line. The
> > last train
> > > > through this line was in 1969. There are very few
> > pictures of
> > > > this area as it was still very r!
> > > > ural and traffic was fairly light by the late fifties. I
> > > > know that the line followed the path of the
> > Pennsylvania Coal
> > > > Co. gravity railroad right of way for much of the way. If I
> > > > get a chance to look at a better map online some
> > more of the
> > > > little villages along the way will jar my memory. The man I
> > > > bought my house in Wimmers from was a retired conductor for
> > > > the Erie. He passed away not long after I moved in so I
> > > > didn't have a chance to get more stories from him.
> > He did say
> > > > that later on, because traffic was so light here that he
> > > > would get off the train at his house and they would
> > pick him
> > > > up the next day. The crew would cover for him so he didn't
> > > > have to drive to and from Dunmore so often. His wife was a
> > > > Hollister, an early settler family.
> > > > If anyone has more to offer about this end of the
> > division it
> > > > would be great to know more.
> > > > Greg Okrasinski
> > > > ELHS #2887
> > > > -------------- Original message --------------
> > > >
> > > > > List:
> > > > >
> > > > > Was this the line that ran from Hawley, Pa. over to the
> > > > Scranton area?
> > > > > Can someone give me the general path it followed, and any
> > > > other details?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Our family farm [Lake Ariel Post Office] is along
> > this now
> > > > abandoned
> > > > > right-of-way. The line was active and then removed in the
> > > > early 1960s.
> > > > > I was too young to ever see any railroad activity
> > on the line but
> > > > > remember the rails being there looking functional
> > and in service.
> > > > >
> > > > > The Erie burned down the farm house in the early
> > 1930s from the
> > > > > exhaust cinders igniting the roof. As my father told it,
> > > > everyone came
> > > > > home from church one Sunday to see the house
> > burning down. I don't
> > > > > know how it was resolved, but they did build a
> > new house on
> > > > the old foundation.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Henry Jarusik
> > > > > New London, Pa
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Henry W Jarusik
> > > > > hwjpa_@_fastem.com
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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Henry W Jarusik
hwjpa_@_fastem.com
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