Re: (erielack) FW: Flooding at Del Water Gap station

[RSmollin_@_aol.com]

I think DL&W engineering part of constructing the original  railroad line 
through the Water Gap is the same as what other railroads did  through mountains. 
It was cheaper and allowed for easier grades to follow river  valleys through 
the mountains. I guess they took their chances with periodic  flooding of the 
river instead of spending much more on tunnels and bridges  and other 
expensive engineering projects. 
 
Ray   
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/7/2005 10:18:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
leesome1226_@_yahoo.com writes:

The  DL&W clearly had great Civil Engineers. It would
have been impractical  to move their tracks when they
were only getting the 100 year flood every  100 years.
Today we are getting a 100 year flood and an even
larger one  in the span of 7 months. Flooding of this
magnitude was a rare occurance  for the DL&W back then
but according to Professor Ruggles is something  that
we will see happen more often in the  future.

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