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Re: (erielack) Lackawanna in new Weird NJ

- --- paultup_@_optonline.net wrote:
> - "The Byram Rail Road Tunnel" - a short story about the Roseville
> Tunnel on the Cut-Off. The author claims "the tunnel was built by
> accident - in 1909, the original plan was to cut through the hillside
> but when they started work they found the rock was too brittle for that,
> so the 1000-foot tunnel became plan B."  Is this correct?

Yes, it's in several books.  The DLW's original concept was to eliminate
all tunnels, which were hazardous to engine crews (smoke).

> You can pick up the magazine at Barnes & Noble or Borders.

Also Brentano's, which is a subsidiary of Borders.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey

http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html


		
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