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Re: (erielack) Lackawanna in new Weird NJ
Roseville Tunnel was supposed to have been the largest cut on the Cut-Off,
but the rock was too soft to support a cut and a decision was made to bore
a tunnel instead...but not until a substantial amount of material had
already been removed from above where the tunnel is. Take a look at any
wide-angle view of the eastern portal of Roseville Tunnel and the large cut
on top of the bore is quite obvious. A similar situation arose just west
of Johnsonburg, but the engineers decided to create Armstrong Cut, which
still is the largest cut on the Cut-Off. Unfortunately, the Armstrong Cut
decision came back to haunt the Lackawanna ca. 1940 when the side of the
cut collapsed, closing the Cut-Off (and rerouting traffic via the Old Road)
for about a month. The walls of armstrong Cut are now significantly chewed
back from the right-of-way itself now, but in old photos,going through
Armstrong Cut was like going through a daylighted tunnel.
Chuck
"Gary R. Kazin"
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Re: (erielack) Lackawanna in new Weird NJ
04/18/2005 08:54 PM
Please respond to
"Gary R. Kazin"
- --- 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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