Re: (erielack) Re: O&W Discussion Group Abandoned RRs in Scranton Area

[Njricky2_@_aol.com]

In a message dated 8/15/06 11:42:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
erief7_@_msn.com writes:
 
After reading a summary of the Transportation Act of 1920 and seeing the  
lineups that were considered at that time, I suppose it looked reasonable.  
However, what would have happened when industry left New England, the Northeast  
and other parts of the eastern part of the continent?
 
Probably a realignment that eventually would have brought us close to  what 
we see now. Of course, it's anyone's guess but I find the 1920 proposal  
extremely interesting especially when you look at how the proposed combinations  
would have interchanged.
 
All things considered, if that had taken place, perhaps the small number of  
Class 1 railroads that we see now would have evolved earlier.
 
Again, who knows? But it is good to look at what those before us had  in 
mind. 
 
Any thoughts on this?
 
Rick


It  was alot of regulation and much of what was needed to be transported by 
the  railroads. IE: intermodel (containers, trailers etc) is a big booming  
business. But what would happen if that type of industry or the need for it  
dropped off drastically and the RR's had nothing to fill the void?How many  
intermodel yards and such would be empty. It's all relative and  dielectric.





Fred Stratton

MP. 7.2 NS Asheville  line

Salisbury, NC


From: "Jim Guthrie"  <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com>
Reply-To: "Jim Guthrie"  <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com>
To: <owrhs_@_yahoogroups.com>,  <erielack@lists.elhts.org>, 
<dandh_@_yahoogroups.com>
Subject:  (erielack) Re: O&W Discussion Group Abandoned RRs in Scranton  Area
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:44:58  -0400
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>>Further affirming my belief that there were  just too many railroads 
>>in this
>>area, so hard to keep  track of spaghetti bowl like layout!
>>
>But that is not a  correct belief. {Nearly] every piece of track 
>around Scranton served a  purpose, and was built for good reason. It 
>is a cauionary tale for  those who believe that 
railroads suffered 
>from too much  regulation, however  <g>.
>
>Cheers,
>Jim
>
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