Re: (erielack) EL's Port Newark operations?

[dcw_rr <dcw_rr_@_verizon.net>]

Just a correction, that was Farmingdale, not Farmington.  The trailers 
were offloaded on the wye north of Republic Airport.
- -Art P

Paul Brezicki wrote:
>
> There was a short-lived (less than a year) intermodal float operation 
> in NY harbor in 1979-80. This involved hauling trailers on ICI bogies 
> between Greenville NJ and Farmington NY on the LIRR, with the New York 
> Cross Harbor handling the float between Greenville and Brooklyn. The 
> idea was to bypass congested NYC highways. The operation was 
> discontinued due to a dispute over funding of the rail equipment.
>
> Paul B
>
>
>   

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