(erielack) June calendar photos

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

Hi folks,

June is here - time to turn the calendar....

The ELHS calendar features a neat B&W shot of a meet between two Erie trains at the Graham, NY station. A double-headed Berkshire train drifts downgrade past the station while a heavy 2-8-2 pusher and its wood caboose wait to drop down to Port Jervis after the dobuleheader clears. A neat image of typical railroading in the 1940s.  The new ties strewn around on the ground shows that the Erie was still in good enough shape to be pouring $$$ into physical plant maintenance.

The Weekend Chief calendar has a wonderful overview of the four-track Erie main going across the Meadowlands, as viewed from the Route 3 overpass, with a westbound NJ&NY commuter train.. The two right mains are already rusty, and shortly those two tracks will be removed in a cost-saving reduction move. The track still appears to be in good maintenance, and the right of way is fairly clean. The caption isn't completely true when it states that the RS2 "...rushes commuters gome across a simplified meadowlands before residential construction took place."  The area where this photo was taken is largely the same today (though the Route 3 bridge was rebuilt and lowered, so you can't get as high a vantage point as this today). The aforementioned "residential construction" (in the form of the Harmon Cove apartment towers) took place just beyond HX Draw (seein in the far distance).

        - Paul



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