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Re: (erielack) June calendar photos
Greg,
The photos are attached to Paul's email. They are from the two calendars
featuring the EL - the calendar produced jointly by the ELHS/ELDCPS and the
calendar produced by Weekend Chief. It is kind of a monthly tradition on
this list to comment on that month's photos. Actually, the numerous errors
found in the Weekend Chief captions led to the ELHS/ELDCPS starting their
own calendar this year with captions that were gone over in painstaking
detail. In fact, the same process is underway right now for the captions
for the 2010 EL calendar. If you would like, the 2009 calendar is still
available (
http://www.eldcps.org/store/product.php?productid=167&cat=0&page=1) - the
2010 calendar should be available around Labor Day.
Tim
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Gregory Botvinik <botvinesq_@_optonline.net>wrote:
>
> Paul:
>
> I'm new to the list and I can't find the photos you describe. Since I
> didn't find a link in your e-mail, I tried to find them on the list's
> website, but was unsuccessful.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg Botvinik
> Highland Park, NJ
> botvinesq_@_optonline.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) [mailto:paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:39 AM
> To: EL Mail List
> Subject: (erielack) June calendar photos
>
> 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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