Re: (erielack) NJ/PA - Environmental Assessment for Lackawanna Cutoff now a...

["Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com>]

Of course, Walter Rich saw value in it and was angling for the line in the 
early 1980s. That's why CR did what they did. The market has changed 
considerably since then, of course, and there's no one in the regional 
business with Rich's "outside the box" vision these days.
Cheers,
Jim

> 1. Line is not connected to the "freight network" in NJ. With all major
> freight traffic going up the river line or out the lehigh valley line
> 2. Too many commuter trains east of Port Morris
> 3. Grades too steep in the Poconos
> 4. Clearance issues due to wires
> 5. Weight limitations imposed by NJT(I didn't know this even)...apparently
> freight tracks are unrestricted
> and 6. No operator is interested in it


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