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

That is why Lakeland Bus of Diver handles commuter in the NJ Portion of Cut off Cut-Off!!
 
Besides, used public roads, Rote 46 and I 80. Cut Off weed grown. "Grass Grows over the Cut Off!! And no one is mowing it.
 
Jerome

- --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com> wrote:


From: Jim Guthrie <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: (erielack) NJ/PA - Environmental Assessment for Lackawanna Cutoff now a...
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11:56 AM


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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