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Re: (erielack) Jessup Switchback (was Rock Jct Wye Not)

When John I. Blair first built the Warren Railroad there was a switchback
to get over the hill at Oxford.  Shortly after the line was leased to the
DL&W it was replaced by the Oxford Tunnel.

This switchback was always intended to be temporary to get the line open as
quickly as possible.

Tim

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:52 PM, JG at graytrainpix <
graytrainpix_@_hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Wonder if there were any other switchbacks on the EL.  Didn't the DLW have
> a switchback into Ithaca?  But that was gone by the merger, IIRC.
>
> Jim Gerofsky
>
>
>


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