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From: RWJ arjay3 AT comcast DOT net
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:05:52 -0400
Subject: Re:Erie Lackawanna-track abandonment question
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I have a photos of ES99 taken west of Slateford on June 24, 1972 that
clearly shows two tracks.
Rich


On Oct 16, 2012, at 12:01 AM, Paul R. Tupaczewski wrote:

>> Rich,
>> I can't forget what I never knew in the first place.
>>
>> Can you tell us about it? Was in only in PA or did it start at this
"East
> Slateford"
>> in NJ? How long was it? When was it taken out? I'm guessing from what
I
> see
>> in pictures it had to come out by the very early 70's??
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike D.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/15/2012 3:43 PM, Richard Pennisi wrote:
>>> Seems to me everyone has forgotten about the Slateford passing
siding.
>>>
>>> Rich Pennisi
>
>
> I don't know what timeframe Rich is referring to, but in 1974,
according to
> Bill Sheppard's diagram book, there was no passing siding on the
Cut-Off
> side, but it DOES show a siding on the Old Road side that appears to
have
> started near the tower and extended beyond where the Cut-Off passed
overhead
> (the diagram notes that the siding held 102 cars). Rich, is that the
one
> you're referring to?
>
> In later EL years, you obviously wouldn't be seeing through freights
at this
> location...
>
> - Paul
>
>
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