Re: (erielack) Preserving history, or trying to at least

[Bruce <qc_@_comcast.net>]

 From time to time in 1974-5 Norda received small tank cars, from where 
I do not recall.
I was the freight agent at Boonton at the time.

On 7/22/2011 2:12 PM, Paul R. Tupaczewski wrote:
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> Hi folks,
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> Been going through my personal print collection slowly, and as I find
> EL-related stuff I'll post it.
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> The first two photos are detail views of the underside of the Fanny Road
> overpass in Boonton, NJ. These two shots were taken around 1993 when I heard
> the bridge was going to be replaced due to leaching of the concrete, so I
> went to get detail shots for my own personal modeling. It's a
> somewhat-typical DL&W concrete bridge (I've seen similar overpasses in
> Totowa and Clifton, I think?).   This bridge is now gone, replaced with a
> brand-new structure that at least tries to maintain the same "look" (though
> the new bridge doesn't have empty slots between its vertical stakes for
> "safety")
>
> The other two photos show a portion of Norda, a manufacturer of flavors and
> fragrances just west of the Fanny Road bridge. What always impressed me
> about this place (other than the various odors that wafted from it) was that
> spur that curved into plant property behind that chain-link fence on what
> appears to be about a 10% grade! It's very short, and that the top
> immediately levels off onto an elevated unloading/loading structure. (it
> appeared that it could take hopper/covered hopper loads OR tank car loads
> from this structure)   Anyone ever see a car spotted here?
>
> Enjoy!
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> 	- Paul
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