Re: (erielack) Split Rail/Derail- Mt. Morris NY

["David J. MV" <dmvgvt_@_earthlink.net>]

The CB plant was served by the Lackawanna with a facing point eastbound
switch.  As a matter of fact some vandals threw this switch and derailed a
set of E/B F units which went down the bank to the far right of this photo.
    Regarding the Erie's Mt Morris Br. it crossed Canaseraga Creek just
north of the new G&W bridge to the Salt Mine, the west abutment is still
there, you can see it if you look carefully going E/B on I 390 just about
across from the new salt mine.  It then crossed RT. 408 and paralleled it
towards Mt Morris, where it diamonded the DL&W about 2000 feet east of Rt.
408 grade crossing of the DL.  If you look railroad east, as you are going
south east on 408 from I390 you can see the tree row & slight embankment.
Happy hunting, Regards David MV


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "David Green" <davandli_@_ptdprolog.net>
To: "ELHS Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 7:05 PM
Subject: (erielack) Split Rail/Derail- Mt. Morris NY


> Dave:
>
> Interesting photo.  I go by there quite often.  The Curtice-Burns cannery
is
> on the left, behind the tower.  It is now Seneca Foods.  Do you know what
it
> was when the photo was taken?  Did it have rail service?  If so, from
whom?
> State Route 36 is in the background.  The viaduct beyond the tower passes
> over River Road.
>
> In my travels, it is difficult to see where the Erie Mount Morris Branch
> passed through here.  Do you know in what manner it crossed the
Lackawanna?
> I have wondered if River Road was originally the Erie ROW.
>
> - Dave Green, ELHS #1366
>

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