Re: (erielack) M&E/Rahway Valley News

["Bill K." <pontiac_@_dreamscape.com>]

This is getting off topic I suppose, but didn't the DO pull up a lot of the
tracks as well? That alone is expensive to replace.

I seem to recall reading that...  actually, wait a minute. *paws through
pile of magazines next to table*  Railpace 6/86:  "...the trackage from
route 22 west to Summit (former EL interchange) is lightly used.  In recent
years , the RV stored surplus cars on these lines [also refers to the former
CNJ interchange].  The Summit interchange was last used in 1976, and it is
unlikely this portion will be reopened."  So it's been out of service, or
close to it, for 26 years - unneeded when all the roads around it became
one.


Bill K.


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'TIMOTHY O. STUY '" <njmidland_@_compuserve.com>; <erielack@railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:57 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) M&E/Rahway Valley News


> This'll be a hoot, for sure. The Union-to-Summit main will require
EXTENSIVE rehab, and yes, some bridges are out, including the critical one
in Summit...
>
>      - Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TIMOTHY O. STUY
> To: erielack_@_railfan.net
> Sent: 7/8/02 2:47 PM
> Subject: (erielack) M&E/Rahway Valley News
>
> >From ProgressiveRailroading.com
>
> Morristown & Erie Railway Inc. (M&E) recently filed an application with
> Surface Transportation Board to rehabilitate and operate certain lines
> owned
> by Union County, N.J.
>
> The 42-mile short line plans to activate the lines in four phases: (1)
> former Staten Island Railway Corp. lines in Linden; (2) former Staten
> Island
> Railway lines in Cranford; (3) a former Rahway Valley Railroad Co.
> Cranford-to-Union mainline; and (4) a former Rahway Valley
> Union-to-Summit
> mainline.
>
> M&E and the county May 9 reached a 10-year operating agreement, under
> which
> M&E will rehabilitate Phase 1 and 2 lines (except for a specified
> limitation
> in Phase 2), and initiate rail service within six months.
>
> M&E wouldn't begin rehabilitating or servicing Phase 3 lines until it
> receives the county's written concurrence, at which time the short line
> would be required to initiate service within nine months. M&E and the
> county
> in the future would have to agree on a timetable for the Phase 4 line.
>
> Pending STB approval, M&E would interchange traffic with Conrail,
> Norfolk
> Southern Railway and CSX Transportation at Cranford, Linden and Bound
> Brook,
> N.J., and provide through service by exercising its right to operate
> over
> New Jersey Transit's line at Cranford Junction.
>
> -------
>
> Question:  when was the last time that the Rahway Valley interchanged
> with
> the EL at Summit?
> Is the RV right of way to Summit intact?  I though a bridge had been
> removed.
>
> Tim
>

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