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

["Schuyler G Larrabee" <sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com>]

This sounds good, but how do we connect WNY&P into this?   8^)

SGL
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert John Davis" <trains_@_robertjohndavis.com>
To: <erielack_@_railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) M&E/Rahway Valley News


> Wow, Tim.
>
> So, let's see...
>
> If the M&E rebuilds the RV and the SIRT all the way from the hook through
to
> Summit, that means pigs can reach Howland Hook terminal via a Scranton,
Port
> Morris, Summit route that avoids any NS or CSX trackage.
>
> Hmm...
>
> I can see the GVT/M&E Alco's all over the place!
>
> Rob
>
>
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> On 7/8/02 2:47 PM, "TIMOTHY O. STUY" <njmidland_@_compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> >> 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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