RE: Is the Erie east of Bingo next? Re: (erielack) NS Buffalo LineChanges

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Dear E-L family: the jackass...oops, I mean the horse. Might see the writing on the wall. I just returned from Erie-O&W country. The not-so-quickway will be I-86. Looks like they have big plans for this middle of nowhere road. I guess when you have 47 billion to spend at the expense of everyone else. What the heck, right? This should, be the end of the Erie Main along the Delaware River. YOUR RIGHT! Then people will say we have too many railroads.When really we have too many roads to nowhere! Unquestioned! ....Lackawanna Lance     


 



Robert John Davis <trains_@_robertjohndavis.com> wrote:

>On 7/10/02 2:05 PM, "Blue Moon Network Administrator"
><root_@_net.bluemoon.net> wrote:
>
>> 
>> While bad for the PRR line this will have a good impact on the Southern Tier
>> Line.
>> 
>
>I suspect there is also going to be negative impact at Allentown. I would
>not be surprised if Allentown is closed within 2 years as a classification
>yard.
>
>Norfolk Southern  is a north-south company, so getting the line to
>Mickeyville under the horsey flag is a good thing, even if it is only
>trackage rights. Wanna bet the horse is in Montreal by next year?
>
>So, if Keating Summit was too much of a headache and dollar drain, you gotta
>think Gulf Summit is next, no?
>
>Is this the death knell for the Southern Tier east of Bingo? It's a big, bad
>railroad in the middle of nowhere. With the passenger plan seemingly killed
>by common sense and the NS now owning or having trackage rights to the NJ
>ports via Allentown, there's not much reason to keep Gulf Summit in
>operation as a NS route.
>
>Add in the Cut-Off revival, the intermodal terminals at Taylor and
>Bethlehem, and the fact that the entire route is cleared for stacks, and I
>think you have a pretty good argument for routing all traffic that might go
>via Bingo down through Allentown. Not as much NJT interference, either.
>
>Rob
>
>
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