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RE: (erielack) ex-Erie Line In danger of Shutting Down
- Subject: RE: (erielack) ex-Erie Line In danger of Shutting Down
- From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:35:21 -0400
Although I've heard that NYS&W is possibly looking at taking this track over again... from the rumor mill!
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> Date: 7/26/2002 10:00 PM
>
> RE: [nerrandcoal] Funding sought to keep train riding the rails
>
>
>
> Funding sought to keep train riding the rails
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>
> By Christine Pinto 07/25/2002
>
>
>
>
> After nearly a quarter of a century of train rides, the
> Stourbridge Line
> will stop running at the end of the year unless the Wayne
> County Chamber
> of Commerce can secure funding.
>
> As a result, Wayne County could lose as much as $750,000 in tourism
> revenue.
>
> Chamber president Don Doyle made the announcement Wednesday.
> He said the
> Lackawaxen-Honesdale Shippers Association, which operates the
> stretch of
> track between Honesdale and Lackawaxen, has decided to suspend
> operations on the railroad after the new year, citing a continuing
> decline in the amount of freight being moved.
>
> The association had allowed the chamber to use the railroad track for
> free in the past, said Annetta DeYoung, executive director of the
> chamber. But starting next year, the association will be charging a
> $50,000 per year user fee, plus require the chamber to put additional
> funds in escrow to pay for maintenance and repairs of the track, she
> said.
>
> That would nearly double the chamber's $170,000 annual budget for the
> Stourbridge Line.
>
> The impact on Wayne County could be disastrous.
>
> The Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau estimates the train generates
> $500,000 to $750,000 in tourism revenue annually to Wayne County.
>
> Mr. Doyle said as many as 20,000 people annually ride the
> line, named in
> honor of the Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive in
> the United
> States, which took its first run in Honesdale.
>
> "And they eat, buy gas, shop," he said. "I have no idea
> exactly how much
> money they spend, but it certainly will have an economic impact."
>
> The association's final decision to suspend operations came after
> Flexible Foam decided to search for a different location for its new
> Northeastern Pennsylvania factory. The Ohio-based company has been
> approved for a manufacturing plant that would bring 125 new jobs to
> Wayne County on a site with rail access in White Mills. The
> foam company
> would have shipped much of its products by rail.
>
> Tom Shepstone, executive director of the shippers
> association, said that
> when it formed in 1976 as a way to preserve rail service in Wayne and
> Pike counties, more than 1,500 cars a year passed through the
> Honesdale
> area. Now there are only about 50.
>
> The foam factory, he said, was essential to the continuation of rail
> service in Wayne County.
>
> But heavy resident opposition and the threat of lawsuits that
> would hold
> up the project led Flexible Foam to look elsewhere, Mr. Doyle said.
> Residents have been outspoken against the project from the beginning,
> citing environmental concerns related to the materials used to create
> the foam.
>
> "We were like the little engine that could," Ms. DeYoung said. "We're
> very proud of the fact that we did this on our own. We bought and paid
> off our locomotive and (passenger) cars and never had to ask for
> anything."
>
>
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