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Re: (erielack) Calendar time

By 1978 the railroad had no interest in the entire line. NY State put up a 
pot full of rehab money to keep Conrail running there. The irony is, that 
once stack trains started in the mid 80's, this was the only line they had 
with the clearances to get them to Jersey. The old Erie that they didn't 
want made it possible for them to get into the stack game.

Tom B
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Montgomery, Edward T" <Edward.Montgomery_@_fcps.edu>
To: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>; 
<erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:16 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Calendar time


>I have a response about this picture that is different.  How did Port 
>Jervis become the railroad town it did.  What kind of classification went 
>on in the yard there?  It seemed redundant to bring trains into the Port 
>and then remake them for delivery to Croxton or Maybrook.  Port Jervis 
>never had any interchange traffic of any size.  i doubt the O&W 
>interchanged much there.  Finally, when did Port Jervis loose it's railroad 
>town status.  Was it tied to the demise of the Poughkeepsie Bridge or did 
>Conrail close it down?  I can remember the engine terminal in full 
>operation through the 60s.  When did all of that close.  By 1978 the 
>railroad looked like it had no interest in the town.
>
> Ed Montgomery 



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