Paul -- look at the calendar and note yesterday's date. Randy Brown - -------------------------------------------------------------- On the 30th anniversary of the EL's demise, it's sad to read that the days of one of it's landmark structures may be numbered. Coincidentally there's a 2 page contemporary photo of it in May "Trains" which arrived yesterday, and it looks like it could use some maintenance. I wonder how much of a factor the "uneven wear" caused by the off-center track has been. You'd think they would have considered that when the route was singled in the 60's; obviously it would have been OOS for a week or two, but trains could have detoured on the D&H (like they did after the 1974 Factoryville tunnel collapse), a route being considered as an alternative. Or was this another case of ex-Erie folks regarding all things DL&W as expendable? It appears that this superbly engineered route will eventually join the NJ cutoff in oblivion. Paul B The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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