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Re: (erielack) E-Burg and Pocono Summit Question.

Bob,  I have some 1999 photos of the Pocono Summit station and a little of he surrounding area on my website:
http://home.comcast.net/~jwmutter

Follow the menu link of the left to Mount Pocono and then follow the Pocono Summit Area link.

From the appearance of the area in 1999 and Bill Sheppard's map, I believe there were two main tracks, a gap (perhaps a track width?) and then the Cramer siding.  The siding did look as though it were set back a ways from the main tracks. 

Jeff Mutter

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From: Scott Lupia <wpdj61_@_optonline.net> 

> Bob: 
> OK, that makes sense. I thought it might have been something like that. 
> Is that a main track in front of the platform then? I am trying to picture 
> what the early 70's track arrangement looked like there. I am thinking that 
> there was Cramers siding on the north side of the main, 1 main, 2 main and 
> then the track in front of the baggage platform was removed. Sound right? 
> 
> Scott 
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> > Scott 
> > Baggage unloading platform. Space restrictions required longer trains 
> > to 
> > pull the baggage cars east of the crossing, so that coaches could be more 
> > appropriately positioned in front of the station. 
> > 
> > Bob 
> > 
> > 
> > In a message dated 1/31/2008 11:08:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> > wpdj61_@_optonline.net writes: 
> > 
> > Second question. At Pocono Summit, just east of the Summit Ave grade 
> > crossing at the station, in some photos, I see a wooden platform next to 
> > the 
> > track. There is a photo in EL in Color vol 5 on pg 67 which shows a 
> > westbound train in 1964 passing this platform. What was this platform? 
> > It 
> > isn't low level like a station platform, it does ramp up like a loading 
> > platform. There are a total of 4 tracks there in the photo too. Cramers 
> > siding and 3 others. I am guessing that the track at the platform is a 
> > siding. The Sheppard track diagram book doesn't show it so I am assuming 
> > that that all might be gone by the time I am modeling. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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