SE98 and ES99 very rarely set off at Lake Jct or HO Jct. No time, and the train ( SE98 ) was a whole E Port train. Are we sure this ore went to Bethlehem Steel? I may be wrong but some how Raritan River Steel seems to come to mind? Its been a while. :) Bob Bahrs In a message dated 7/2/2008 6:49:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net writes: These are D&H cars loaded with ilmenite off the D&H North Creek branch in the Adirondack region of NY state. The ilmenite originated at National Lead Industries mine at Tahawus; acc to my SPV atlas, the NLI Tahawus-North Creek line was operated by D&H. Ilmenite ore is a source for titanium, used for steel hardening. The most direct route would have been D&H-Dupont-LV-Bethlehem (assuming the ore was consigned to Beth Steel), but in the regulated era, circuitous routings were more common since the rate was the same. The move probably didn't involve LV, since after CNJ quit PA, either it or RDG retained TR from P'bug to Bethlehem and Allentown over LV. RDG continued to have access to Beth Steel, and CNJ-RDG continued to operate Jersey City-Harrisburg (Rutherford) trains. So the ilmenite cars would be setoff at LakeJct and forwarded to Bethlehem by JH-1 or JH-7. Perhaps a Lister who also belongs to the Anthracite RR group can provide more details. Prior to 1972 (and assuming the traffic existed then), the routing would have been D&H-W Barre-CNJ-Bethlehem. **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (www.tourtracker.com ?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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