> BTW, according to a note I have from Art Erdman, the Lincoln Park passing > siding has a capacity of "125 cars" (I assume this means 50' cars?), making > it a little over a mile long. Translated, that means it could hold 70 > piggyback flats, and in later years the pig trains definitely exceeded this > length. > > - Paul It has always been my impression that siding measurement in "cars" was based on a coupled 40' car, much the norm in earlier days. Can folks confirm or disprove that? SGL The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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