NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment. To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the following URL into your web browser: http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-12-01-08 ClarksSummitSiding.jpg (image/jpeg, 685x688 91218 bytes, BF: 5.17 ppb) ClarksSummitTower.jpg (image/jpeg, 678x688 86873 bytes, BF: 5.37 ppb) CloverStCrossing.jpg (image/jpeg, 685x694 86105 bytes, BF: 5.52 ppb) EL-FUNITS.jpg (image/jpeg, 696x669 59807 bytes, BF: 7.79 ppb) GP7-1404.jpg (image/jpeg, 697x676 57611 bytes, BF: 8.18 ppb) SD45-3602.jpg (image/jpeg, 699x683 56584 bytes, BF: 8.44 ppb) I apologize in advance for the poor quality photos, but I was a 16 years old on July 15, 1975 with not much money and only a Kodak Instamatic. These are some of the shots I took along the EL from Cayuga Junction to Clarks Summit, where I used to frequent Ed Barrow's hobby shop. 1. Clarks Summit siding - which went up to the freight and passenger stations on the original mainline. Quite a climb for any engine. Main customer was an Agway. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=41.486825,-75.698344&s pn=0.002254,0.004807&t=h&z=18&msid=118189247514600092532.00045d079f1dc360b02 29 2. Clarks Summit tower - used to have a circular stairway in it, but by this time, it was removed. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=41.492491,-75.703424&s pn=0.002254,0.004807&t=h&z=18&msid=118189247514600092532.00045d07afa21505c34 ba 3. Clover St. Crossing - in Leggett's Gap, only a pedestrian crossing at this point in time. I saw the 759 whip around this curve in the early 70s. This curve saw a pretty bad wreck in 1973 or 4. Cars were derailed for the complete length of the curve. Hence we see the EL replacing jointed track on curves with CWR! http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=41.454331,-75.665575&s pn=0.002256,0.004807&t=h&z=18&msid=118189247514600092532.00045d0784a03fb6fd1 3f 4. F-units holding for a train to come off the Bloom. This is directly across the North Scranton Expressway behind my parent's house. 5. GP7 1404 6. SD45 3602 leading a train, again stopped at the cantilevered signal bridge behind my parent's house. It's still there, sans signals. This train is on a section of track that was re-aligned in 1963 or 4 to allow the North Scranton Expressway to squeeze between the houses on Bennett St and the railroad. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=41.448758,-75.669166&s pn=0.001128,0.002403&t=h&z=19&msid=118189247514600092532.00045d07b79ab8bb776 54 The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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