Thanks all, for the on and off list responses.Very interesting... "On page 29 is a picture captioned "Resting on a horse-drawn flatcar, a Rogers locomotive is hauled along Paterson's Market Street en route to the Erie freight yard." * This would be the Getty Ave. yard that is still in use by Norfolk Southern today? It took 40 horses!!! If Rodgers stayed in the Locomotive business those horses would be as popular as the Budweiser Clydesdale's! :) "This picture was taken September 21, 1900, with Paterson's City Hall in the background." * Looking at the profile of downtown Paterson today, there is quite slope to get from the Rodgers factory past City Hall to get to the Erie.So it look like 4' 8 1/2" track did indeed link the Erie Railroad with that section of the city... it just makes sense with all that industry, but was Erie really banned from using the spur? Looking at old "Drawings" of the factory now, it sure shows LOTS of trackage. hmmmm I wonder how many Colt Firearms were shipped by rail if it was utilized, that factory was a few block west of Rodgers. "Rogers built 6,200 locomotives before it folded for good [1904-MJC], including some of the greatest ever made." * Not Erie or LaGrange, but still quite impressive. Todd ~ The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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