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Re: (erielack) Lackawaxen, PA

Fred:

In late EL days, they had a 400 series SW-9 switcher (often EL 435) assigned 
to the branch which was left at Honesdale.  Each weekday, they would 
assemble their empties, which were mostly empty paper boxcars from Moore 
Business forms, and haul them down to Lackawaxen for a swap with loads which 
were waiting for them East of the crossing near the old BQ tower. As I 
remember, there was 4 tracks at BQ: two mains with double crossovers; the 
branchline and one storage track. Typically on the days right before Conrail 
(Early 1970's) the local dropped off and picked up about a dozen cars on 
average.  I have seen days when they handled 25, but that is about maximum 
(quite a struggle for a little switcher!).  Beside Moores, they handled cars 
from the Honesdale yard of Narrowsburg Lumber, a furniture business and 
Honesdale Feed.  In later years, they also handled cars for Gumble Bros. 
Lumber on the Team track (old Wye to Scranton branch) in Hawley, which was 
right by the US Route 6 crossing.

Jim Leighty


Subject: (erielack) Lackawaxen, PA


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> What kind of interchange or track arrangement did the EL have at 
> Lackawaxen? This was where the Honesdale Branch left off to the south if 
> I'm not mistaken. Does anyone know if a thru freight made a drop there?
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> Fred Stratton
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