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Re: (erielack) Trains Screws up Again -- Anthracite RR Map

Jim,

I hope you will write Trains so at least they are on notice of these
omissions.

Tim

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com> wrote:

> The new Trains magazine popped into my mailbox today, with its map of the
> "Anthracite Railroads Today."
>
> The first howler is the omission of the NYS&W/WB&E -- which carried more
> anthracite than the O&W (though the Erie buried the numbers for competitive
> reasons. Also omitted is the DS&S, although not lasting very long, also
> carried more anthracite than the O&W. I suppose one could also be nit-picky
> and note that the L&NE's route to the Port of NY is not showm although that
> was a pretty busy route too.
>
> The NYS&W's Edgewater Terminal was one of the busiest anthracite tidewater
> terminals of all -- yet is omitted as well, but the Erie at Weehawken(!!!)
> **is** shown. If Weehawken is "important" for the Erie, then the DS&S and
> L&NE should have been shown; And considering that most of the Erie's
> anthracite was dumped at Edgewater -- and not Weehawken  after 1906 -- makes
> it even more annoying in its omission.
>
> I wonder if there'd be any interest in a map that shows the railroads that
> actually shipped anthracite and where the anthracite was consigned over the
> years?
>
> Take that map -- and then re-do this map to show what happened to those
> routes might be a revelation.
>
> In any case, I am again irritated by railfan mythology overtaking railroad
> history here: the Northern Field Map last year had a few nitpicky errors;
> the NY Harbor Map had a bunch of real howlers, and this one is delightful as
> far as it goes, but doesn;t thell the story that **is**anthracite.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
> ELHS #1296
>
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