> One of the basics of journalism is a thing called "fact checking". It > makes > all the difference, especially when the publication has very knowledgeable > readers such as people on this list. Rick, the railfan press is always an interesting mix or journalism, history, speculation and mythology. It's hard to please everyone. And we tend to know the rivet count on a boiler -- and are fast to correct those who are off by a few when they write, but many don't care why the locomotive was built that way in the first place beyond "to haul trains." The related problem is that everyone who writes always finds a dozen people coming out of the woodwork with new information the minute something goes into print. On occasion, there's a revision or a new article that clarifies or includes new material, but it rarely gets the same circulation as the original. In the case of this map, I can't quite get my arms around the choice of the base date and attendant omissions and inclusions. I'd be interested in the explanation of that choice. Anthracite Quiz Question of the Day: The DL&W and NYS&W both used the Lackawanna's Hoboken piers to transfer anthracite into barges for delievery in New York Harbor in the 1880s. Name the single largest consignee for each railroad of anthracite dumped at Hoboken in thos years. Cheers, Jim The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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