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Re: (erielack) June calendar photos

TYPO!  I meant to say the photos are NOT attached to Paul's email!  Sorry
for the confusion.

Tim

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Tim Stuy <njmidland_@_verizon.net> wrote:

> Greg,
>
> The photos are attached to Paul's email.  They are from the two calendars
> featuring the EL - the calendar produced jointly by the ELHS/ELDCPS and the
> calendar produced by Weekend Chief.  It is kind of a monthly tradition on
> this list to comment on that month's photos.  Actually, the numerous errors
> found in the Weekend Chief captions led to the ELHS/ELDCPS starting their
> own calendar this year with captions that were gone over in painstaking
> detail.  In fact, the same process is underway right now for the captions
> for the 2010 EL calendar.  If you would like, the 2009 calendar is still
> available (
> http://www.eldcps.org/store/product.php?productid=167&cat=0&page=1) - the
> 2010 calendar should be available around Labor Day.
>
> Tim
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Gregory Botvinik <botvinesq_@_optonline.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> Paul:
>>
>> I'm new to the list and I can't find the photos you describe.  Since I
>> didn't find a link in your e-mail, I tried to find them on the list's
>> website, but was unsuccessful.
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Greg Botvinik
>> Highland Park, NJ
>> botvinesq_@_optonline.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) [mailto:paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com]
>> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:39 AM
>> To: EL Mail List
>> Subject: (erielack) June calendar photos
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> June is here - time to turn the calendar....
>>
>> The ELHS calendar features a neat B&W shot of a meet between two Erie
>> trains
>> at the Graham, NY station. A double-headed Berkshire train drifts
>> downgrade
>> past the station while a heavy 2-8-2 pusher and its wood caboose wait to
>> drop down to Port Jervis after the dobuleheader clears. A neat image of
>> typical railroading in the 1940s.  The new ties strewn around on the
>> ground
>> shows that the Erie was still in good enough shape to be pouring $$$ into
>> physical plant maintenance.
>>
>> The Weekend Chief calendar has a wonderful overview of the four-track Erie
>> main going across the Meadowlands, as viewed from the Route 3 overpass,
>> with
>> a westbound NJ&NY commuter train.. The two right mains are already rusty,
>> and shortly those two tracks will be removed in a cost-saving reduction
>> move. The track still appears to be in good maintenance, and the right of
>> way is fairly clean. The caption isn't completely true when it states that
>> the RS2 "...rushes commuters gome across a simplified meadowlands before
>> residential construction took place."  The area where this photo was taken
>> is largely the same today (though the Route 3 bridge was rebuilt and
>> lowered, so you can't get as high a vantage point as this today). The
>> aforementioned "residential construction" (in the form of the Harmon Cove
>> apartment towers) took place just beyond HX Draw (seein in the far
>> distance).
>>
>>        - Paul
>>
>>
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