My Best guess is Way back when they may have wanted a drier route but was not Feasable due to Grade or Financial reasons... Remember there were several routes considered for the Cutoff before they built...... Gary R. Kazin wrote: >--- Philip Martin <martinpl3_@_earthlink.net> wrote: > > >>Just out of curiosity, is the Delaware Water Gap station on the line the >>high-flyers between Scranton and New York will use? Just asking. Not >>commenting. (Sure hope the water goes down.) >> >> > >Don't know for sure, there's only one DLW route between Slateford Jct and >Scranton. Given the flood, it would be a good idea to have it on higher ground. > >Gary R. Kazin >DL&W Milepost R35.7 >Rockaway, New Jersey > >http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. >http://personals.yahoo.com > > > > > ------------------------------
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