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Re: (erielack) "Lackawanna" Rail

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- --- DLW1155_@_aol.com wrote:
> Some rail is also marked "LI&S" for Lackawanna Iron & Steel Co. The 80
> lb. rail used to construct ther extension of the Morristown & Erie RR
> from Whippany to the connection with the Erie at Essex Fells was rolled
> by LI&S in 1902 and 1903 and is so marked. When I served as M&E's
> Superintendent back in the 1980's scrappers paid good prices for this
> rail due to the high quality of the steel.

I rode Metro-North's Waterbury (CT) branch on March 30 this year.  While
there, I wandered around the yard and found the sun right to photograph a
rail used by the freight carrier there (Springfield Terminal, IIRC). 
Metro-North DOESN'T use this track...   BTW, a section of the Naugatuck
River looks a lot like the Delaware Water Gap.

The rail reads "L.I.& S.Co. S.W. Scranton. 10 98."  That's 1898...

The Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company was established in Scranton, PA, by
the Scranton brothers.  It was closely related to the DL&W since the
Scranton brothers established the railroad as a means of transporting
their iron and steel products to market.  Later, the steel company moved
to New York state, and the town was named for the company.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey

http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html

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