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From: Vincent Lee vincejlee AT yahoo DOT com
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:40:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: (erielack) Lackawaxen
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Sorry about that.

Modeling the Erie Wyoming Division in Pennsylvania and
the Erie 28th Street Terminal in New York City


Please visit my website for eastern and western railfanning photos:
http://www.eastwestrails.com/



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From: J DOT Henry Priebe Jr DOT
To: Vincent Lee
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 4:11:13 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Lackawaxen


Vince,

I think you forgot the attachment.

Regards,

Henry

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Vincent Lee wrote:

> Attached is an extract from a PennPilot aerial photo from 1930 of Lackawaxen, taken in the winter. You can see the wye, some freightcars on sidings, and BQ tower appear as a small light dot only a few film grains wide. Unfortunately, the resolution is not good enough to see the individual tracks.
>
> Try lining this up with the track diagram to interpret the curvature specs for the mainline tracks. If it's still unclear, I'll try to get my railroad civil engineer son to clear it up. As I write this, he is down at Manville, NJ working on finishing up an expansion to Conrail's interlocking there. A real tough job for a railfan!
>
>
> Vince Lee
>
> Modeling the Erie Wyoming Division in Pennsylvania and
> the Erie 28th Street Terminal in New York City
>
>
> Please visit my website for eastern and western railfanning photos:
> http://www.eastwestrails.com/
>





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