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From: "J DOT Henry Priebe Jr DOT " root AT bluemoon DOT net
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:33:06 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: (erielack) magnolia st tower
"DLW_Syracuse_Roundhouse-Sanborn_1911-1950.jpg" - image/jpeg, 1977x3231 (24bit)


Here's a composite of Sanborn map snippets for the area around the roundhouse
and tower. The maps were done in 1911 and supposedly updated to 1950.

Henry

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On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 walter smith related:

> Bob,
>
> The engine #2580 is facingaway from uptown Syracuse & the DL&W yard. If
> it continues past the tower, it & the other unit can then be lined into the
> trestles over Fayette St. which are obscured by the engines in the foto. The
> old NYC yard is/was to the left of the engines & the former DL yard. In the
> 60s, the NYC branch left the NYC yard & crossed the EL & went behind the
> tower & continued to Marcellus (I think). This was the infamous crossover
> where the drunken crew ran thru the derail protecting the NYC & left one GP7
> sitting there & came back down the hill to the sand track in front of the
> roundhouse - crashing into the 2 units there (hic). I'm pleasantly surprised
> to see the old tower still standing in 1975. I never went inside &
> understood it (the Xover) to be remotely controlled, from where I don't
> know. I DO know when u came up the hill from the roundhouse & over the
> trestles there would be a red dwarf against you & u had to get permission
> to cross the NYC branch. After that, you'd be where these engines are & you
> could proceed uptown to get on your train.
>
> Regards,
> Walt Smith
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Dlw1el2@aol.com"
> To: erielack@lists.railfan.net
> Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 10:56:09 PM
> Subject: Re: (erielack) magnolia st tower
>
>
> Charles
> Thanks, Can anyone explain what tracks are going where in this photo?
> What direction the train is going, and the direction the photo faces? Was
> there ever track on the other side of the tower? What's the building the
> tower is attached to?
>
> Bob Bahrs



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