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From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski" paultup AT optonline DOT net
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:18:45 -0400
Subject: RE: (erielack) Fanny Road Bridge over Boonton Line
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I'm not sure... Here are some great postcard views of the Fanny Road
bridge...

- Paul



> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner@lists.railfan.net
> [mailto:erielack-owner@lists.railfan.net] On Behalf Of Ken
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:27 PM
> To: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul); 'Gary R. Kazin'; EL List
> Subject: RE: (erielack) Fanny Road Bridge over Boonton Line
>
>
> Not having been in the area for a long time, I'm not sure if
> I know what a
> "classic DL&W concrete overpass" is. I remember the one at
> the Passaic
> station where it crossed an intersection of a street I can't
> remember and
> Van Houten Av. Does that one fit the definition?
>
>
> Ken B.
>
> At 09:05 AM 7/30/02 -0400, Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) wrote:
> > > Last Thursday's Morris County DAILY RECORD reported that
> this bridge
> > > is to be replaced SOON. It will close early in August
> and take the
> > > rest of this
> > > year and most of next. Xmas present for 2003... Detours
> > > through Boonton
> > > or Mountain Lakes.
> >
> >A real shame. This is a classic DL&W concrete overpass, the kind with
> >vertical concrete post sides (not solid). This is one of the
> last of these
> >kind, alas. I have watched many a train from this overpass.
> I'll miss it!
> >
> >On a similar note, I noticed last week that the DL&W steel
> >through-girder
> >bridge over Route 46 in Mountain Lakes, NJ is getting a new
> coat of paint
> >(it currently wears its original DL&W black paint, and the
> "LACKAWANNA"
> >lettering is barely visible, if you know where to look). It
> looks as if
> >the north side had some gray primer on it.
> >
> >What's wrong with painting railroad bridges black anymroe, huh? :(
> >
> > - Paul
>


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