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From: donliotta AT comporium DOT net
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:50:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W (and maybe EL) Derailment
being Explored
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I think this wreck was discussed once before, but here's some links I dug up:

http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/12033/east-stroudsburg-pa-train-plunges-river-may-1948

http://www.divebuddy.com/divesite/1589/delaware-water-gap-beer-train-wreck-delaware-water-gap-pa/



Don Liotta

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:57:01 -0600
>From: "Chuck Yungkurth"
>Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W (and maybe EL) Derailment being Explored
>To: "EL Mail List"
>
>Some time IN THE late 1940's a passenger train rolled over and landed in the
>river at the gap. I don't have any of the deatils in my library any more but
>I think it was "teh paper train" that ran around midnight to deliver rSunday
>papers to Stroudsburg and west. Ran non-stop through NJ with first (long)
>stop at Stroudsburg.
>
>the engine was a 4-6-2 that was recovered and returned to service. I think
>the investigation revealed that the engineer was exceeding the speed limit
>for a curve. by quite a bit.
>
>I'm sure some one msut have clipping from the Scranton Tribune, etc.
>
>Chuck Yungkurth
>Louisville Co
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ed Montgomery"
>To: "EL Mail List"
>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 4:51 PM
>Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W (and maybe EL) Derailment being Explored
>
>
>>
>> There wee also some cars dumped in the Delaware in the late 50s when a
>> string of cars rolled west from Port Morris.
>>
>> Ed Montgomery
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Chuck Walsh
>> wrote:
>>
>>> There's also the string of cement cars that ran away from Port Morris in
>>> 1958 and ended up in the drink at Point of Gap. BB did an excellent
>>> article on that.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: EriePacific@aol.com [mailto:EriePacific@aol.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:41 AM
>>> To: erielack@lists.railfan.net
>>> Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W (and maybe EL) Derailment being Explored
>>>
>>>
>>> The Erie-Lackawanna also put some cars into the Delaware River, in the
>>> Delaware Water Gap -- at Point Of Gap -- with the derailment of ES99 on
>>> September 11, 1975. I saw many NRHS members from various chapters out
>>> there, so
>>> I'm sure at least some List members here were there to see the
>>> aftermath.
>>> The Lackawanna had two derailments in the Water Gap that I'm aware of;
>>> one
>>> in 1943 and another in 1948. I don't know what freight cars were
>>> involved
>>> in each of these incidents.
>>>
>>> Ray Wetzel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 10/22/2014 5:46:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> mjconnor_rr@hotmail.com writes:
>>>
>>>
>>> I recall that the DL&W put some cars into the Delaware River on at least
>>> one occasion--thought you might find this of interest.
>>>
>>> MJC Michael J. Connor
>>>
>>> Divers go underwater to map submerged trains
>>> Author: Will Lewis , Reporter, WLewis@wfmz.com
>>> Published: Oct 22 2014 09:20:07 AM EDT Updated: 5 MIN. AGO
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Divers map underwater wrecks
>>> HARDWICK TWP.,, N.J. -
>>> They travel the murky depths of the Delaware River, usually to recover
>>> people who have died in unfortunate accidents, but Tuesday, members of
>>> the
>>> dive team at the Delaware Water Gap National Park got to do something
>>> else.
>>>
>>> The protection is in the preparation -- check the air, put on the proper
>>> gear, and then slowly ease your way into the Delaware River.
>>>
>>> â?oThey do a lot of work that is just under the surface and a lot of
>>> people
>>> donâ?Tt see the work that they do,â? said Kathleen Sandt, spokeswoman
>>> for the
>>> Delaware Water Gap National Park.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quick Clicks
>>>
>>> RAW VIDEO: DIVERS MAP OUT TRAIN WRECK
>>> This was diver re-certification at the Delaware Water Gap National Park,
>>> near the Kittatinny Point Visitors Center, in Hardwick Township, New
>>> Jersey.
>>>
>>> â?oEvery three years our divers are required to go through this 40-hour
>>> training workshop," said park dive officer Michael Croll.
>>>
>>> Not all divers are from the area. Two are from the Isle Royale National
>>> Park in Michigan and said the Delaware River presents problems.
>>>
>>> RAW VIDEO: DIVERS MAP OUT TRAIN WRECK
>>>
>>> â?oItâ?Ts very dark. The bottom is kind of covered in rocks and a lot of
>>> plant material," said diver Paul Brown.
>>>
>>> Once the divers learn the terrain underwater, they get to do something
>>> cool and that is map out a train wreck from years ago.
>>>
>>> â?oOur park has a lot of shipwrecks," added Brown. "But Iâ?Tve never got
>>> to
>>> dive on a train, so you donâ?Tt really think of getting to go see a
>>> train
>>> underwater while you are going scuba diving. So itâ?Ts pretty
>>> exciting.�
>>>
>>> One wreck is from the 1940s and the other from the 1970s.
>>>
>>> â?oItâ?Ts never really been mapped, so we want to get an idea of
>>> whatâ?Ts there
>>> and how much is still there and whatâ?Ts been lost,â? said Croll.
>>>
>>> The maps will help in the future.
>>>
>>> â?oOur mission is to preserve and protect these special resources for
>>> future
>>> generations, and if we donâ?Tt know what is there, we canâ?Tt protect
>>> it,�
>>> said Sandt.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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