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As per Vic Roseman pics in early 80's RMC, and Library of Congress photos, the Communipaw engine servicing facilities stood into the early 1980's. This includes the coaling tower, and dual (dueling?) roundhouses. Rail was pulled but the structures stood.

-Micah

1. The CNJ main was used up to Hetchel Interlocking from the start of the Joint Facilities Agreement in 11/65 until 1/72 when a derailment at the Glen wiped out their tracks and they were able to obtain trackage rights on the LV until the end of PA ops. 2. North of Hetchel, it was pulled by 1970. Be...

Arch-bar trucks, yes. No prohibition on journal bearings until 1994, and that was only on interchange (revenue) equipment.

-Micah

1. One is the main, and the siding taking off there is the east end of the nesquehoning running track, which george bought from that point to just by the turntable. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. 4. When RTI first arrived the rolling stock was on the track nearest the river, across from the station. 5. The county ...

1. Yes. Just below Ametek. 2. It was across the road somewhere. Abandoned in 1948 and I don't have a clue where it was exactly. 3. I don't know. 4. I don't know. I'd imagine crossbucks. It wasn't a heavily traveled road when the power plant was in operation. Not that heavily traveled now compared to...

1. I've seen photos of it used into the 60's. There was a Russell snowplow kept back on one of the whisker tracks until the end. They had to use the table to get to it. 2. Route 209 is built ON the trolley roadbed, which was built on the roadbed of the Rhume Run Railroad, the other gravity coal rail...

1. I would imagine so. Whether or not the yard air system was functional by then, I don't know. It's likely it was, with vandalism coming later, but then again, perhaps the CNJ left with the compressors. I know they took the turntable pump when they left. 2. If compressed air were supplied to the ri...

1. 1963, when the Interstate Express ended. 2. Crew layover point for a few years. It was completely shuttered when Railtours came to JT, full of ransacked files and hobo souvenirs. 3. Yes. No. There were no tourists then. JT was rundown, with about 1/3 of the town on welfare. One side of my family ...

1. Answered above. 2. The CNJ was bleeding money everywhere. The Trustee recognized the core strength of the CNJ to be in its' terminal facilities and concentration of customers in eastern NJ. They did retain their 'long haul' (not really long compared to most railroads) traffic by instituting the r...

1. Ametek, Air Product, Eastern Diversified, Tonolli Corp.. They all felt they'd be negatively impacted with the loss of rail service. There was also Nescoal in Nesquehoning in the 80's.. I don't know when they started shipping but they were a customer of the Panther Valley's for a few years, to the...

Most likely the bolts are left out/loose in anticipation of the track work too come. Just remember they are going to have to do a great deal of tie replacement and ballast work to get trains over this crap. Hey, if it was good enough for the CNJ to run on (missing ties, spikes, splicers and bolts) ...

1. The entire CNJ property in PA was owned by the Reading Company after 1963, as they bought the Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad from LC&N (LC&N stopped mining coal in 1954 and they were leasing coal lands and selling real estate from that point on). The LV never paid for any of the CNJ pr...

Shippers on the STRT around 2000? None.

Shippers on the STRT in 1990? Perhaps Mann & Parker lumber.. They had service in the 80's. That's all I've heard reference to.

-Micah

They don't own that piece of railroad, the Carbon County Rail Commission does. They aren't going to spend money on what they don't own without a contribution from the county, state, and federal government. Would you?

-Micah

Maybe we would start the Anthrascouts and go door to door with candy bars and used brake shoes.

-Micah