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Here ya go; base-loaded whips, on top of the long hood just behind the cab roof. (A close-up from one of my shots- I got that question from Bob Mohowski a while back, and I had to really dig through my stuff to find this. The whip is really hard to spot in photos...)

Rich- my comment was referring to the pre-CR L&HR, so no problem. There are several threads in the 'Fallen Flags/L&HR' forum [ http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=183 ] covering the fate of the lower end post-1976, the NYS&W, Walter Rich's thoughts about the line below Sparta,...

The fate of the L&HR was sealed some 85 miles to the northeast, forty two years and three months ago, with the Poughkeepsie Bridge fire.

No connection.

Been on display there for decades.

Not exactly a meat-packing plant- it was an abattoir. Chester Rendering Works- a slaughterhouse. No longer there (the site is now a Lowes), and it was a mile or so from the Erie sidings, so the cattle had to be trucked cross-town.

One word- parking.

Fire was contained to a single room on the third floor. The rest of the story isn't good; once again, Middletown snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. The Community Health Center was in WAY over its head with the station. Over three years they only managed to secure a fraction of the money neede...

As opposed to how they look now?

I haven't corresponded with Gif in several years, and don't have current contact information, but he's still with us. Lives in Virginia, doing relatively well, and will hit 90 years old this year.

Just got an upcoming events email from the O&W Society; Fishkill Model Train and Railroad Hobby Show. Fishkill Recreation Center, 793 Route 52, Fishkill. February 14- no times given.

Two P40's, 11 Amfleets: roughly 1/4 mile long.

If you're asking for total mileage traveled, no idea.

The Bel-Del was all PRR trackage- the L&HR didn't own any part of it. They only had trackage rights, between Belvedere ('G' Tower) and Phillipsburg (the SE&P bridge over the Delaware, which they owned). The L&HR also built/owned Hudson Yard in P'burg, alongside the PRR main.

Storage- info is from the M&NJ Facebook page.