by railtrailbiker
Peace on Earth it ain't. More like junk on Earth.
A train car that crumbled while rumbling through Warwick in early October is, well, still in Warwick, inches from where it buckled along Covered Bridge Road near Pacem in Terris (Latin for Peace on Earth), the upstate home and museum of the esteemed painter, sculptor and peace activist Frederick Franck.
But not for much longer.
The rusting hulk jumped the tracks in the early morning of Oct. 7, stalling the rest of the mile-long train and blocking roads that traverse the line until noon.
When crews came to remove the busted Norfolk Southern car that was carrying about 100 tons of construction debris, they told neighbors the shell of the car would be gone soon.
Well, come mid-January, the dead car, now covered with a dusting of snow, is going to be finally hauled away for scrap, said Nathan Fenno. Fenno is corporate counsel for the Cooperstown-based New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway, which owns and operates the tracks.
That news comes as a relief to neighbors.
"It wasn't exactly what we expected as an addition to the neighborhood," said Lucas Franck, Frederick's son.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/200 ... /car22.htm
A train car that crumbled while rumbling through Warwick in early October is, well, still in Warwick, inches from where it buckled along Covered Bridge Road near Pacem in Terris (Latin for Peace on Earth), the upstate home and museum of the esteemed painter, sculptor and peace activist Frederick Franck.
But not for much longer.
The rusting hulk jumped the tracks in the early morning of Oct. 7, stalling the rest of the mile-long train and blocking roads that traverse the line until noon.
When crews came to remove the busted Norfolk Southern car that was carrying about 100 tons of construction debris, they told neighbors the shell of the car would be gone soon.
Well, come mid-January, the dead car, now covered with a dusting of snow, is going to be finally hauled away for scrap, said Nathan Fenno. Fenno is corporate counsel for the Cooperstown-based New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway, which owns and operates the tracks.
That news comes as a relief to neighbors.
"It wasn't exactly what we expected as an addition to the neighborhood," said Lucas Franck, Frederick's son.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/200 ... /car22.htm
