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 #1442666  by pablo
 
You want more pictures, right?

So, the plot thickens. I guarantee that the JW was still carrying freight in 1941, and all the way to their last days in 1950. However, the 1942 Erie Railroad track chart (at this site: http://railsandtrails.com/TC/EL/index.htm) lists what I believe to be the same material from the val maps I've already listed. See the snippet below that I labeled. Again, this is not my map, but a portion of a single map you can see at the above link.

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Dave Becker
 #1442667  by pablo
 
So, we're going to skip ahead to 1981. Conrail. For those looking, this line is in the Youngstown Division. You may notice that the snip I've posted below looks pretty similar to 1942. The JC, The Erie, The EL, they're all gone. So this is clearly served by Conrail, but I have no idea how much traffic any of these locations could have been generating. The next several I'll post come from here: http://www.multimodalways.org/archives/ ... harts.html

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In 1983, though, the line through Jamestown is listed as a part of the "Southern Tier District." You see the same location, and a "sub" at that location, but no more detail.

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Dave Becker
 #1442675  by thebigham
 
The bridge to the power plant. Taken April 2017.
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 #1463691  by nydepot
 
https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer has added 1953 imagery for this area. Search on:

42.119795, -79.245643

and switch to 1953 imagery. You can trace the spur all the way to Falconer.

Need a refresher on what this is about, see the 1st post in this thread.
 #1464149  by pablo
 
Charles, let me know if you still have questions about any of the JW stuff. I have a lot of info, and many pictures, too. I'm happy to help.

Dave Becker