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Pardon a naive question -- but does this "dark territory" w/o a passing track (is that near Susquehanna, PA?) mean that only one train can be on the entire PJ - Bingo section at one time? How do train orders work in "dark territory"?There are several existing passing sidings on the line right now. Shohola, Narrowsburg, come to mind. The double track between Deposit and Susquehanna (12 miles?) will be pulled but supposedly two passing sidings will be made out of its remains, one at either end which would end up being on either side of Gulf Summit.
Also, why would you want to remove assets like ABS and double track?
Couldn't they be left in place and placed oos if their not needed or is
NYS crazy tax situation in play here.
David Hutchinson wrote:The railroad that cries for an excursion operation is the Middletown and New Jersey. Would cost a lot, but the tracks are intact all the way from Middletown to the New Jersey border............. it's a beautiful line.They tried it in the 1960s with a steam loco. Unfortunately, it became a "been there, done that" thing, i.e. very little repeat business. But in those days, there was very little in the way of marketing. Today, tourist RRs do all sorts of things like mystery trains, Day Out With Thomas, Santa Claus specials, etc.
The signal system through there is ancient and is poorly maintaintedThe signals run off lines side wires, i.e. old telegraph poles. When is the last time you saw that? Those poles are easily 50 plus years old, I remember several being marked "ERIE" with the appropriate milepost number.