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"In The Holler: Paris Hill Today" (video)

Discussion relating to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Erie, and the resulting 1960 merger creating the Erie Lackawanna. Visit the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society at http://www.erielackhs.org/.

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"In The Holler: Paris Hill Today" (video)

  by ut-1
 
According to the Taber treatise, the 1.8% grade on DL&W's Utica line was the ruling grade on the Lackawanna.

I thought this short video of a NYS&W freight laboring up Paris Hill on Jan 30th would be of interest here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdYW9EhRkZI

The train's speed was slowed by icy/snowy rails and slow orders.
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