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Tioga Division - ERIE

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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Tioga Division - ERIE

 #830230  by Cactus Jack
 
When did the tracks get torn out between Southport (State Line Jct.) and Tioga Junction ?

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 #832456  by Matt Langworthy
 
Cactus Jack wrote:When did the tracks get torn out between Southport (State Line Jct.) and Tioga Junction ?
According to Bill Caloroso's Pennsylvania Railroad's Elmire Branch, the last train ran on August 10th, 1942 and the trackage was formally abandonned on Murch 28th, 1943. The rails were were probably lifted shortly afterward, as they would have been quite useful for the war effort.
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