Isn't there a cut in Watsessing (Bloomfield) on this line, to serve the siding to the old Westinghouse plant, which is still there beside the Parkway? In exploring this area on foot a couple years back, I seem to recall a lot of large concrete walls abuting the cut. Must have been a considerable investment, but no doubt worth it for the amount of freight shipped in and out of just that one plant.
Scott Schnipper wrote:Isn't there a cut in Watsessing (Bloomfield) on this line, to serve the siding to the old Westinghouse plant, which is still there beside the Parkway? In exploring this area on foot a couple years back, I seem to recall a lot of large concrete walls abuting the cut. Must have been a considerable investment, but no doubt worth it for the amount of freight shipped in and out of just that one plant.
Yes to Westinghouse. Because there were several extended sidings off both lines, it is likely several others had access to both rails as well. That was and is a major benefit to shippers
Depending on the years involved, both Erie and DL&W had at least five days per week local switching on their branches into the late 1950s