FLAG & DIAMONDS WAVERLY,ELMSMERE TOWER,JERSEY CENTRAL PACIFIC,BLUE COMET,HOPPERS

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THIS IS THE FLAG AND DIAMONDS VOL 11, NO 3, ISSUE #42 . PRODCED BY THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THIS ITEM WOULD BE A GREAT REFERENCE OF THE HISTORY OF ANTHRACITE RAILROADS. FRONT COVER: PERHAPAS THE MOST SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF THE CENTRAL NEW JERSEY'S COLORFUL PACIFICS IS THAT OF THE BLUE COMET LOCOMOTIVES. WELCOME ABOARD, IN THIS ISSUE,THE WEATHERY CONNERCTION PART TWO, ON TO BUFFALO. OUR BUSINESS WITH THE ERIE RAILROD AT WAVERLY AND ELMIRA IS INCONVENIENT WITH DIFFERNT GUAGE TR5ACK. THE WAVERLY COAL TRANSFER OPERATION SOON BECAME A THORN IN THE SIDE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, RR. THE COST OF TRANSFER OF COAL AND OTHER FREIUGHT AT WAVERLY, INCLULUDING LABOR AND OTHER FREIGHT IS SERIOUS. AS FAR AS COAL IS CONCERNED THERE IS NO REMEDY. OTHER FEIGHT, MOVING FROM WIDE TO A NARROW GUAGE CAR BODIES IS TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE. WAVERLY YARD WASA LABYRINTH OF DUAL GUAGE TRACKS AND SWITCHES. FRQUENT DERAILMENTS OCCURED WHEN SWITCHES WERE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED. NEXT ELSMERE JUHNCTION TOWER, A READING CLASSIC. JUST SOUTH OFWILMINGTON IN ELMSMERE, DELWARE THIS ORNATE TOWER AND FREIGHT STATION ONCE STOD WHERE TH READING COMPANY'S WILMINGTON & NORTHERNH BRANCHES CROSSED THE BALTIMOREV AND OHIO'S BALTIMORE TGO PHILAELPHIA MAI LINE. THRCOMBINED TOWER AND FREIGHT STATION IS BELEIVED TO HAVE BEEN DEMPLISHED IN THE LATE 1960'S. read more

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