Weekly Photo Fun 1/6 - 1/12/17

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Paulinskill viaduct , North West Jersey , Jan 2017. This is part of the Lackawanna cutoff now owned by NJT. Work is currently being done to reactivate this line to North East PA. NJT has been fighting to keep this section of rail dormant even though all the transportation studies show it will be a money maker. Conrail had pushed for this line to be dismantled in fear that it could be bought up by another competitor. But 30 years or so after the rail was removed it is all being put back.

In these pics I am standing roughly where the NYS&W had its ROW and station.
   

   

   

A few vids on the structure including a 4 part history of the cut off.
A drone fly over.
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part 1
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part 2
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part 3
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part 4
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