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Lackawanna Cut-Off

Index Lackawanna Cut-Off

The Lackawanna Cut-Off (also known as the New Jersey Cut-Off or Hopatcong-Slateford Cut-Off) was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) between 1908 and 1911 and it ran from Port Morris Junction in Port Morris, New Jersey, to Slateford Junction in Slateford, Pennsylvania. [1]

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Andover station (NJ Transit)

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Andover, New Jersey

Andover is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Anticline

In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core.

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Armstrong Cut

Armstrong Cut is one of the largest cuts on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Bangor and Portland Railway

The Bangor and Portland Railway was an American railroad incorporated in 1879.

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Blairstown station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad)

Blairstown was one of the three original stations on the Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line in northwestern New Jersey.

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Blairstown, New Jersey

Blairstown is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

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Boonton Branch

The Boonton Branch refers to the railroad line in New Jersey that was completed in 1870 and ran 34 miles (54.8 km) from Hoboken to East Dover Junction as part of the Morris & Essex Railroad (M&E).

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Borrow pit

In construction and civil engineering, a borrow pit, also known as a sand box, is an area where material (usually soil, gravel or sand) has been dug for use at another location.

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Boxcar

A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.

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Bradbury Fill

Bradbury Fill is one of the embankments on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Byram Township, New Jersey

Byram Township — "The Township of Lakes", Byram Township.

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Central Railroad of New Jersey

The Central Railroad of New Jersey, also known as the Jersey Central or Jersey Central Lines, was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Colby Cut

Colby Cut (also known as Roseville Cut) is one of a number of cuts on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Conrail

Conrail, the Consolidated Rail Corporation,, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999, when its routes were split between the CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway.

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Creamery

In a dairy, the creamery is the location of cream processing.

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Culvert

A culvert is a structure that allows water to flow under a road, railroad, trail, or similar obstruction from one side to the other side.

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Cut and fill

In earthmoving, cut and fill is the process of constructing a railway, road or canal whereby the amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill needed to make nearby embankments, so minimizing the amount of construction labor.

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David W. Flickwir

David Williamson Flickwir (1852-1935) was a lawyer and railroad engineering contractor.

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Dead mileage

Dead mileage, dead running or dead heading in public transport and empty leg in air charter, is when a revenue gaining vehicle operates without carrying or accepting passengers, such as when coming from a garage to begin its first trip of the day.

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Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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Delaware River Viaduct

The Delaware River Viaduct is a reinforced concrete railroad bridge across the Delaware River about south of the Delaware Water Gap that was built in 1908-10 as part of the Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line.

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Delaware Water Gap

The Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad) was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey, a distance of about.

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Detonator (railway)

A railway detonator (torpedo in North America) is a coin-sized device that is used as a loud warning signal to train drivers.

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Drainage divide

A drainage divide, water divide, divide, ridgeline, watershed, or water parting is the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins.

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Dynamite

Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay) and stabilizers.

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Elizabeth, New Jersey

Elizabeth is both the largest city and the county seat of Union County, in New Jersey, United States.

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Eminent domain

Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (Singapore), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (France, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Canada, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Chile, Denmark, Sweden) is the power of a state, provincial, or national government to take private property for public use.

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Erie Lackawanna Railway

The Erie Lackawanna Railway, known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad.

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Erie Railroad

The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's former terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake Erie.

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Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey

Frelinghuysen Township is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

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Gauntlet track

Gauntlet track or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced (i.e., overlapped) such that only one pair of rails may be used at a time.

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Goods station

A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are loaded onto or unloaded off of ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings.

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Green Township, New Jersey

Green Township is a township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Greendell station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad)

Greendell is one of three original train stations built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) along its Lackawanna Cut-Off line in northwestern New Jersey.

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Hackettstown, New Jersey

Hackettstown is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

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Hampton, New Jersey

Hampton is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

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Harry F. Curtis

Harry Fitz William Curtis (1871-March 24, 1939) was an engineer and Pennsylvania state representative.

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High Bridge Branch

The High Bridge Branch was a branch line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) that started in High Bridge, New Jersey at a connection with the CNJ main line and continued north to iron-ore mines in Morris County.

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Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken (Unami: Hupokàn) is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Hyde, McFarlan & Burke

Hyde, McFarlan & Burke (sometimes given as Hyde, McFarlane & Burke; Hyde, McFarland & Burke; and Hyde, McFarlin & Burke) was a construction firm that operated in the early 20th century from offices at 90 West Street in New York City and Madison, New Jersey.

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Ice house (building)

Ice houses or icehouses are buildings used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator.

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John Insley Blair

John Insley Blair (August 22, 1802 – December 2, 1899) was an American entrepreneur, railroad magnate, philanthropist and one of the 19th century's wealthiest men.

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Johnsonburg station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad)

Johnsonburg was a railroad station and was one of the three original stations on the Lackawanna Cut-Off in northwestern New Jersey.

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Jones Cut

Jones Cut is one of the cuts on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Knowlton Township, New Jersey

Knowlton Township is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

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Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project

The Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project is a New Jersey Transit effort to restore passenger service to the Lackawanna Cut-Off in northwest New Jersey.

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Lackawanna Old Road

The Lackawanna Old Road was part of the original mainline of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W).

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Lake Hopatcong

Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about 4 square miles (10 km²) in area.

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Lake Lackawanna

Lake Lackawanna was created by the removal of fill material for the creation of Lubber Run Fill on the Lackawanna Cut-Off in northwest New Jersey, United States.

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Lehigh and Hudson River Railway

The Lehigh and Hudson River Railway (L&HR) was the smallest of the six railroads that were merged into Conrail in 1976.

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Level crossing

A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road or path at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using a bridge or tunnel.

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List of county routes in Sussex County, New Jersey

The following is a list of county routes in Sussex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Longest train services

This article lists longest passenger rail services that are currently scheduled and running directly between two cities.

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Lubber Run Fill

Lubber Run Fill is a fill on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Maybrook, New York

Maybrook is a village in Orange County, New York, United States.

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McMickle Cut (Lackawanna Cut-Off)

McMickle Cut is the longest cut on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Montclair-Boonton Line

The Montclair-Boonton Line is a commuter rail line of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations in the United States.

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Morris and Essex Railroad

The Morris and Essex Railroad was a railroad across northern New Jersey, later part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.

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Morristown, New Jersey

Morristown is a town and county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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Musconetcong River

The Musconetcong River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New Jersey Department of Transportation

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey, such as maintaining and operating the State's highway and public road system, planning and developing transportation policy and assisting with rail, freight and intermodal transportation issues.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

The New York, Chicago and St.

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New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway

The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (or New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad and also known as the Susie-Q or the Susquehanna) is a Class II American freight railway operating over 500 miles (800 km) of track in the northeastern states of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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NJ Transit

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit (NJT; stylized as NJ TRANSIT), is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the US state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania.

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North Jersey Rail Commuter Association

The North Jersey Rail Commuter Association is a not for profit (501(c)(3)) railroad advocacy organization that was formed and incorporated in the United States in 1980.

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Oxford (CDP), New Jersey

Oxford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Oxford Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, that was created as part of the 2010 United States Census.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

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Passing loop

A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.

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Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

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Paulina, New Jersey

Paulina is an unincorporated community located in Blairstown in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

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Paulins Kill

The Paulinskill (also known as Lake Paulinskill or Paulinskill River) is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.

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Paulinskill Viaduct

The Paulinskill Viaduct, also known as the Hainesburg Viaduct, is a reinforced concrete railroad bridge that crosses the Paulins Kill in Knowlton Township, New Jersey.

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Penn Central Transportation Company

The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American Class I railroad headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that operated from 1968 until 1976.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority

Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority is a bi-county creation of both Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and Monroe County, Pennsylvania to oversee the use of common rail freight lines in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Pequest Fill

The Pequest Fill is a large railroad embankment on the Lackawanna Cut-Off in northwestern New Jersey, touted at its 1911 completion as the largest railroad fill in the world.

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Phoebe Snow (character)

Phoebe Snow was a fictional character created by Earnest Elmo Calkins to promote the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.

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Phoebe Snow (train)

Phoebe Snow was a named passenger train which was once operated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) and, after a brief hiatus, the Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL).

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Port Jervis, New York

Port Jervis is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and the Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, north of the Delaware Water Gap.

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Port Morris Junction

Port Morris Junction is the railroad connection between NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line and the Lackawanna Cut-Off.

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Port Morris, New Jersey

Port Morris is a historic unincorporated community located within Roxbury Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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Portland, Pennsylvania

Portland is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Radio station

A radio station is a set of equipment necessary to carry on communication via radio waves.

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Rail yard

A rail yard, railway yard or railroad yard is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading, railroad cars and locomotives.

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Railroad tie

A railroad tie/railway tie/crosstie (North America) or railway sleeper (Britain, Ireland, South Asia, Australasia, and Africa) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.

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Ramsey Fill

Ramsey Fill is one of the fills (embankments) on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete (RC) (also called reinforced cement concrete or RCC) is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Request stop

In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station or airport at which trains, buses or airline flights respectively stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off.

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Roseville Tunnel

Roseville Tunnel is a two-track railroad tunnel on the Lackawanna Cut-Off in Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.

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Ruling gradient

The term ruling grade is usually used as a synonym for "steepest climb" between two points on a railroad.

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Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton is the sixth-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie and Reading.

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Siding (rail)

A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line or branch line or spur.

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Signalling control

On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable.

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Slateford Junction

Slateford Junction was a railway junction in the small town of Slateford, Pennsylvania, where the existing mainline of the Lackawanna Railroad joined the new Lackawanna Cut-Off.

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Slateford, Pennsylvania

Slateford is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Standard Gauge (toy trains)

Standard Gauge, also known as wide gauge, was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation.

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Stanhope, New Jersey

Stanhope is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company"daughter company.

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Sussex Railroad

The Sussex Railroad (later known as the Sussex Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad) was a short-line railroad in northwestern New Jersey.

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Timothy Burke (businessman)

Timothy Burke was a businessman who, with his brother John M. Burke, founded the Burke Brothers Construction Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the Scranton, Dunmore, and Moosic Lake Railroad.

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Tranquility, New Jersey

Tranquility is an unincorporated community in Green Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a bacterial infection due to ''Salmonella'' typhi that causes symptoms.

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U.S. Route 206

U.S. Route 206 (US 206) is a north–south United States highway in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, United States.

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Vail Fill

In this location, which is the tallest part of this embankment, a stream was rechanneled under the road, which itself was realigned with the construction of the Cut-Off.

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Viaduct

A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans for crossing a valley, dry or wetland, or forming an overpass or flyover.

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Walter H. Gahagan

Walter H. Gahagan (ca. 1869-1931) was an engineer and general contractor who owned a construction business based in Brooklyn, New York, and a shipyard in Arverne, Queens.

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Waltz & Reece Construction Company

The Waltz & Reece Construction Company was a construction company that operated in the first quarter of the 20th century, best known for its work on the Lackawanna Cut-off in New Jersey.

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Waltz & Reece Cut

Waltz & Reece Cut is the deepest cut on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Warren Railroad

The Warren Railroad was a railroad in Warren County, New Jersey, that served as part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's mainline from 1856 to 1911.

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Washington, New Jersey

Washington is a borough in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

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Wharton Fill

Wharton Fill is one of a number of fills (embankments) on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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William Truesdale

William Haynes Truesdale (1851–1935) was an American railroad executive primarily known as president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) at the turn of the 20th century.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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4-6-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and two trailing wheels on one axle.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackawanna_Cut-Off

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