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Lackawanna Cut-Off, the Glossary

The Lackawanna Cut-Off (also known as the New Jersey Cut-Off, the Hopatcong-Slateford Cut-Off and the Blairstown Cut-Off) was a rail line built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W).^[1]

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1911 establishments in New Jersey
Conrail
Erie Lackawanna Railway
Rail infrastructure in New Jersey
Railroad cutoffs
Railway lines opened in 1911

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Andover station (NJ Transit)

Andover is a planned New Jersey Transit passenger railroad station in Andover Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, providing service on its Lackawanna Cut-Off line.

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Andover, New Jersey

Andover is a borough in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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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, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline.

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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 (B&P) was an American railroad incorporated in 1879.

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Blairstown station

Blairstown was one of the three original Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations on the Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line in northwestern New Jersey. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Blairstown station are 1911 establishments in New Jersey.

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Blairstown, New Jersey

Blairstown is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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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). Lackawanna Cut-Off and Boonton Branch are railroad cutoffs.

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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 a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Erie County.

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Central Railroad of New Jersey

The Central Railroad of New Jersey, also known as the Jersey Central, Jersey Central Lines or New Jersey Central, was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Central Railroad of New Jersey are Conrail.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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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, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999.

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Culvert

A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway.

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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 to minimize the amount of construction labor.

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David W. Flickwir

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

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Dead mileage

Dead mileage, dead running, light running, empty cars or deadheading 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 in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern 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 from 1908 to 1910 as part of the Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line.

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Delaware Water Gap

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 and 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, and by ferry with New York City, a distance of. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad are Conrail and Erie Lackawanna Railway.

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Detonator (railway)

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

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Digging

Digging, also referred to as excavation, is the process of using some implement such as claws, hands, manual tools or heavy equipment, to remove material from a solid surface, usually soil, sand or rock on the surface of Earth.

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Drainage divide

A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring 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 a city in and the county seat of Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Eminent domain

Eminent domain (also known as land acquisition, compulsory purchase, resumption, resumption/compulsory acquisition, or expropriation) is the power 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. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Erie Lackawanna Railway are Conrail.

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Erie Railroad

The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Northeastern United States, originally connecting Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Erie Railroad are Conrail and Erie Lackawanna Railway.

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Federal Transit Administration

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems.

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Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey

Frelinghuysen Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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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) in such a way that only one pair of rails can be used at any time.

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Green Township, New Jersey

Green Township is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Greendell station

Greendell is one of three original railway stations built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) along its Lackawanna Cut-Off line in northwestern New Jersey. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Greendell station are 1911 establishments in New Jersey.

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Hackettstown, New Jersey

Hackettstown is a town in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Hampton, New Jersey

Hampton is a borough in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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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 is a branch line that was operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). Lackawanna Cut-Off and High Bridge Branch are Closed railway lines in the United States and rail infrastructure in New Jersey.

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Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken (Unami: Hupokàn) is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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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)

An ice house, or icehouse, is a building 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

Johnsonburg was a railroad station and was one of the three original stations on the Lackawanna Cut-Off in northwestern New Jersey. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Johnsonburg station are 1911 establishments in 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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Lackawanna County (Lèkaohane) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project

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

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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). Lackawanna Cut-Off and Lackawanna Old Road are Closed railway lines in the United States and Erie Lackawanna Railway.

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Lake Cities (train)

The Lake Cities was a passenger train operated by the Erie Railroad and successor Erie Lackawanna Railway between Chicago and Jersey City, New Jersey and then Hoboken, New Jersey.

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Lake Hopatcong

Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about 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, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.

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Longest train services

This article lists the 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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Main line (railway)

The main line, or mainline in American English, of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings, and spurs are connected.

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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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Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Monroe County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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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 in and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Musconetcong River

The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway

The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, also sometimes referred to as New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad, Susie-Q or the Susquehanna, is a Class II American freight railway operating over 400 miles (645 km) of track in three Northeastern states, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

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Nickel Plate Road

The New York, Chicago and St.

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NJ Transit

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania.

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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, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.

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Passing loop

A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near 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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Paulins Kill

The Paulins Kill (also known as 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 that operated from 1968 to 1976. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Penn Central Transportation Company are Conrail.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) oversees transportation issues in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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The Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority (PNRRA) is a bi-county creation of both Lackawanna and Monroe counties 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 Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, 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. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Port Morris Junction are Conrail and Erie Lackawanna Railway.

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Port Morris, New Jersey

Port Morris is a historic unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Roxbury Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Portland, Pennsylvania

Portland is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

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Railroad tie

A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) 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, also called ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Rockport train wreck

The Rockport train wreck occurred in Rockport in Mansfield Township, New Jersey, United States, about three miles outside of Hackettstown, on June 16, 1925.

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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. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Roseville Tunnel are Conrail and Erie Lackawanna Railway.

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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 a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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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, that operated from 1911 to 1979.

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Slateford, Pennsylvania

Slateford is an unincorporated community that is located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

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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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.

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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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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway.

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.

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United States Department of Transportation

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.

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Vail Fill

Vail fill is one of the fills on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

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Viaduct

A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road.

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Walter H. Gahagan

Walter Hamer Gahagan (February 14, 1864 – December 18, 1930) was an American civil 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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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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. Lackawanna Cut-Off and Wharton Fill are railway lines opened in 1911.

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William Truesdale

William Haynes Truesdale (1851–1935) was an American railroad executive.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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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

Also known as Construction of the Lackawanna Cut-Off, DL&W Cutoff, Hopatcong-Slateford Cut-Off, Lackawanna Cut Off, Lackawanna Cut-Off Construction Contractors (1908-11), Lackawanna Cutoff, Lackawanna Highline, Lackawanna Railroad of New Jersey, Lackawanna-Cut-Off Line, N.J. Cut-Off, N.J. Cutoff, NJ Cutoff, New Jersey Cut-Off, New Jersey Cutoff, Scranton Lightrail to Hoboken.

, Lake Cities (train), Lake Hopatcong, Lake Lackawanna, Lehigh and Hudson River Railway, Level crossing, Longest train services, Lubber Run Fill, Main line (railway), Maybrook, New York, McMickle Cut (Lackawanna Cut-Off), Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Morris and Essex Railroad, Morristown, New Jersey, Musconetcong River, New Jersey, New York City, New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, Nickel Plate Road, NJ Transit, Oxford (CDP), New Jersey, Panama Canal, Passing loop, Paterson, New Jersey, Paulins Kill, Paulinskill Viaduct, Penn Central Transportation Company, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority, Pequest Fill, Phoebe Snow (character), Phoebe Snow (train), Port Jervis, New York, Port Morris Junction, Port Morris, New Jersey, Portland, Pennsylvania, Railroad tie, Ramsey Fill, Reinforced concrete, Rockport train wreck, Roseville Tunnel, Ruling gradient, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Signalling control, Slateford Junction, Slateford, Pennsylvania, Standard Gauge (toy trains), Stanhope, New Jersey, Subsidiary, Timothy Burke (businessman), Tunnel, Typhoid fever, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Department of Transportation, Vail Fill, Viaduct, Walter H. Gahagan, Waltz & Reece Construction Company, Waltz & Reece Cut, Warren Railroad, Washington, New Jersey, Wharton Fill, William Truesdale, World War II, 4-6-2.

Lackawanna Cut-Off, the Glossary

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See also

1911 establishments in New Jersey

Conrail

Erie Lackawanna Railway

Rail infrastructure in New Jersey

Railroad cutoffs

Railway lines opened in 1911

References