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Lackawanna Cut-Off - Part 40: Stories From Along the Cut-Off

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Join us for a montage of stories about places along the CutOff. We'll be working out of the Coursen House, a 1770 Moravian stone house that sits alongside the CutOff in Frelinghuysen Township, NJ. Inside the house, Chuck has unfurled a 70foot long 1906 survey map of the CutOff, which we'll use as our guide. We'll intersperse old footage with new. We'll hear from Artie Erdman and Gerry Chrusz about a thunderstorm for the ages and strange lights at Port Morris and along the CutOff. Ben Allicott will talk about him and a friend seeing the same strange lights at Port Morris almost a halfcentury later. Mike Wikman will then tell us about going over 100 mph on the CutOff. Debbie Natyzak will share with us about "close encounters" that she and others have had at Johnsonburg. Chuck will tell the story of Frelinghuysen Township Mayor Charlie Rydell's barn being saved in 1924 by the engineer and fireman of a passing freight train on the CutOff. John Sobotka and Bob Bahrs will talk about the rail trains they were on removing the track from the CutOff in 1984, and, ironically, John running the rail train to bring back the track to the CutOff in 2011. Marion and Jim Ramm will regale us with the story of how Molasses Junction in Blairstown got its name. Mike Del Vecchio and Chuck discuss the fatal wreck in the Delaware Water Gap in 1948 where the engine literally flew off the tracks and into the Delaware River. And Philip gives us some history on the Coursen House as well as a successful "archeological expedition" in search of a longlost building foundation.

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