Morristown line expands into other states
Railway takes over freight service on 28 miles of track in eastern Pa.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
BY GABRIEL H. GLUCK
Star-Ledger Staff

As the coursing waters of the Lackawaxen River rushed by off to his left, Al
Siebold could see there was a problem with the rails up ahead -- the hard clunk
that shud dered through the truck cab simply confirmed it.

Siebold was inspecting the track along the Stourbridge Rail road in eastern
Pennsylvania on Thursday, only to discover that a section of rail had shrunk so
much in the recent cold snap that the connecting bolts were sheared off where
the rails were once joined, leaving a 2-inch gap where there should be none.

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Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey