Does anyone have information on the railroad bridge that was here? It was next to the current bridge on the Pittston by-pass but about 30 feet higher and crossed over, not sure if both bridges existed at the same time. You can see the rr bed to the right of my placemark and what appears to be the continuation to the left but it isn't, when I look at the bridge abutment, the angle points toward the by-pass bridge.



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looks like the laurel line bridge that went past the heidelburg breaker. there was a huge slope open there for a few days while they did construction a year or so ago.

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You are correct, thanks Chris. I would really would have loved to see that bridge back then.

I believe that area was a record of somesort at sometime. As you had the Lehigh valley main to Coxton ( now R&N) then the D&H, then US Rt.11, and finally the Laurel Line on top of that. All crossing over eachother.The D&H connection to the LV ( former DY junction, built 1973 for the joint LV -D&H Apolo piggyback trains) now CPF 679 is only about a 1/4 mile south of that.

You lost me on "CPF 679 is only about a 1/4 mile south", what is CPF 679?

The D&H today is mostly single track. Except in areas where passing sidings are located ( double track ). Where passing sidings begin and end are called control points. Also where connections to other railroads are located are called control points. ( dispatcher remote controled switches) Different sections of D&H main lines are given different names. The line from Albany NY to Sunbury is called the freight main line. So C stands for " control." P stands for " point" and the F identifies the control point is located on the Freight main line. The 679 stands for the nearest mile marker to the control point. The D&H still uses distance measured from Bangor Maine. A throwback to the Guilaford ownership days. So 679 is 679 miles from Bangor Maine. Hence the connection at Dupont with the Reading and Northern is CPF 679. Hope this helped explain things.

Thank you, I now understand.