Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Lackawanna Cut-Off (also known as the New Jersey Cut-Off or Hopatcong-Slateford Cut-Off) is a railroad line that was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) between 1908 and 1911. Noted for its large cuts and fills, and two large concrete viaducts, the line was part of a 400-mile (640 km) main line between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York. The Cut-Off ran west for 28.5 miles (45.9 km) from Port Morris Junction — near the south end of Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey, about 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of New York City — to Slateford Junction near the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania. The Cut-Off was 11 miles (18 km) shorter than the Lackawanna Old Road, the rail line it superseded; it had a much better grade profile (0.55% vs. 1.1%); and it had 42 fewer curves, with all but one permitting passenger train speeds of 70 mph (110 km/h) or more. The Cut-Off also had no railroad crossings at the time of its construction. All 73 structures on the line were constructed of reinforced concrete, which was considered a pioneering use of the material. The construction of the roadbed required the movement of millions of tons of fill material using techniques similar to those used on the Panama Canal.The Cut-Off was built and operated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad under the subsidiary company Lackawanna Railroad of New Jersey, which was merged into the DL&W proper after all its stock was retired in 1941. The Cut-Off continued to be operated by the Lackawanna Railroad until October 17, 1960, when the DL&W merged with the Erie Railroad. The resulting Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL) operated the line until April 1, 1976, when the EL was conveyed into Conrail, which continued to operate the Cut-Off until January 1979. The Cut-Off was abandoned in 1983 and the track was removed the following year. In 1985, Conrail sold the right-of-way to two private developers from New Jersey. In 2001, the respective sections in the two states were acquired by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority (PNERRA). In 2011, after a nearly three-decade effort to reactivate the line, NJ Transit began construction from Port Morris Junction to Andover, New Jersey (Andover station), a total of 7.3-mile (11.7 km), under the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project. Construction was later halted due to unresolved environmental issues, but in 2015, NJ Transit announced that it expected to resume construction in October 2016, with a projected start date of rail service to Andover in October 2018. Although no specific plans have yet to be announced regarding the restoration of service west of Andover, a federal study has examined the feasibility of an extension into northeastern Pennsylvania, possibly as far as Scranton."@en }
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- Lackawanna_Cut-Off abstract "The Lackawanna Cut-Off (also known as the New Jersey Cut-Off or Hopatcong-Slateford Cut-Off) is a railroad line that was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) between 1908 and 1911. Noted for its large cuts and fills, and two large concrete viaducts, the line was part of a 400-mile (640 km) main line between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York. The Cut-Off ran west for 28.5 miles (45.9 km) from Port Morris Junction — near the south end of Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey, about 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of New York City — to Slateford Junction near the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania. The Cut-Off was 11 miles (18 km) shorter than the Lackawanna Old Road, the rail line it superseded; it had a much better grade profile (0.55% vs. 1.1%); and it had 42 fewer curves, with all but one permitting passenger train speeds of 70 mph (110 km/h) or more. The Cut-Off also had no railroad crossings at the time of its construction. All 73 structures on the line were constructed of reinforced concrete, which was considered a pioneering use of the material. The construction of the roadbed required the movement of millions of tons of fill material using techniques similar to those used on the Panama Canal.The Cut-Off was built and operated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad under the subsidiary company Lackawanna Railroad of New Jersey, which was merged into the DL&W proper after all its stock was retired in 1941. The Cut-Off continued to be operated by the Lackawanna Railroad until October 17, 1960, when the DL&W merged with the Erie Railroad. The resulting Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL) operated the line until April 1, 1976, when the EL was conveyed into Conrail, which continued to operate the Cut-Off until January 1979. The Cut-Off was abandoned in 1983 and the track was removed the following year. In 1985, Conrail sold the right-of-way to two private developers from New Jersey. In 2001, the respective sections in the two states were acquired by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority (PNERRA). In 2011, after a nearly three-decade effort to reactivate the line, NJ Transit began construction from Port Morris Junction to Andover, New Jersey (Andover station), a total of 7.3-mile (11.7 km), under the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project. Construction was later halted due to unresolved environmental issues, but in 2015, NJ Transit announced that it expected to resume construction in October 2016, with a projected start date of rail service to Andover in October 2018. Although no specific plans have yet to be announced regarding the restoration of service west of Andover, a federal study has examined the feasibility of an extension into northeastern Pennsylvania, possibly as far as Scranton.".
- Q6468691 abstract "The Lackawanna Cut-Off (also known as the New Jersey Cut-Off or Hopatcong-Slateford Cut-Off) is a railroad line that was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) between 1908 and 1911. Noted for its large cuts and fills, and two large concrete viaducts, the line was part of a 400-mile (640 km) main line between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York. The Cut-Off ran west for 28.5 miles (45.9 km) from Port Morris Junction — near the south end of Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey, about 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of New York City — to Slateford Junction near the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania. The Cut-Off was 11 miles (18 km) shorter than the Lackawanna Old Road, the rail line it superseded; it had a much better grade profile (0.55% vs. 1.1%); and it had 42 fewer curves, with all but one permitting passenger train speeds of 70 mph (110 km/h) or more. The Cut-Off also had no railroad crossings at the time of its construction. All 73 structures on the line were constructed of reinforced concrete, which was considered a pioneering use of the material. The construction of the roadbed required the movement of millions of tons of fill material using techniques similar to those used on the Panama Canal.The Cut-Off was built and operated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad under the subsidiary company Lackawanna Railroad of New Jersey, which was merged into the DL&W proper after all its stock was retired in 1941. The Cut-Off continued to be operated by the Lackawanna Railroad until October 17, 1960, when the DL&W merged with the Erie Railroad. The resulting Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL) operated the line until April 1, 1976, when the EL was conveyed into Conrail, which continued to operate the Cut-Off until January 1979. The Cut-Off was abandoned in 1983 and the track was removed the following year. In 1985, Conrail sold the right-of-way to two private developers from New Jersey. In 2001, the respective sections in the two states were acquired by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority (PNERRA). In 2011, after a nearly three-decade effort to reactivate the line, NJ Transit began construction from Port Morris Junction to Andover, New Jersey (Andover station), a total of 7.3-mile (11.7 km), under the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project. Construction was later halted due to unresolved environmental issues, but in 2015, NJ Transit announced that it expected to resume construction in October 2016, with a projected start date of rail service to Andover in October 2018. Although no specific plans have yet to be announced regarding the restoration of service west of Andover, a federal study has examined the feasibility of an extension into northeastern Pennsylvania, possibly as far as Scranton.".