Jones Cut

Jones Cut is one of the cuts on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey.

Early construction on Jones Cut - March 23, 1909.
Blairstown Station, shown here in 1988, is located at the western end of Jones Cut.

Located near milepost 64.8 in Blairstown Township, the cut was constructed between 1908 and 1911 by contractor Hyde, McFarlan & Burke. Some 578,000 cubic yards (442,000 m3) of fill material was removed by blasting with dynamite or other methods. Jones Cut is located on a tangent (straight) section of track, permitting speeds of 80 mph (129 km/h). Blairstown Station sits within the cut.[1]

Jones Cut is named for William Jones, who was the principal owner of the land that was acquired for this cut.[2]

References
  1. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century 1, p. 35. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
  2. 1906 Survey Map of the Delaware Valley Cut-Off, September 1, 1906.
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