Barber Branch status anyone???

Anyone know what the status of the rebuilding of the Barber Branch is in A'town? Why was it not relaid to Traylor?

Also, why did CR tear the branch out when Traylor still used/wanted rail service? I know there were no customers past Traylor so why not leave the branch in up to Traylor at least???

Nothing has changed. The AEDC claims they want to restore it, but nobody cares, not RJ Corman or any potential customers.
From Michael Molovinsky's blog: http://molovinskyonallentown.blogspot.c ... ntown.html
I'm with Mr. Molovinsky on this one. It's a waste of money that will serve no existing customers. If the AEDC thinks that simply building it will lure businesses that need rail service, then they are out of their bleeping minds.

Where is this branch located in Allentown?

Len.

It roughly paralleled the Little Lehigh Creek out to 20th St. and Hamilton Blvd. There's a long thread at Railfan.net discussing the LV branches in Allentown. The very first post has a nice map that shows the LV Barber branch highlighted in magenta. There's a lot of good infor and pics in that thread if you have a few hours to digest it all.