By that point, they were just playing the odds - send three in case two break down...
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That, and I think the train was a bit more filled out between Binghamton, Scranton and Bethlehem. By this point the traffic to Jersey was obviously starting to dry up, with intermodal handed off to NS in Bethlehem for the trip east to the port. The ex-D&H terminal in Newark was not really well-suited for intermodal.
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