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Vail Fill
Vail fill is one of the fills on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey. Located between approximately mileposts 65 and 65.3 in Blairstown Township, the fill was constructed between 1908 and 1911 by contractor Hyde, McFarlan & Burke. The fill, which was created by fill material obtained by blasting with dynamite or other methods, much of which was obtained from nearby Jones Cut, the fill is 0.32 miles (0.5 km) long, an average of 39 feet (12 m) high, and a maximum of 102 feet (32 m) tall. The fill contains a total of 293,500 cubic yards of material. Vail Fill is located on a 1° curved section of track, permitting 80 mph (129 km/hr).〔The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century (Volume 1), Thomas T. Taber III, Lycoming Printing Company, 1980.〕 Vail Fill is named for the nearby hamlet of Vail.〔1906 Survey Map of the Delaware Valley Cut-Off, September 1, 1906.〕 == References ==
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