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Re: (erielack) New Transfer station on Greenwood Lake Branch

Paul,
I think I have similair photos on my new Erie
Page. I took them the day before I hooked up with
you and Scott at Linclon Park. Check them out,
they are in the current pic's of the GL Branch
Section of my web page. If I am correct, didn't
the stae of NJ pass a bill to make the old GL
branch from Post Lane in Riverdale to Mt. View a
nature trail or something? I remember reading that
a few months back in Railfan/Railroad Mag. If
anyone knows for sure let me know, otherwise I'll
go dig the article up.
Thanks again,
Fred Stratton
Salisbury, NC
"erielack_@_cbiinternet.com"
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From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)
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To: "erielack_@_cbiinternet.com"
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<"erielack_@_internexus.net">
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 9:34 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) New Transfer station on
Greenwood Lake Branch


>> That was interesting article you read. What day
>> was that published and on what page? I wonder
>> about the running of a train thru Riverdale
since
>> although the tracks are still intact, but the
>> tracks at the old Riverdale station go through
a
>> gate into a fenced in yard owned by I think a
fuel
>> oil company. Since this looks like private
>> property and the only way to go south from
>> Riverdale trackwise is unlock these gates and
>> proceed thru the yard, I wonder if it is at all
>> feasable to be able to run a train south. Maybe
>> the rack rights belong to the Suzie-Q still, so
>> they still might have an option of operating
this
>> section. As a matter of fact, the tracks have
>> never been removed from Pompton Junction to
>> Mountain View, just paved over at some
crossings
>> south of Pompton Plains and maybe blocked in
some
>> spots by trees and overgrown bushes. I took
some
>> pictures in July of just how far you can walk
>> north of Mt. View on the old GL Branch and plan
to
>> post them on my new page. The tracks are still
>> there but go into a massive overgrowth maybe
3/4
>> of a mile north of the Mt. View Station. In
fact
>> there is an Erie cast concrete milepost laying
off
>> to the right (east) side of the tracks for
anyone
>> who would like to check it out. I would have
liked
>> to put it in my car and take it home, but it is
>> probably too heavy to carry, not to mention I
am
>> not sure if my Camaro would appreciate the
extra
>> weight traveling back to NC. Anyway, if anyone
has
>> anymore info on the Transfer Station, let's
hear
>> about it....Paul T, where are you? :-)
>
>I'm back! :)
>
>The NYS&W, as far as I know, owns the GL branch
all the way south to
>Mountain View. They've restored it as far as
Route 23 to service Morris
>Pipe. I have to laugh at the tainted soil issue -
the NYS&W was moving
>tainted soil out of the former DuPont plant in
Pompton Lakes, located on the
>original NYS&W, a few years back. They've got
some experience doing this!
>What I can't understand is why they moved "evil
dirt" from one location to
>another, and now have to remove it and put it
elsewhere? Duh! Is this
>"musical chairs dirt" or something?
>
>I don't see the gates at Pompton/Riverdale being
a problem - I think they
>still service Morris Pipe, and therefore do go
south of that point. It would
>certainly be nice to see them get the dirt
contract, though it would make
>more sense to restore the GL down to Mountain
View and let CR/NS handle it
>down that way...
>
>By the way, I have photos of the heavily
overgrown north end of the
>currently-active part of the branch on the EL
Photo Page
>(http://el-list.railfan.net) - just go to the
"Discovery Days" section and
>look at the "Totowa" one...
>
> - Paul


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