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Re: (erielack) ABPR of 6-24-00

The Jordans <"pamela_@_blast.net"> wrote:
> Is that where the train originated?  At the end of the Earle yard?  Or =
was
there an "excursion" from somewhere to Earle?  Such as Jersey City, Hobok=
en,
or via the NY&LB or was it confined to strictly the base?  Did the cars g=
et
shuffled down to Monmouth Country during the week or how did they get the=
re? =

How long a run time and mileage did the train have in Earle? As I remembe=
r
that base is very large but that was years ago and I thought I heard some=
 of
the base land has been turned over to the county/state for park/wetlands
conservation use.


The main entrance to the base is about 1/4 mile south of NJ 18 exit 19 on=
to NJ
34, then on the left.  The main rail yard is about 1 mile east, then 1/4 =
mile
north.

There was no bus or rail trip TO Earle.  The cars left Morristown (M&E, w=
here
they usually are stored) early last week.  Presumably the M&E took them t=
o the
Meadowlands Maintenance Center and then Conrail Shared Assets moved them =
to
the base, which has access from the 'Southern Secondary' on the east side=
=2E  It
would probably have taken all day just to get there and back if we had ru=
n
from Hoboken.

We ran the 14 mile main line and the 2 miles on the pier.  Without stops,=
 it
took an hour at the majestic speed of 15mph while slowing for the base
security gates.  There are 125 miles of track on the base, which is still=

quite active.  In 1981, they toured some of the other 110 miles, but we d=
idn't
this time - probably the base has tighter restrictions now.  Two ships we=
re on
the fingers of the pier, but we could not visit them (that would probably=
 have
added a few hours to each trip).  =


There is an area near the pier which was once the town landfill; it is no=
w
becoming wetlands since dumping stopped some years ago.  I don't think th=
at
the base has 'surrendered' any land.

 Gary Kazin
 DL&W milepost R35.7
 Rockaway, New Jersey

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