Re: (erielack) Pascack Valley / NJ&NY

[Ken <lackawanna_@_iname.com>]

All,
I commuted from Fairmount Av./Anderson St., Hackensack from about 
September, 1970 through August, 1972.  It was "Pascack Valley Line" on the 
passenger timetables all that time.


Ken

At 10:14 AM 12/4/01 -0500, AL TILLOTSON wrote:
>The Pascack Brook passes through Montvale, Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake,
>Hillsdale and Westwood before feeding into the Hackensack River.  The Pascack
>Valley Line bridges over Pascack Brook between Hillsdale and Westwood.
>
>Public timetable collectors will likely post with the exact dates, but from
>memory timetables showed NJ&NY RR into the 1960's; Pascack Valley 
>Line/NJ&NY RR
>late 60's early 70's, and Pascack Valley Line thereafter.
>
> >Approximately when did the name "Pascack Valley Line" begin to replace
> >the former name (New Jersey & New York Division)?
> >
> >Anyone know the origin of the name?  (I don't see a "Pascack River" or
> >"Pascack Brook" on the map).
> >

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