(erielack) Wanaque

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: A Samostie [mailto:quahog_@_sprint.ca] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:28 AM
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Pronunciation-crazy :)
> 
> 
> Ken wrote:
> > 
> > And what's the correct pronunciation of the former Greenwood Lake 
> > Branch terminus (first part): wuh-NAH-kee or WAN-uh-que?  I 
> was always 
> > taught the former, but we lived in Passaic and Rutherford, 
> which were 
> > some distance away.
> 
> Dear Ken and Group,
> 
> It's   WAH-nah-kew
> (even though wah-NAH-kwah would make sense, compared with 
> other Native American place names in the region)

WAH-nah-kew is the pronunciation I've heard most commonly, though I have
heard many folks (even natives to that area) pronounce it "wah-NAH-kee".

Other botched versions I've heard:

WAH-nah-kwee
WAH-knock
WAY-na-que

 
> No idea whether the station was closer to Wanaque or Midvale. 

I believe that station was in Wanaque. Where's Midvale??? :)

 
> Is the ROW still there, or has the reservoir swallowed it up? 
> No hope NJT will ever restore service there, I suppose...

Actually, most of the ROW is there! The reservoir borders where the ROW ran
(I believe it was there before the RR was abandoned). A pair of concrete
abutments are right across from the huge reservoir retaining wall in
Wanaque, and you can easily see the ROW at that point. As you head south on
Route 287 and pass the Wanaque exit, look at your left, and you'll see a
strip in the grass demarcating where the ROW was.

But alas, as per your assessment, no hope that you'll see passenger service
restored to there...

	- Paul

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