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Re: (erielack) "new" stuff

Great pictures!!!  Thanks as always for posting them, George.

I wish there were some taken on the NJ&NY or Piermont Branch, or Northern RR 
besides Nyack... all hard to come by, sadly...  don't even start me on the 
New City Branch.... oh well.

Just  a few comments/ questions

A few geography points... Hillsdale, NY wasn't served by the Erie, though 
Hillsdale, NJ was, and still is by NJT.  There was an NJ&NY yard there for 
years.  Paterson, NJ and Suffern, NY are the correct town spellings.  Like 
Hillsdale, Patterson, NY was not an Erie town.  "Sufferin, NJ" is actually 
very funny and would make a good title for a comedy TV show.  NJ is a place 
of suffering. I spent 24 years there. :)
 
Erie 2534 is in front of a building that says "Niagara Power" on it.  This 
picture is labeled Paterson, NJ, although I believe that this company 
operated in the Buffalo area.  Can anyone confirm this?
http://gelwood.railfan.net/loco/erie-s2534alb.jpg

What a great station behind Erie 2541.  Can anyone with sharp eyes and an 
educated mind identify it?
http://gelwood.railfan.net/loco/erie-s2541alb.jpg

What is X 4864 in the background?  Some MOW car I guess.
http://gelwood.railfan.net/loco/erie-s2715alb.jpg

Great old wooden boxcars in this one!  Wortendyke, NJ is an area between 
Ridgewood and Ho-Ho-Kus, and I believe an NYS&W stop.  Was there ever a 
Bergen/Main Line stop called Wortendyke and where was this taken?
http://gelwood.railfan.net/loco/erie-s2753alb.jpg

   





Michael Sheehy
"Summit Park Station" NJNYRR/ Erie MP 34
New Hempstead, NY

njnyrr.homestead.com 
An online history project (in progress) detailing the significant effect of 
the NJ&NY RR and the Erie Piermont Branch on the development of communities 
in Bergen County, NJ and Rockland County, NY and its industrial heritage. 

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