(erielack) Re: Abandoned ROW

[Dave Rutan <rutan3_@_nac.net>]

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> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:30:58 -0400
> From: "MONTGOMERY| ED" <emontgom_@_LAN.TJHSST.EDU>
> Subject: (erielack) Abandoned ROW
> 
> I have been reading, with interest, these stories on abandoned
> railroad ROW's.  It is interesting to see what happens to it.  I first
> thought of some lines right in NJ.  For instance, the ROW of the
> DL&W Rockaway Loop remained in place for decades.  Much of it
> may still be there.  I wonder who owned it?  Who ultimately took
> over the ownership of the Sussex Branch.

I can't say who they bought it from (presumably the EL estate,) but the
State of New Jersey purchased the Sussex Branch ROW in 1982 for
development into a hiking trail. [http://SussexBranchMemorial.com/Archives/1980s/1982nov26njh.html]

I do know that despite highway maps, Conrail never owned the Branch.

Dave Rutan
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DL&W Sussex Branch Memorial
http://SussexBranchMemorial.com
Monomania can be a good thing

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