Re: (erielack) Greenwood Lake Branch

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Joe and listers. 
My grandmother lived about a mile from the yard at WQ. I spent a lot of time there in the summers. As I lived in Riverdale with the Greenwood Lake Branch just beyond our backyard fence, I was familiar with the sound of ALCO locomotives. One night while riding my bike in the area surrounding my grandmother's place I heard the sound of an ALCO burbling away. Upon investigation I found the WQ Yard. There was a hostler stationed there. As the trains came in the crew would cut the engine off, turn it on the wye, back on to the train and push it into the yard. There was one train that came in double headed. As the tail track of the wye could only hold one loco the road crew would turn the lead unit and the hostler would wye the second one. I wish I had a picture of my 12 year old face when the hostler asked me if I wanted to go for a ride. After that every summer week night was spent at WQ. Wish I had brought a camera.
George




 --- On Mon 03/10, Joseph D. Fisher < Fish_76_@_webtv.net > wrote:
From: Joseph D. Fisher [mailto: Fish_76_@_webtv.net]
To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:02:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: (erielack) Greenwood Lake Branch

Ken, Listers,

Couple of interesting notes here...

1.) The yard at WQ was at least 1/2 mile if not a bit more (compass)
north of the station, which was on the end of "Railroad Ave...

2.) My computers teacher (back in the day when Apple IIe's were
considered top of the line..) Ms. Kulick, told me of her father being an
Erie man, and working the line..

3.) Your right about the school being built upon the yard and wye. The
school property is at the ends of First and Second streets, in Wanaque,
off Ringwood and Laura aves. If you go down First street, and right at
where the street ends, and the school property begins, you can see where
the mainline runs along the property of the houses in the area.

4.) Actually, what is built upon the ROW now, north from where the
station was at the end of railroad ave (now the Golden Agers Club of
Wanaque) you have the Wanaque Municipal Recycling Property, then the
street (name slips me at the moment..) Then the First Aid Squad rear
parking lot, the F.A.S. building and bingo hall itself, then the F.A.S.
front parking lot, then about 300 feet of cinder roadbed, then a fence,
and the start of the Wanaque Elementary Softball Field and School
Property...

How do I know these things, well, the person who writes this, is a
graduate of Wanaque Elementary School, class of '91.

Too bad I didn't know then, what I know now. I would've loved to have
picked at Ms. Kulick's fathers brain for his experiances.

Joe

Doin' my part to rid the planet of the STUPID...

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Milepost B-21.4, Boonton Tpke
Mountain View, New Jersey

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"The Route of the Phoebe Snow"



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