Re: (erielack) 40th anniversary of the end of service through Passaic

[Ken <erie910_@_harborbeach.com>]

Listers,
I remember that day--I took the #74 bus through that area to get to 
Paterson, to transfer to another bus to get to school in North 
Haledon.  The ceremonies were over by the time that my bus came through on 
the way home.  Someone gave me a spike that had held down some of the rail 
in Passaic.

It didn't take a genius to realize that removing the rails would  be the 
beginning of the end.  Had the city found a way to get more parking at the 
Passaic, Clifton, and Passaic Park stations, instead of getting rid of the 
rails, it would have made a LOT of difference.

Yes, running on the Lackawanna Boonton Line track on the outskirts of 
Passaic was safer because of no grade crossings, but it left a large number 
of commuters without convenient service.


Ken B.

At 01:23 PM 4/4/2003 -0500, tstuy wrote:
>Here is a link to an article about the 40th anniversary of the end of the ex-
>Erie line through the center of Passaic.  Now, some people think they made a
>mistake by pushing to get the line torn up!
>
>http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?
>qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MzYxMzkwJnlyaXJ5N2Y3M
>TdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mw==
>
>Talk about being a day late and a dollar short!

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