Disclaimer: East End commuter-related content; press delete now if you are not interested. Listers: I made up the list below by going through a 1978 document that Frank Reilly recently gave me (he's cleaning out his office now that he has retired after 32 years as head of the Morris County (NJ) Transportation Department). Listed below are the active rail stations in Morris County (as of 1978), the Agent name, Agent Hours, and 1977 ridership. Note that this ridership info appears to count every passenger twice (once when they board and once when they detrain). Typically ridership by station is reported by "Boarding Riders" which would generally be half of the number reported here. I imagine this can get messy when the text wraps each line, so be patient. While it is from the Conrail era, I thought folks might find it interesting, especially since the agents are (I presume) all E-L men. It seems so often we all get wrapped up in the locomotive rivet counting mode that we ignore the human side of the railroad, so I thought this would be a way to perhaps have some discussion on this issue. I know there are some ex EL guys on the list who perhaps know some of these folks. Enjoy Rich Wisneski Denville, NJ Morris County Rail Station Inventory - 1978 Station Agent Agent Hours 1977 Ridership Total passenger trips (all on's & off's) MORRISTOWN LINE Chatham Alfred F. Lagalante 6:05 - 2:35 2,697 Madison Joseph E. Monahan 6:00 - 2:30 2,530 J.E. Monahan, seniority date 1946, retired in 1988 but fortunately is still with us, he lives in Denville and regularly attends Tri-State NRHS meetings with Lou Daddea (see below). Convent Perry Clement 6:00 - 3:00 1,679 Morristown Patrick J. Russo 6:00 - 4:00 2,429 Patrick Russo I believe just recently passed away; his son and grandson are both trainmen for NJT. Morris Plains Louis Daddea 6:15 - 2:45 1,251 Lou Daddea, seniority date 1962, retired in 2002. He's my father in law. For his last 10 years he held the ticket agent job at Dover. Mount Tabor None N/A 191 Denville Henry J. Schneider 6:05 - 3:05 804 Dover Joseph Maline 6:00 -2:00 1,616 Lake Hopatcong None N/A 127 Netcong John N. Bissell 6:30 - 3:30 106 BOONTON LINE Lincoln Park Alfred A. DeVito 6:45 - 3:15 640 A.A. DeVito is a name I certainly recognize as an "Erie" name, but I don't know him. I think this is who Frank Capalbo dedicated his Erie C140 caboose to (this car is on the Black River &Western). I presume that means Mr. DeVito used to work on the Newark Branch in Nutley. Towaco None N/A 257 Boonton None N/A 239 Mountain Lakes None N/A 279 GLADSTONE BRANCH Gillette None N/A 175 Stirling None N/A 198 Millington Lucio D. Liberatore 7:15 - 4:45 599 ------------------------------
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