> After the merger, the EL performed a 'transplant' among several lines:
> - Connecting tracks were built at Mountain View (southwest
> quadrant) and just north of West End (southwest quadrant)
> between the Boonton Line and Greenwood Lake line.
> - Connecting tracks were built south of Paterson between the
> Newark Branch and the Boonton Line. The bridge south of I-80
> that NJT double-tracked a few years ago was part of this connection.
> - The Boonton Line was abandoned between Mountain View and
> Paterson, except for stub freight service from Mountain View.
> - The Erie Main Line was abandoned for passenger service
> between the Passaic River and Paterson. A stub train ran for
> several years from Rutherford to Carlton Hill, the eastern
> portion of the line. Freight service continued from Paterson east.
Then there's the oft-forgotten by most connection put in (and I think it's
still in place in the weeds) from the former DL&W Boonton Line (now the
"Main Line") just east of the Hackensack River bridge ("Upper Hack") to the
east end of Croxton - it paralleled the Boonton Line/Main Line while
decreasing in elevation, and then when it met up with the Greenwood Lake
going into Croxton, it turned east and followed it into the yard. This
connection allowed trains coming in off the new Main Line to enter Croxton
(they could alternately come down the Bergen County Line and enter Croxton
from its west end at HX Interlocking)
- Paul
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