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Re: (erielack) Caldwell Branch Contemplation



What kind of operation was in effect on the Caldwell branch?  Was it 
signalled or dark?  If I recall some passenger service timetables, there 
must have been some moves which required one train to Essex Fells to 
pass a train headed to Great Notch to make another run back to Essex Fells.


Ken Bush


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>I took a little hike on the Caldwell Branch trail during the weekend, over 
>the Peckman River bridge and past the traces of the station stop in Cedar 
>Grove (near the Pompton Ave. overpass).  Felt a twinge of sadness that I 
>never gave the line much attention while it was still there.  Only took one 
>shot having anything to do with it.  It was a grungy, gloomy winter day in 
>early 1975. I was unemployed, killing time, contemplating the upcoming end 
>of the EL.  Was hoping to take home some memories, like a heavy eastbound 
>climbing the grade to GA.  That was not to be.  Only thing shaking that day 
>was the Greenwood Lake Haul.  So I got a shot of him heading up the branch.  
>Didn't bother to try to chase him or get him coming back somewhere up the 
>line.  Much to my regret, 30-odd years later.
>
>Jim Gerofsky
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