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 JG at graytrainpix wrote: >NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment. >To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the >following URL into your web browser: > > >http://lists.elhts.org/listthumb.cgi?erielack-07-06-05 > >GA_2506_CWellBr.jpg (image/jpeg, 642x443 80907 bytes, BF: 3.52 ppb) > >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 > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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