Re: (erielack) Caldwell Branch Contemplation(2)

["Rich Behrendt" <rbehrendt_@_columbus.rr.com>]

Ken,
It was dark territory, running via timetable when passenger service was on
there 'till '66...The branch was only about 6 miles from Essex Fells to
Great Notch, and had stations from east to west at Cedar Grove, Overbrook
(state mental hospital just west of the Cedar Grove Station), Verona,
Caldwell and Essex Fells...

All stations are gone, although the Verona freight station is (as far as I
know) still standing adjacent to where the station was, the last that I knew
was being used as a storage building for a local business...

Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erie910" <erie910_@_fastmail.fm>
To: "JG at graytrainpix" <graytrainpix_@_hotmail.com>
Cc: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: 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
>
>
> JG at graytrainpix wrote:
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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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