Re: (erielack) (Caldwell Branch) CORRECTION: WR Tower

[bob gillis <robertgillis_@_verizon.net>]

JG at graytrainpix wrote:

> snip
> Also, got an interesting note from Bill Sheppard (thanks as always for 
> the great EL info) about how, on weekends during the steam days, the 
> commuter equipment (incldg. Pacifics and "gun barrel" 4-6-0s) would be 
> moved from Essex Fells to the siding in Caldwell, to be stored there 
> until Monday AM.  Was then backed up to Essex Fells for the morning 
> rush (to the degree that you could call it a "rush hour" on the 
> Caldwell Branch).  That does explain the weekend pix of Pacifics in 
> Caldwell. Wonder what the reason was?  To keep the M&E interchange 
> open at Essex Fells on Sat.  &  Sunday? Did they interchange on weekends? 


More likely the Essex Fells residents around did did not like the smoke 
and noise during the weekend.

Where was the siding in Caldwell?

> Maybe, given that Whippany Paperboard was once a busy customer.
>
> Jim Gerofsky
>
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