Re: (erielack) (Caldwell Branch) (2)

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

Bob:
To answer your question: "Where was the siding in Caldwell?"

It was right in front of the station at Caldwell - Sheppard's track diagram
book notes is was 10 cars in length, and was on the south side of the main,
along with a short team track.

Although I was too young to remember passenger service, I do remember
Caldwell yard being full of cars around the Christmas season for unloading
by what I had been told was for the Two Guys department store chain - After
Vornado (owners of Two Guys) built the Vornado Industrial Park on the M&E in
Hanover (I believe) in the early '70's, much of this traffic then
disappeared off the Branch, leaving onlyBahr Lumber and West End Lumber in
Verona, plus the occassional car set off in Caldwell for local unloading...

Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bob gillis" <robertgillis_@_verizon.net>
Cc: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) (Caldwell Branch) CORRECTION: WR Tower


>
>
> 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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