Re: (erielack) Blairstown

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

The east end of the Boonton line became part of the new mainline when a
portion of the old Erie mainline was abandoned to eliminate street-runnung
through Passaic. Assuming freights used this route also, then this "New
Connection" between the Boonton line and the NY&GL should have seen constant
use throughout the EL years. On p93 of EL in Color V3, a Paterson transfer
is seen on the "Old Greenwood Lake Loop" leaving Croxton. Is it going to
make another sharp right turn to go up the ramp to the Boonton line, or or
is it going to cross DB draw and reach Paterson via the Newark branch?

Paul B

- ---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'Paul Brezicki'" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>; "EL Mailing List"
<erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:09 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Blairstown


> > Are we sure the Cutoff was CTC (TCS in EL parlance)? The
> > Stroudsburg Op had
> > to hoop orders; was that just for westbounds?
>
> The Cut-Off was TCS/CTC controlled by a small panel at Port Morris tower.
Slateford was eventually remoted to East Stroudsburg Tower.
>
>
>
> > Here's another question. Prior to the 1963 incorporation of the Erie
> > Greenwood Lake branch into the former DL&W main, was there
> > any connection
> > between the latter and Croxton Yd? I don't see any on maps of
> > the area. So
> > apparently until then, freights on the Scranton side had to
> > continue to use
> > DL&W's Hoboken yard until the Greenwood line was used.
>
> There was a connection made (prior to 1963, I believe) from the DL&W main
(original Boonton Line) that came off just east of the Upper Hack lift
bridge, parallelled the DL&W east all the while slowly dropping, and then
when it reached the NY&GL into Croxton, it made a sharp 90-degree turn to
the left and joined up with the NY&GL almost directly underneath the DL&W
overpass, and that's how trains off the DL&W side got into Croxton. I think
this connection was still used, albeit infrequently, after the 1963
combination of Boonton Line/NY&GL. This track was here up until a few years
ago, when construction of Secaucus Jct. obliterated the track.
>
>
>
> > Also
> > where was the
> > connection between Croxton and Hoboken eventually installed?
>
> I always wondered this myself. Can anyone answer this?
>
> - Paul


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