Chuck, Roseville Ave was open 1st trick 5am to 1pm and 2nd trick 1 pm to 9pm. This was well before and after the last trains arrived and departed on the Montclair Branch. Standard practice was before the operator at Roseville Tower headed home for the night, to make sure the signals were lined track 3 to track 3 westbound, track 2 to track 2 eastbound and track 1 to track 1 eastbound (that means lined through Roseville Ave). Traffic on track 1 had to be changed between Millburn (controlled by Summit) and Roseville Ave. Track 1 was Traffic Control System (TCS). In other words it was CTC on track. Only EL and ATSF used the term TCS most other railroads used the term CTC. Roseville Ave was closed Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. Rich Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com wrote: Rich, Regarding Roseville Avenue Tower, in later years (after 1966) did it close basically after the last train had left the Montclair Branch? It seems to me that things wrapped up pretty early on the branch and that all westbound Morristown Line trains west of Roseville Avenue used Track 3 after 7-ish or 8-ish or so in the evening and that Track 1 was reset for eastbound movements (i.e. for the AM rush) within that timeframe. Also, in regards to the other (earlier) towers on the Morristown Line, when might they have closed? South Orange, I believe, closed in 1966, but I don't recall when Millburn and Morristown towers closed, do you? Chuck Richard Pennisi yahoo.com> To: Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com cc: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net 10/05/2005 12:31 erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org PM paultup_@_lucent.com Subject: RE: (erielack) Boonton Line freight trains-analysis Chuck, 1. The west end of the siding was controlled by Stroudsburg and the East end was controlled by Port Morris 2. The towers open at the time of the Conrail take over were: former DL&W - Stroudsburg, Port Morris, Dover, Denville, Summit, Roseville Ave., Newark, West End, Grove Street (Hoboken), Hoboken Terminal Tower. The drawbridge at Lyndhurst was an interlocking controlled by the bridge operator (not a towerman) as was the Lower Hackensack drawbridge at West End. former Erie - Suffern (SF), Waldwick (WC), Ridgewood (WJ) HX and DB drawbridges. Rich Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com wrote: Rich, Was the East Slateford siding controlled from the East Stroudsburg Tower or Port Morris (UN?) Tower? Also, speaking of towers, what former DL&W towers were still in operation in NJ at the time of the Conrail takeover? Chuck Richard Pennisi oo.com> To: "Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" Sent by: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net erielack-owner_@_list cc: s.elhts.org Subject: RE: (erielack) Boonton Line freight trains-analysis 10/04/2005 03:18 PM Please respond to Richard Pennisi Listers, There was, at one time, a siding at Slateford. That was torn up way back in the 60's some time. As a holdover from that siding there was a home signal at East Slateford (where the siding ending) that was still there until the end. Ev! erytime there was a lightening storm around the Water GAp, the relay house there at East Slateford was stuck and screwed up everything for hours. Rich "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" wrote: Chuck Walsh asked: > Second point - wasn't there a passing siding just east of > Slateford on the > Cut-Off? If so, what role did that play on the single-track railroad > between Bell's Bridge and Lincoln Park? (I might be confused > about that.) I thought the only passing siding on the cut-off was at Greendell. Perhaps you're thinking about the "Old Road" coming off at Slateford, which forked into two tracks just past the Junction? - - Paul P.S. Can we PLEASE trim the ends of the E-mails for Digest and dial-up users? Please delete any older parts of the message that are no longer relevant. The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org - --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. 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 Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org - --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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