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RE: (erielack) Lincoln Park siding, was: Signal question

At Lincoln Park the single track main and the siding were on the station
side of the track.  The fence separated the w/bound and e/bound and
siding tracks.  When the w'bound main was taken out that side of the
track was abandoned for many years.  I think it was not modified until
the 1970s.  There used to be a tunnel passageway just west of the
station for passengers to get to the w/bound side.  The iron picket
fence remained in place at Lincoln Park for several years, probably into
the 70s.

Ed Montgomery

 

- -----Original Message-----
From: Gary R. Kazin [mailto:gkazin_@_yahoo.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 10:41 PM
To: EL Mail List
Subject: (erielack) Lincoln Park siding, was: Signal question

- --- ShepRail_@_aol.com wrote:
> In later years, passenger trains used this siding to platform at 
> Lincoln Park, since there was a fence separating the Main Track from 
> the old westbound platform.

These days, most NJT trains use the main track, stopping carefully so
the doors line up with the pavement that crosses the siding.  One train
- - westbound train 1021 - uses the siding.  It meets train 1024 just west
of the station.

The Volunteer Railroaders' Association ran a Santa train from Mountain
View on December 1; staff loaded and unloaded at Lincoln Park, using the
siding.  That saved a lot of work since we didn't have to carry anything
across the siding.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey


 
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