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RE: (erielack) RE: Great Notch photos...

Todd Hollritt wrote:

>   The little yard at Great Notch would be used from time to 
> time to store and pickup cars every once in awhile, the 
> Silver Lake seemed to store some cars here before making the 
> trip to Mountain View to work the former Greenwood Lake 
> branch "Spur" to work a few customers, it would always come 
> west around 11:00 or 12:00, heading back eastbound working 
> hard up the grade about the same time as the Totowa 
> Roustabout with a GP-7 (Or two) usually about 4:30 or 
> 5:00pm.They would sometimes follow Train 1042 pushing east, 
> 1041 arrived about 4:10pm and turned at Lincoln Park as 1042, 
> I would ride the train every now and then, sometimes the EL 
> Conductor would actually figure out the short fare to Lincoln 
> Park and right back to Great Notch when I first started doing 
> this in 1974. Later on it was free, and a fun cab ride was 
> always available, thanks to the crews friendly service route, 
> I knew how to operate a U34CH before I could drive a car! 

Here's where the confusion lies: I thought the Silver Lake Drill worked the
Orange Branch and industries on the NY&GL up to Great Notch, while the
Greenwood Lake Haul worked industries from Great Notch west to the end of
the line. And after a while, when the traffic on the Orange Branch dried up,
the Silver Lake was abolished and the Greenwood Lake Haul picked up whatever
business the Silver Lake once had. This was all circa 1974-1975 from what
I've heard.

Is this true? If so, is the train you're referring to actually the GL Haul?

	- Paul


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