Re: (erielack) Drew Chemical; Tankcars

[ShepRail_@_aol.com]

Boonton "Water" was not handled at Paterson Junction Yard.
Instead, this traffic typically moved head-out on through
freight trains to and from West Boonton. This placement
eventually resulted in a number of structural car failures, 
especially after trains were rerouted via Great Notch. 

As Walt Smith mentioned recently, tank cars used in this service
were once unloaded into the Hackensack River at West Secaucus 
on a stub track aligned with the former DL&W Hackensack River 
Bridge. In later years, these tank cars were unloaded at Croxton 
Yard into the sewer system, thereby avoiding discharge into the 
Rockaway River and, by extension, the reservoir that supplied 
Jersey City with drinking water.

Given these consequences and the limited number of tank cars
assigned to protect this service, both DL&W and EL endeavored 
to expedite the handling of this traffic.

Bill Sheppard


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