Re: (erielack) South Paterson

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Ken
There are others on here that I'm sure can give you an exact date on the  
last Boonton Line train around Garrett Mountain.   I don't know it.  1973 
seems awfully late on that, but I'll defer to others. I was not  aware of 
Boonton Line trains and Erie Main Line trains both converging at  Paterson Jct, 
but I'll take your word on it. That's out of my expertise.  I  know that 
Paterson Jct was controlled by one of the Disp in Hoboken. I know  eventually 
everything came down to single track for the new connection that  passed 
through S. Paterson, from XW to Paterson Jct.   Today NJT has  double tracked it, 
with a second new bridge over Getty Ave.
 
Bob Bahrs  
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/21/2012 11:52:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kennethbush_@_fastmail.fm writes:

Bob,
I meant the general vicinity of the new South Paterson  station.  As I 
recall, the Erie Main Line through downtown Passaic  was removed in 
1969?  I remember the event, since I rode the #74 bus  from Paterson home 
from school and the remnant of the "celebration" was  still visible when 
my bus got through Passaic after 3:30 p.m.  At  that time, Erie Main Line 
trains were rerouted over the Boonton Line to  Paterson Junction, thence 
past the new South Paterson station, which was  just off the new overpass 
over Main Ave.  According to my 1973 public  timetable, there were still 
Boonton Line trains which ran via Marshall  St., Paterson and on to Dover 
(and beyond).  When was service on the  Boonton Line rerouted over the 
Greenwood Lake Branch from Mt. View  east?  How many tracks were in 
operation on the Boonton Line at that  point?  I rode it once, but don't 
remember how many?

What was  the track configuration at the junction of the Boonton Line and 
the new  connection to the Erie Main Line?   From where were the switches  
controlled?

If the junction between the Boonton Line and the  connection with the 
Erie Main Line were called Paterson Junction, what was  the junction 
between the Newark Branch and the Boonton Line not too far  (timetable) 
east of Paterson Junction called?


Ken  B.


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