Re: (erielack) South Paterson

[Dlw1el2_@_aol.com]

Excellent Report Vinnie.  For 7 months Paterson Jct was a busy spot. I  was 
not aware of both Main Lines converging on it for that period of time.
 
Thanks
Bob Bahrs
 
 
In a message dated 10/22/2012 9:49:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
stagnitv_@_verizon.net writes:

Service  ended on the Erie Main Line through downtown Passaic on 1 April 
1963.   The ETT(#4A) issued on that day still shows the Main Line, even though 
it was  severed on that day.  At that point the Boonton Branch was still 
intact,  and the Erie Main Lines were shown as being re-routed over the 
Boonton Branch  between Bergen Jct. and Paterson Jct., and then on the Newark 
Branch from  Paterson Jct. to XW.   For the nearly seven month time period  
between 1 April and 27 October 1963, the portion of the Boonton Branch between  
Bergen Jct. and Paterson Jct. hosted all of the Erie Main Line trains as 
well  as all of the Boonton Line trains.  Paterson Jct. even hosted the Newark  
Branch trains for a short stretch.

The re-routing of the Boonton Branch  onto the Greenwood Lake at Mountain 
View occurred on 27 October 1963 -  ETT#6.  Following the removal of the 
track around Garrett Mountain to  make way for I-80, the West Paterson Spur did 
remain in place for a few  years.  The ETT (#1) issued 28 April 1968 still 
shows the Spur in the  station list section of the timetable.  It shows it as 
going from  Paterson Jct. to West Paterson, nominally 1 mile.  The ETT(#2) 
issued 27  April 1969 no longer shows the West Paterson Industrial Spur.  
However, I  can tell you from having ridden through Paterson Jct., myself, for 
the first  time in late 1969, that the turnout and at least part of the 
spur were still  intact.  I don't know when the spur was fully removed, but I 
do recall  seeing the Broad Street overpass being removed in the mid-70s.  
Route 20  (later renumbered to Route 19) was not built from the GSP to I-80 
until later  in the 70s.

Vinnie

On Oct 22, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Gary R. Kazin  <gkazin_@_yahoo.com> wrote:

> The line was sold and through  service ended in 1963.
>
> I 80 was built through Paterson about  1973.  That's 10 years - ONE 
decade, not 'decades'.
>
> Gary  R. Kazin
> DL&W Milepost R35.7
> Rockaway, New  Jersey
>
>

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