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From: Daniel McFadden dan DOT mcfadden AT gmail DOT com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 00:12:16 -0400
Subject: Re: (erielack) New book: "Walking the Old Boonton Line"
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Yes, the DL&W used the term "Boonton Line". See the attached page from the June 30, 1934 Suburban Timetable.

Dan

On 10/9/22, 8:39 PM, "Paul Tupaczewski" wrote:

Ken Bush noted:

> A curious name for this section of track, since it never was a part of
> the Boonton Line. There are a few YouTube videos of this trackage, and
> most of those who post such videos call it the "Lower Boonton Line" or
> something similar. It seems that there are many people who don't
> remember that this line was a part of the Erie Greenwood Lake Branch.Â
> I'm admitting my age when I note that I commuted on this portion of the
> line between Great Notch and Hoboken in Stillwell coaches behind Alco
> road switchers.

This line has gone through many names, many triggered by line changes... we had the original New York & Greenwood Lake, which later became part of the Erie, and that became the name of that "branch" of the Erie. The name stuck around until 1963 when the EI did its line revisions in northern NJ, when the NY&GL was connected to the former DL&W Boonton Branch/Boonton Line.

Did the DL&W ever use the term "Boonton Line", or was it always the "Boonton Branch?" Originally the line WAS a branch that came out of Denville and headed east to service the iron furnaces in Boonton. It wasn't until later when the line was extended all the way to West End when it became a real through route, but was still called the "Boonton Brnach." Does anyone know for sure when the term "Branch" was replaced with "Line" in the name? Did it pre-date EL? Or did it take place when they combined the DL&W line with the NY&GL?

Either way, the "Boonton Line" name lasted until the NJT line reconfiguration in Montclair in 2002 (do I remember that date correctly?)... something that EL was always discussing doing but could never get past obtaining the land between the Montclair Branch and NY&GL. The State of NJ seemed to have no problem getting eminent domain to make it happen.

And today the line has been rename yet again to the "Montclair-Boonton Line", reflecting yet another merger of former EL lines - the "Boonton Line" and the former DL&W Montclair Branch. So when you think about it, this line is made up of three former lines: DL&W Boonton Branch (Denville-Mountain View), NY&GL (Mountain View-Montclair) and DL&W Montclair Branch (Montclair-Roseville Ave.)

- Paul

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