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RE: (rshsdepot) Montclair (NJ) Connection a Go for Monday

Thanks for the additional info. It would seem from the tone of the G.O. that the Orange Branch will be served by the crew out of  Dover, and the Newark Branch on Tuesdays from the east end. Does this spell doom for the Passaic River swing bridge at West Arlington??? It also indicates that east of "CLAIR" eastbound Track #2's days are numbered, since it is no longer connected to anything at its western extremity.


 
 
>From: "jdent1_@_optonline.net" <JDENT1@OPTONLINE.NET>
>Reply-To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net 
>To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net, donnielee46@hotmail.com 
>Subject: RE: (rshsdepot) Montclair (NJ) Connection a Go for Monday 
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:51:37 -0400 
> 
>Don, 
> 
>Per the following NS Bulletin, NS will be manning "DB" Drawbridge on 
>Tuesdays, presumably to allow the NS local from Croxton to serve the Newark 
>and Orange Branches. 
> 
>Jim Dent 
> 
>Effective 8:01 PM, Wed., Sep. 23, 2002 
> 
>The Boonton Line Main Line at MP 11.7 [Montclair Conection] is now 
>connected to the Montclair Line via a new connection track. All NJT traffic 
>to and from the Hoboken Terminal will operate on main tracks using the new 
>connection. 
> 
>In addition to this change, the Harrisburg Division Lehigh Line Train 
>Dispatcher will control the remaining trackage between MP 11.7 and West 
>End, MP 2.2. The Lehigh Line Dispatcher can be contacted on Road Channel 1, 
>AAR 46. 
> 
>NORAC Rule 97 is in effect on No. 1 and No. 2 Track between MP 11.7 and 
>"DB", and on Single Track between "DB" and West End, MP 2.2. These running 
>tracks are under the control of the Lehigh Line Dispatcher. 
> 
>The Single Track between "DB" and West End, MP 2.2, is designated the West 
>End Running Track. 
> 
>No. 1 and No. 2 Tracks are designated No. 1 and No. 2 Orange Running 
>Tracks, respectively 
> 
>Restricted Speed not exceeding 15 MPH applies on all Running Track except 
>10 MPH over Bridge at MP 7.6 [WR draw] 
> 
>A new hand-operated facing point switch for eastward movements on No. 1 
>Track (NJT) is placed in service at MP 11.7. The switch governs movements 
>to either the new NJT connection track or to No. 1 Orange R.T. The switch 
>is equipped with an electric lock with a 5'00" time release. Norfolk 
>Southern crews destined to No. 1 Orange R.T. at MP 11.7 must first get 
>permission from the NJT Train Dispatcher to operate the electric lock, and 
>permission from the Lehigh Line Dispatcher for permission to occupy No. 1 
>Orange R.T. 
> 
>The location of the hand-operated switch at MP 11.7 is designated "Clair." 
> 
> 
>"DB" Interlocking Station will be in service continuously until 4:00 PM, 
>Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002. After that time, "DB" will become a part time 
>Interlocking Station manned each Tuesday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 
>4:00 PM until further notice. 
> 
>Northern Region System Section Timetable Special Instruction 138-2 is in 
>effect at all road crossings equipped with automatic highway warning 
>devices 
> 
>No. 2 Orange R.T. at MP 11.7 (Clair) has been disconnected. Norfolk 
>Southern crews operating to and from Dover and destined to the Orange 
>Industrial Track must operated on No. 1 Orange R.T. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>Original Message: 
>----------------- 
>From: Don Dorflinger donnielee46_@_hotmail.com 
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:23:01 +0000 
>To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net 
>Subject: (rshsdepot) Montclair (NJ) Connection a Go for Monday 
> 
> 
> 
>Of ancillary note is the fact that "DB" drawbridge (Hackensack River) on 
>the Greenwood Lake/Boonton Line west of Bergen Jct. was also removed from 
>service and was placed permanently in the raised position as of the passing 
>of the last train (1077?) on Friday, September 20th. The Star Ledger 
>(Newark, NJ) carried a nice article on the last operator in Tuesday's (Sept 
>24th) edition. Presumably any freight service still existing east of 
>Montclair on the ex-Erie Greenwood Lake will be serviced from the west end 
>of the stub at Montclair. This would seem to indicate that the swing bridge 
>at West Arlington (old "WR" interlocking - Passaic River) would have to 
>remain in service, as to close it would completely isolate any existing 
>freight service on the old Erie Newark Branch east of the long closed "NX" 
>Draw (Passaic River). A final note: The orphan segment will be single 
>tracked. 
> 
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