(rshsdepot) Hawthorne, NJ

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>]

The Volunteer Railroaders Association will do their very popular Easter Bunny
Train Ride this year on Saturday March 26th 2005. This is the day before
Easter. Departures will be from the New Jersey Transit Glen Rock Boro Hall
train station (Bergen Line) located at Harding Plaza, between Maple Avenue and
Rock Road. Tentative departure times are 10:30 am, 12:30 and 2:30 pm, subject
to change by NJ Transit.

Hawthorne train station: These trips are being run to help raise funds to
restore, preserve and move the historic NYS&W Hawthorne train station. This
little train station has been sitting on the corner of Diamond Bridge and
Royal Avenues in Hawthorne for over 100 years and is a fixture in the middle
of town. Over the last 20 years, as trucks got higher, the buildings roof has
been hit many times and it is beginning to take its toll. The VRA hopes to
move the building about 50 feet north, away from the corner and away from the
turning trucks. As an added benefit this move will open up the corner for
better visibility for pedestrians and motor vehicles alike. After the move is
made the VRA is planning to turn the area where the station once stood into a
public plaza complete with benches, flowers, shrubs and maybe even a garden
railroad.

For more information: http://www.vratrips.org/


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