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RE: (erielack) Boonton Line freight trains-analysis

One thing I have always wondered about was the way EL and CR neglected
the use of Port Morris as an intermodal terminal.  It was probably too
early to consider in those years but I have seen what NS did with a few
tracks in Alexandria in their Thoroughbred Service.  Port Morris could
have been a great place for distributing in the Northern New Jersey
area.  Another location for this could have been and still could be the
flood plane area off of the Totowa Spur along the new road that extends
from Riverview Drive to Route 23.  Substantial freight movement could be
generated without the need of the Boonton through Paterson.  I could
still work.

Ed Montgomery

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Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)
Subject: RE: (erielack) Boonton Line freight trains-analysis


Rich,

Thank you.  Very interesting.  I take it that the presence of the
passing
siding on the north side side of the main at Greendell, with the freight
siding (where Jerry's car was set out) on the south side of the main,
made
it feasible to deliver cars there.  Given this, could any of the trains
have been able to deliver a car at Johnsonburg (assuming the siding was
still intact), or was Greendell the only realistic place, from an
operational perspective, that the car could be delivered on the Cut-Off?

Second point - wasn't there a passing siding just east of Slateford on
the
Cut-Off?  If so, what role did that play on the single-track railroad
between Bell's Bridge and Lincoln Park?  (I might be confused about
that.)

Chuck



 

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