> **** What is now Honeywell was once Bendix? ****
> Yes, the former Bendix in Teterboro, near the airport. My father worked
there
> from the late 50s until the early 70s, making guidance devices for
military
> aircraft, missiles and space program rockets. Don't think they were ever
a
> rail customer.
Bendix, in Teterboro, NJ (Originally 'Bendix, NJ' for a short time), first
merged with Allied Chemical to become Allied-Bendix Corp. Then
Allied-Bendix merged with Signal-?? to form Allied-Signal. Finally,
Allied-Signal bought Honeywell Corp but retained the Honeywell name ('Better
brand identification').
Among other things, Bendix (Eclipse-Pioneer Division) at Teterboro had a
large magnesium foundry -- one of the few in the US. And it did have rail
service. At one time we traced it out and the siding came off of the Erie
with a facing point switch for southbound moves. Then, at a switchback on
the Bendix property, it served two (?) sidings, at least one of which was
apparently for the foundry. I think perhaps one of the sidings actually
entered the main building ('Plant 1') probably WW2 era, but that is pure
conjecture.
When I went to work for Bendix in 1963, I think it was used once a year, at
Thanksgiving time, for a refrigerator car of frozen turkeys for the
employees. That ended a year or two later. I don't know when the tracks to
the siding were actually removed, but when I retired a couple of years ago
there were only remnants of siding tracks in the pavement along side of the
old foundry building.
<>< john ><>
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