> Was there a loop off of the original Boonton Line? After the merger, they added a connection on the west side of the DL&W just south of the Hackensack River Bridge - it paralleled the main as it slowly dropped, and when it got to the NY&GL line, it made a sharp turn to the east and connected up with the Greenwood Lake - then it used the "Old Loop" track to enter Croxton. > Bergan > Junction (is that the correct name) was built to connect the > Erie main line to the Boonton Line when the passenger trains > moved into Hoboken. But if I recall, the original Boonton > Line was at a higher elevation than Croxton. Your memory IS correct, the original Boonton Line *was* higher than Croxton, and the Bergen Jct. connection was a slight ramp to compensate for this. > Which brings up > another question. My memory is not recalling > this: What was the Lackawanna's equivalent of Croxton? I > know Kingsland yard was out there but didn't they close most > of that in the 50's? Secaucus was DL&W's "Croxton" - and it was located a stone's throw away from Croxton! And don't forget the Jersey City freight yard as well... - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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