Waterloo Hike On Sunday, December 3, 2006 I'll be part of a Waterloo Hike in connection with the Canal Society of New Jersey. We'll meet in the Waterloo Road...
SussexBranch@yahoogro...
Dec 3, 2006 6:56 pm
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This year's Santa train for the Tristate chapter of the NRHS is running on December 16, 2004. The rides offered are very nice, being in New Jersey Transit's...
SussexBranch@yahoogro...
Dec 3, 2006 6:56 pm
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Sent to me by a friend. Thanks Dean! Dave ... NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Dec. 6, 2006 DEP ANNOUNCES $1.7M IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR NEW JERSEY...
I have acquired a new Photo of the Lafayette station shack from the 1950's. While a mite fuzzy, it does yield good information. I can see elements of the...
Dave, Is the box where you sit to wait for the train? Gail ________________________________ From: SussexBranch@yahoogroups.com...
GailR@...
Dec 8, 2006 8:33 pm
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I don't think so. It looks too low for a bench. Look at the height of the door for reference. Dave ... -- Who is this, and why is he bothering us? Kiu estas...
It looks padded on top. Was the station a scheduled stop or a flag stop? Maybe flagging stuff (green/white light or flag) is in there. That or some neighbor...
A 1951 timetable I have shows Lafayette as a daily westbound flagstop. Eastbound it was a station stop. Dave ... -- Who is this, and why is he bothering us? ...
I took the liberty of clarifying the image of the Lafayette shack in Photoshop and placing it in an album under the "Photos" section. I don't know if the full...
[Cross posted to rlhs group] Dave Rutan posed this question on his Sussex Branch forum. Does anyone here have a definitive answer as to what the "milk box" to...
OK. I'll go study my 1955 Employee Timetable. It might show something we missed... Dave ... -- Who is this, and why is he bothering us? Kiu estas li, kaj...
It probably was to connect to either the creamery OR the nearest agency station Bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
vtrrxing@...
Dec 11, 2006 1:06 am
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The creamery in the 1950's was not using the railroad. It was receiving and shipping out in bulk tank trucks. Nearest freight agency would be Newton. Dave ...
My 1955 ETT doesn't show Lafayette, NJ as being anything but a station stop. However, I'm no expert at reading these things. WE know from video that the...
Today is the 152nd anniversary of passenger service opening up on the Sussex Railroad, which later became the Sussex Branch of the Lackawanna. The Sussex...
Kent - Thanks for posting that! I think eBay should have sent that notice out to all whom have an account. If they did send one out, I obviously missed it. Bob...
Just to put the brakes on this thread, eBay does NOT send out emails about anything (except your automatic searches, which the user has arranged, or your...
This should be an easy question for the experts. What railroads have operated within or passed through Sussex County? Anywhere / anytime in Sussex County, not...
DL&W (sussex Branch) was built by the Sussex Railroad. You could include the Sussex Mine Railroad since it was a railroad--mule drawn, but still had rails. EL...
To all, I have another railroad or two. The Ogden Mine Railroad operated in Sussex County. That was taken over by the Jersey Central Railroad, so that is one...
robgraul@...
Dec 20, 2006 4:31 pm
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There was also the Atlas Branch (that went from Franklin Junction to Atlas Quarry). There was also Sussex Calcite (that went from the Sterling branch of the ...
Bill Truran
wrt1@...
Dec 20, 2006 5:19 pm
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... Branch of the L&HR ... Ah, yes, the Sussex Calcite Branch-NYSW. ... Horse-drawn tramway. I don't believe it ever saw mechanical motive power. ... The last...
Does anyone have info (map, pictures, etc) about the small gauge train that ran through Frenches Grove in Cranberry lake in the early 1900's? ... From: denjct ...
Ginette Garrity
johnginette@...
Dec 20, 2006 6:27 pm
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Hmm. Pretty sure the Morris & Essex stays on the Morris County side of the world. It's on the south side of the Musconetcong (Sussex/Morris divider) all the...
Maps: Not to my knowledge, but it would be cool if they were around. Someone could make a model train layout of the mini railroad and put people riding in the...