The Lackawanna's Sussex Branch I'll be presenting my 'core' Sussex Branch PowerPoint show at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in March. ...
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Perusing the latest dispatch from Steamtown (my tax dollars at work,) I can pretty much boil down all the whiny memos and letters. At Warbasse, where the...
Also, around 1940 there was a problem near Branchville Junction with one of the signal masts tottering as a train would pass. This was remedied by shortening...
Cool stuff about the junctions, Dave. As a matter of point, the smashboard you speak of? that was eventually installed at Warbasse Jct. is now in my...
Dave, Probably easiest to describe a smashboard as a long brightly painted board on a semaphore mast. The idea is that if the train crew fails to stop and...
With regard to the use of smashboards, I was told a year or two ago that the PATH system still uses this technology, if one would want to call it that....
I took a ride on PATH last weekend and sure enough, they still have smash boards on the Hackensack River bridge. More interesting, the PATH line still has...
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The Lackawanna's Sussex Branch I'll be presenting my 'core' Sussex Branch PowerPoint show at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in March. ...
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Mar 1, 2008 4:48 pm
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The date for this show has not yet been set, but it will be in April. Stay tuned....
Hi all, I have lived in the area for a couple of years since retiring and moving from Bloomingdale in Passaic County. I became interested in model trains as a...
Welcome Gene, While I've been a little slow on the research lately, a colleague and I were bumming around the intersection of Rt 517 and Rt 23 last weekend ...
Dave, First I've heard of this Tramway as I have been doing my own research in that area of the Sussex Calcite Company. Can you elaborate further or tell me ...
Welcome aboard Gene! There is lots to learn here. I am George Mason, and a really good friend of mine Dave Rutan started this group to disseminate all...
Barry, Sussex Calcite was over behind the Middle school wasn't it? It crossed Rt 23 between the Wok & Sushi and the Lakeland bank. To my knowledge that was...
Sussex Calcite was related to Samuel T. Munson of where the Munson house is. That was a "regular" rail gage, spurred into the rails going to Sterling Hill Mine...
Thanks Dave, You had aleady sent me the info on the Sussex Calcite Company about a month ago and it is the best article and pics I have seen yet. There are...
Thanks,Bill You are always full of great information. Looking forward to meeting you at the Hamburg Historical Societies meeting when you do your talk on ...
Barry, I remember you from our past discussions. I feel a little bad because sometimes it seems to me that I'm beating you up. The rails around here were so...
Hey "Thanks!" Barry. _____ From: SussexBranch@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SussexBranch@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Woodruff Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008...
[For those who aren't on the EL list, I'm passing along this review of a new book which is coming out very soon. There is apparently a section of the Sussex...
The Lackawanna's Sussex Branch On April 19th, 2008 at 7:00 PM I'll be my giving my 'core' Sussex Branch PowerPoint show at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church,...
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Apr 1, 2008 6:31 pm
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Dave, Just returned from a trip to New South Wales, Australia. I had the opportunity to visit these 2 places. ...