Re: (erielack) Erie Caldwell Branch

[Bob Mitchell <nebula07869_@_yahoo.com>]

Gary - A hike of the Caldwell branch sounds like a
great idea! I would like to try and make it.
Going downhill on the way back sounds good :-)




- --- "Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com> wrote:

> I took a bike ride this afternoon over part of the
> Caldwell Branch
> right-of-way, from Caldwell to NJ 23 in Cedar Grove.
> 
> The route from Roseland Ave in Caldwell is overgrown
> and a few segments
> are paved as parking lots or built-over.  The
> sidewalk along Bloomfield
> Ave kept me out of the road most of the way.
> 
> The underpass at the Caldwell/Verona border is
> filled with earth.  An
> eastbound whistle post survives about 100 feet east
> of the tunnel.  At
> Personette Ave, a single lot was sold and a house
> blocks through travel. 
> I detoured around it two different ways.
> 
> Once past this house, a GREEN ACRES sign indicates
> public ownership (since
> 1985).  Small signs read "NO MOTOR VEHICLES" at road
> crossings.  One
> bridge was removed, probably due to low clearance,
> but it is passable. 
> The route appears to be used (clear path through the
> leaves and no big
> obstructions).  I was overtaken by a young man
> riding his bike MUCH faster
> than I was going.  It is downhill all the way from
> Bloomfield Ave to NJ
> 23, as much as 1.9%, so I decided to turn back at
> that point, where the
> remains of a station platform and stairway to street
> still exist.
> 
> I need to scout the rest of the line between Cedar
> Grove and Great
> Notch...
> 
> 
> Is anyone interested in doing an explorer hike of
> the Caldwell Branch in
> the spring?  It would be best to meet at Great
> Notch, leave most cars
> there and drive a minimal number of cars to
> Caldwell, then hike back
> mostly DOWNHILL.  Erie track diagram 
> 
> http://raildata.railfan.net/erie/homeerr.html
> 
> shows this as between MP 22+ and 17.
> 
> =====
> Gary R. Kazin
> DL&W Milepost R35.7
> Rockaway, New Jersey
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html
> 
> 
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