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(erielack) more Mo'town> was right under our noses...
Happen to be working at home today, so at lunch I leafed through some books.
On pages 84-85 of the Arcadia book "Rails Through The Hanover Hills -
The Morristown and Erie RR" there is a "c.1960 aerial view of
Morristown..." that clearly shows the various leads to the freight
station area, with boxcars on them, and numerous bumper blocks. All the
leads extend almost to Morris Ave. Lafayette Ave is there, though not in
the same configuration it is today. (I think that was done in the 70s.)
The photo also shows three other leads further south, two of which have
some sort of gantry crane straddling them. What is that? These leads
look overgrown and there are autos parked all along them, so probably
not in use at the time.
Steve Hepler is the author of this book... maybe he could OK somebody
scanning those pages to post?
Also, here's a postcard looking west from about the same time as the map
that was posted (1910):
http://pix.epodunk.com/NJ/nj_morristown02.jpg
kinda small, but note the freight station on the left in the
background, the at-grade crossing and all those boxcars in the
background on the right.
Also, did you notice on the map (thanks for posting that! where did it
come from?) the small DL&W building just north and east of the station,
next to Lumber Street? What was that? An office? Is that building still
there?
What a cool map, BTW! I remember when the coal yard lead was still
there, and when there was *one* lead into the Ennis lumber yard, but
look at all those tracks in there!
Here's an area map from 1895 - no siding then, and no Morristown and
Erie! Roundhouse west of the station though...
http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/Morris/Morristown_1895_plate2.jpg
dmg
Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) wrote:
>Good catch, Dave!
>
>The car on the right is probably on the Morristown & Erie interchange (the express building track came off at the same point, but any cars would be behind the camera).
>
>The track on the right must be the freight station track - but when did they build Lafayette Ave. and sink the road there? The photo was taken in the mid-1960s, maybe this was a stub remaining after they sunk the road?
>
> - Paul
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net
>>[mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net]On Behalf Of David Goessling
>>Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:24 AM
>>To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>>Subject: (erielack) right under our noses...
>>
>>
>>http://el-list.railfan.net/new/dp-el2.jpg
>>
>>this view is westbound, yes? so the boxcar on the right is on
>>the lead
>>going to the express building, and that's the lead heading to the old
>>freight station and the now-famous bumper block on the left...
>>
>>dmg
>>
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