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From: Dave Rutan rutan3 AT embarqmail DOT com
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:23:32 -0400
Subject: Re: (erielack) Sussex Branch
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Mike,

Thanks. Always nice to see family pictures. Here's one at Branchville
from 1967. Photographer was R.L. Johnson.

Dave

Mike Dodge wrote:
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> On Friday, July 1, 1977, since I got out of work early and knew the Sussex Branch
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> was in the process of being ripped up, I went looking to find how far along the work was.
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> The branch was being removed from Netcong north (railroad west) and I found they almost
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> reached Cranberry Lake by the time they quit for the week. These photos were take at and
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> near South Shore Road in Byram Township, which was just before where the line skirtted
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> Cranberry Lake.
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>
> Mike Dodge
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>
>>From Archives@Railfan.net
> Message-ID: <4C1639F1.6030102@embarqmail.com>
> References: <4C159747.1040906@michiganwolverine.com>
> In-Reply-To: <4C159747.1040906@michiganwolverine.com>
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:17:21 -0400
> From: Dave Rutan
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Sussex Branch
>
> Ken,
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> Abandoned
>
> Hear now the litany: The Sussex Branch was abandoned in two sections:
> North of Andover Junction ceased passenger Service on July 14, 1966.
> This means that the last passenger train served Branchville on July 10
> and Newton on July 13.
>
>>From Andover to Netcong was 'abandoned' as far as passenger service on
> October 3 giving Andover its last passenger train on October 2.
>
> The rails were removed in 1967 from Andover Junction to Branchville. A
> few interchange trains seem to have ventured to Andover Junction until
> at least 1968 (dated photo.)
>
> The rails from Netcong to Andover Junction were finally removed summer
> of 1977.
>
> Dave Rutan
>
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