Re: (rshsdepot) Phillipsburg, NJ

["Don Dorflinger" <donnielee46_@_hotmail.com>]

Actually, the ex-CNJ is NOT intact all the way from High Bridge to Phillipsburg. Track has been removed from just west of Bloomsbury, NJ to Greens Bridge (about 3.5 miles). Connections exist with the former-LV at both points, and were installed just in case NJ Transit ever wanted to put the passenger trains back. From Greens Bridge west to Easton, the Valley is gone, and NS freights use the old CNJ mainline through P'burg.


> 
>Paul asked: 
> 
> > 1) Is it feasible to put back the train to Phillipsburg? Or even, perish 
>the 
> > thought, just a little further west to link with the bigger SMSA (I 
>haven't 
> > used that term in years, forgive me)? 
> 
>Sure -- by way of the DL&W, LV or CNJ -- take your pick. The DL&W and LV are 
>used daily by NS freights. The NS is on the ex CNJ right of way, but the CNJ 
>exists intact all the way to the current end of passenger service (though 
>not useable). CP actually has rights to use this line (and have it restored 
>at NS expense) if they are prohibited from getting to Oak Island via the LV 
>route for any reason. 
> 
>The ex DL&W line is subject to "study" as an expension from Hackettstown. 

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