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Posted by streetcarman1 on Mon Dec 17 14:05:08 2007, in response to Re: Boonton line ..., posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Dec 17 11:16:51 2007. Sorry to tell you....most all if it is GONE. It was for the most part a single track operation. What kept the line afloat was the freight service for the dairy people along the line. When the rural characteristics started to change in Sussex County, most sold out to real estate developers who wanted to make some parts of the county more suburban and less rural. So there went the needed revenue to keep it afloat. From then on, E-L ended all operations to Branchville. I posted a few pics once before in another thread:Washington, NJ station way back in the day:  Hampton, NJ station way back in the day:  Newton, NJ in the 1960s:   Newton in 1967......the final call:   Newton today:     Branchville, NJ in 1967 when the line was being torn up:    Branchville, NJ today at the Firehouse where the terminal used to be:   |
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