Well on the bright side you can still see a little bit of trackage in Montclair and yes most of the tracks are gone but you can still see the old telegraph towers and you can still see the old signals and the platforms are still in tact and that beautiful station house is still there and if you go Further South twoards the Bergen tunnels you can still see some tracks left and the drawbridge over the Hackensack is still there so yes most of it is gone but not all of it !
I was working out doing my Human train run 10 days ago and I like to think I’m a fast express train photos by me anyways the tracks and the former rail equipment are sorta gone but we are still a long way Away from having a Rail trail because of the old rail equipment scattered and the weeds and plants all over the un used Branch line but hey it’s sad that there Rusting Away but it’s nice to see that there still there and the former Drawbridge over the Hackensack River is still there and right where the Hackensack River is it’s a construction site and instead of trains we have Cars and trucks Construction vehicles and there’s a lot of work going on there because not only the trail is a long work in progress but there also constructing a new bridge over the Hackensack river for the NEC trains as well and we are still a long way off because a few more things the Branch line goes through some bad neighborhoods particularly in Newark and some way shape or form they’re gonna have to remove the Hackensack River bridge or build some type of road or something to cross the river and tbh yeah again it sucks that most of the tracks are gone but in my opinion it’s nice to see that they left some tracks and signals and generators and former Erie RR milepost signs on and you can still see tracks in Montclair and in Jersey city near Croxten yard so yes personally and I like it better like this than a Rail trail me I like to be positive about this kind of stuff 🙂
That's just the bells though, the signals were probably taken to the closest yard and chucked onto a scrap pile with old rails, signals and other metal the company doesn't care about. That stuff later gets sold to a junkyard for them to deal with. I looked at this line with Google earth, NS stripped every signal except one at 90 Orchard St. But even the standing one had all of the lights and bell removed. At that same crossing, half of another signal's mast and attached gate mechanism (probably a ped gate..) is laying in a bunch of weeds. You thoroughly disappoint me NS.
Well on the bright side you can still see a little bit of trackage in Montclair and yes most of the tracks are gone but you can still see the old telegraph towers and you can still see the old signals and the platforms are still in tact and that beautiful station house is still there and if you go Further South twoards the Bergen tunnels you can still see some tracks left and the drawbridge over the Hackensack is still there so yes most of it is gone but not all of it !
I was working out doing my Human train run 10 days ago and I like to think I’m a fast express train photos by me anyways the tracks and the former rail equipment are sorta gone but we are still a long way Away from having a Rail trail because of the old rail equipment scattered and the weeds and plants all over the un used Branch line but hey it’s sad that there Rusting Away but it’s nice to see that there still there and the former Drawbridge over the Hackensack River is still there and right where the Hackensack River is it’s a construction site and instead of trains we have Cars and trucks Construction vehicles and there’s a lot of work going on there because not only the trail is a long work in progress but there also constructing a new bridge over the Hackensack river for the NEC trains as well and we are still a long way off because a few more things the Branch line goes through some bad neighborhoods particularly in Newark and some way shape or form they’re gonna have to remove the Hackensack River bridge or build some type of road or something to cross the river and tbh yeah again it sucks that most of the tracks are gone but in my opinion it’s nice to see that they left some tracks and signals and generators and former Erie RR milepost signs on and you can still see tracks in Montclair and in Jersey city near Croxten yard so yes personally and I like it better like this than a Rail trail me I like to be positive about this kind of stuff 🙂
This is depressing
What about the crossing signals
Gone. Reduced to atoms
All 12 remaining bells on the line were saved by private collectors. I have one from a neighboring crossing in Bloomfield a mile and a half away
Ok good thanks @@aostlund27
That's just the bells though, the signals were probably taken to the closest yard and chucked onto a scrap pile with old rails, signals and other metal the company doesn't care about. That stuff later gets sold to a junkyard for them to deal with.
I looked at this line with Google earth, NS stripped every signal except one at 90 Orchard St. But even the standing one had all of the lights and bell removed. At that same crossing, half of another signal's mast and attached gate mechanism (probably a ped gate..) is laying in a bunch of weeds.
You thoroughly disappoint me NS.
@@carolinarailfanning ya but this is NJT