The Erie Main Line - A Detailed Look from Suffern to Monroe by Doug Barberio - Part 2

Following a very enjoyable and informative presentation on January 6, well-known railfan and historian Doug Barberio returns with the second part of his look at the Erie in lower New York state, continuing from Oxford Depot to Goshen, including history, operations, maps, structures and junctions. The photos and other materials will cover a wide range of dates, showing the many changes taking place over the years. Also featured will be a detailed look at Greycourt and some material on the Montgomery and Pine Island Branches.

[@skelelator]

Doug, when you got to Goshen you forgot to mention something very important---the Middletown/Goshen trolley ( Wallkill Transit Company) terminated on Grand St about a block from the Erie Station.

[@cczoe5585]

Yes, the Lackawanna did build a "Combined Water Tower & Signal Station" in Summit, NJ. (Video 10:15) The "water tank above signal tower" was located at the northwest corner of the Summit Avenue Bridge over the railroad tracks (delineated on a 1921 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map). In 1911 (and perhaps earlier), the New Jersey State Board of [Railroad] Assessors listed the assessed value of the Lackawanna's Summit "water tank above signal tower, 16 x 24 feet" as $1,285. That structure continued to be assessed at that value until at least 1926.

[@Bamaji2]

Amazing! Will there be one of the Lackawanna main as well?