pdtrains wrote:OK...more questions...or...name that out-of-service siding. These are all sidings that are still connected to the main track, but OOS afaik. Wondering who they were for , and when the last time they received cars.
1. Howell NJ. siding on west side of track, facing north....goes to a switchback, which is still in service. Closest buildings are miller truck leasing and Haddon Food Products. about a half mile north of Oak Glen Road.
2. Howell NJ...Jst south of above switch, north of Oak glen road, on west side of tracks, switch faces south. Serves a building listed as Multi Alloy, on google.
3. Lakewood....Switch off of runaround downtown Lakewood. East side of runaround, switch faces north. Closest building appears abandoned. track goes into weeds about a carlength past switch.
4. Lakewood...Right across from Woodhaven lumber. switch on east side of main, facing north. Closest building says "ateres Reva" on google.
5. Clayton Concrete. Looks like they used to get cars portland cement or something. Almost every concrete or block place, it seems, used to get their dry cement by rail in covered hopper cars. Now seems its all delivered by pneumatic trucks. IDK why. Switch is on east side of main, facing north, just south of woodhaven (opposite side of main)
Well, that's it for now. I know about gold lumber...cause the 1st time I went to Farmingdale in my life (2000 ish ?) I saw the local in town switching gold lumber.
TIA. Just wondering.
Number four maybe the old siding for US Components. I don't remember the background, if they closed or moved, but it may have been related to the housing/construction downturn. I'm pretty sure a Jewish school moved into the property.
Number one or two, I forget which may have been Weyerhauser, which received cars when I first started photographing the SA35. It then became a drop-off point for DiNaso for a while if I remember correctly.
With respect to photo ops in/around Lakewood, both traffic and the timing of the train in the evening make that challenging.
