• The LNE at Pine Island, NY

  • Discussion of the L&NR railroad for the period 1868-1961 at its inclusion in the Central of New Jersey. Also includes predecessors South Mountain and Boston Railroad, Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and New England Railroad, and others.
Discussion of the L&NR railroad for the period 1868-1961 at its inclusion in the Central of New Jersey. Also includes predecessors South Mountain and Boston Railroad, Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and New England Railroad, and others.

Moderator: David

  by walterconklin
 
Hello,

Did the LNE once serve a mine at Pine Island NY? Why I raise this question is because a siding appears at the location A shown on the attached map.

Sincerely,
Walter Conklin
  by RussNelson
 
Not only was there the siding you point to (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52865761), but the siding had two sidings: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52865765 (not on your map) and http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52865764 (on your map). I don't know what industries they served.
  by Paul Miller
 
oops, I was looking at the wrong siding at the top of this thread. The LNE did service the mines up in the Pochuck Mountains near the NJ/NY border. The spurs I beleive were called the "Pochuck Branch" or "Pochuck RR"
  by njmidland
 
Yes this was the Lehigh & New England's Pochunck Railroad. There was a quarry and, of all things an annual peach harvest and outbound shipment. There was an attempt to build further east and connect to the L&HR as well. Some grade work and abutments can be found.

The best reference is an article in Volume 3, Number 4 of the New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society's "Midlander Trainsheet" magazine. Back copies are still available:
http://njmidland.railfan.net
  by Paul Miller
 
Tim, are the grade works and abutments you mention part of the abandoned Pochuck line or are they from the proposed connection to the LHR? Would love to see/hike them if you have ay landmarks I'd be able to follow.
Thanks!
Paul