I was on the EL about the same time.....All the jobs were 6 days a week.....1st and 2nd Nrn worked Mon-sat.
3rd Nrn was sun-fri.
1st Nrn dropped cars at North Bergen and ridgefield, then went up to Englewood to start
their switching. On really busy days (usually mondays) they occasionally were too busy to make
it north (RR west) of Englewood. Bust most days they went to closter or Northvale. They would
tie down for dinner on the eastbound track in closter, and meet the evening rush there.
As I remember it, the 2nd northern was a caboose hop that left Croxton about 8:30 am, and worked
North Bergen thru ridgefield, and I remember the 3rd northern being a relief job that started at
4:30pm. They relieved the 2nd northern crew. But that was pre-1967. Back around 1964, the 1st northern worked up to Northvale, then went to Sparkill to meet the evening rush, but that changed in 1965
to Northvale and back only.
By 1969....the 1st northern went to Orangeburg, Piermont, and back, so maybe by that time, the 3rd Northern
worked out of croxton with its own power, but I'm sure the 1st northern was still working 6 days a week.