by salminkarkku
We are having trouble plotting the route of the old LHR Mine Hill branch in the Franklin NJ area for SPV's revised "Northeast" atlas.
I thought that it ran to Ogdensburg parallel to the NYSW, but the atlas's author mailed (referring to the layout in the present edition):
"I have always understood that the LHR used trackage rights on the NYSW tracks to reach the Ogdensburg Mine until the NYSW abandoned the Middletown branch whereupon the LHR took it over. Are you implying that the Mine Hill RR referred to on lhr.railfan.net/history is this? It’s not shown on the Historical USGS maps from 1903. I’m not sure when NYSW Middletown opened but it’s listed in the 1891 OG. Also, the 1903 USGS map shows the branch to Mine Hill as I’ve shown it and shows it connecting with the LHR not NYSW and with no facilities en route. There was a smelter in Franklin as I’ve shown it. We need more clarification on this area particularly as all my sources show the lines as drawn."
Could anyone throw some more light on this? Thanks.
I thought that it ran to Ogdensburg parallel to the NYSW, but the atlas's author mailed (referring to the layout in the present edition):
"I have always understood that the LHR used trackage rights on the NYSW tracks to reach the Ogdensburg Mine until the NYSW abandoned the Middletown branch whereupon the LHR took it over. Are you implying that the Mine Hill RR referred to on lhr.railfan.net/history is this? It’s not shown on the Historical USGS maps from 1903. I’m not sure when NYSW Middletown opened but it’s listed in the 1891 OG. Also, the 1903 USGS map shows the branch to Mine Hill as I’ve shown it and shows it connecting with the LHR not NYSW and with no facilities en route. There was a smelter in Franklin as I’ve shown it. We need more clarification on this area particularly as all my sources show the lines as drawn."
Could anyone throw some more light on this? Thanks.