Bell Corrugated Container at the end of Ferry St is also served by rail three days a week.
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pumpers wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:31 pmIs this what is used to serve Bell Container? It doesn't look too active (at least when that picture was taken).If you follow on the google view the siding you mentioned to the West at the end, you will see what looks to be the rusty roofs of two boxcars half hidden in the trees. Whether these cars are in revenue service, or used for storage I cannot say.
Also, on google maps I also see quite a string of hoppers on a curving double track, serving a row of storage silos just south of Raymond Blvd. (and north of Ferry St)Those are plastic hoppers, for Allied Extruders - there is a sign on Ferry Sign, as well as a (hard to see) "Allied" sign on a low flat building adjacent to the silo banks (not sure if both banks of silos belong to Allied or not).
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Sir Ray wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:27 pm If you follow on the google view the siding you mentioned to the West at the end, you will see what looks to be the rusty roofs of two boxcars half hidden in the trees. Whether these cars are in revenue service, or used for storage I cannot say.I saw that too, but agree it's hard to tell if they are active. The good news is, the ballast back at the switch looks new in the photo
What is interesting is that the north most of the two spurs to the plastic plant (part of which was the Breyer Ice Cream plant I think)I looked on an old Sanborn map. The buildings south of the curving track where the silos are, which are now Allied Extruders as you pointed out, used to be Newark Tube Company. I"m pretty sure all the silos belong to Allied - if you zoom in you can see a pipe going from the northern bank of silos back to the plant.
pumpers wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:06 am Looks grim at Benjamin Moore. Here is what is supposed to be a July 2018 shot from Google Streetview, looking north into B.M. at Lister Ave. https://goo.gl/maps/XhGX7ngjRXetZf2X6Actually, not as grim as you think in that 2018 view.
There is a heavy barrier where the track enters the property, and one of the rails in the street is partially paved over.
Joseph DeLuisi wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:55 am Kuiken Bros. Lumber recently opened a facility on Doremus Ave in the Ironbound section with a long siding and it receives lumber cars from the Pacific Northwest region on a daily basis.This probably means an end to them receiving cars in Emerson off the Pascack Valley.
pumpers wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 9:05 am I looked on an old Sanborn map. The buildings south of the curving track where the silos are, which are now Allied Extruders as you pointed out, used to be Newark Tube Company. I"m pretty sure all the silos belong to Allied - if you zoom in you can see a pipe going from the northern bank of silos back to the plant.Allied had large silos next to their freight siding when they were in Queens. Not sure of the process but those covered hoppers are filled with tiny plastic pellets that are probably unloaded into the silos.
Breyers Ice Cream was the building on the south side of Raymond Blvd, just west of the RR overpass (now the self-storage operation), just northeast of the silos.
One other tidbit I found - running parallel to Raymond in this area, about 150 feet north of it, was the bed of the old Morris Canal.
pumpers wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:51 pm Always glad to get good news. Here is a different view of the white (hopefully) tank car:
https://goo.gl/maps/amXoLRUnMhawRVJf8