The Upper End Of The Greenwood Lake Branch

There are some vintage photo enlargements at the West Milford A&P by the checkout, including a steam train at Greenwood Lake

CarterB wrote:In addition to finding any pics N of Mt. View, I have a question on the operation/s to and at Sterling Forest on Greenwood Lake. Any maps I have found only show a dead end line and a spur at that terminus. How or where did they turn the steam locos?

Revitalizing an old thread:
Looking carefully at Google Earth, It looks like the wye was along Long Pond Road and Awosting Road. If one follows Awosting Road(the ROW?) towards the lake, one can see a trail veering north about 520 feet west of the intersection of East shore and Awosting. It goes behind some houses and terminates at a dam.

According to a 1910 map of the area: http://historical.mytopo.com/getImage.a ... g&state=NJ
looks like there may have been a spur to the lake at Cooper, a bit N and W of the dam (and the line on up to State Line) , but no wye? The Google Map image shows the old ROW that curved from W to N along Awosting to a bit East of Long Pond, to W of the dam. The pilings for the line on up to State line are still there right in front of the dam.

I have a photo that I am currently searching for that has my Great Grandfather (engineer) standing in front of a Greenwood Lake and Erie steamer I believe at Ringwood station with crew. It was an old old old steamer the kind that would have been replacing civil war era (wide stack?) engines. I'm not good at identifying anything that's pre-diesel era. Once I find it Ill definitely post it. Thanks for reminding me!

An old topographic map shows a reversing loop.

CarterB wrote:What year/s was all service cut back to Wanaque? When were last trains of any kind on up to Ringwood and/or to Hewitt?

In 1963 or 1964, Ken Coombs, who was working as the vacation relief agent in Wanaque-Midvale, phoned me to say that the two diesels kept at Peters Mine just arrived at his station, to be shipped out.

Lee

ebtmikado wrote:

CarterB wrote:What year/s was all service cut back to Wanaque? When were last trains of any kind on up to Ringwood and/or to Hewitt?

In 1963 or 1964, Ken Coombs, who was working as the vacation relief agent in Wanaque-Midvale, phoned me to say that the two diesels kept at Peters Mine just arrived at his station, to be shipped out.

Lee

Passenger service was cut back to Wanaque in 1939. There were 2 switchers left at the mines in Ringwood that were removed in 1961 according to information in the book 'Trackside Along The Erie Railroad'.

So ....how/where were locos turned at or near Sterling Forest???

This may show some pics on the upper end, as well as some historical notes. It's been awhile since I've watched it.
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samshat wrote:This may show some pics on the upper end, as well as some historical notes. It's been awhile since I've watched it.
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Seems from the presentation, that there was an engine house and a turntable just a bit south of the Sterling Forest Station.
No evidence of such exists now??

Excellent presentation! I've seen many of the photos but I've never seen the street crossing photos from the Haskell section and some of the photos from the Ringwood area. Having lived in Wanaque from 1973 to 2011 I've seen a lot of changes and have become very interested in the town's history. Thanks again!

Better late than never ... there was a runaround track and also a turntable at Sterling Forest. No wye, and no loop (which I thought was true due to misinterpreting a vintage topo map).