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The NJ&NY Railroad and the Erie Piermont Branch Page
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PLEASE VISIT MY NEW PAGE:
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Erie 4-4-2 #537 in ex NJ&NY Hillsdale, NJ yard, 1937
Hillsdale served as a major station and engine facility from the 1870's to the end of steam in the 1950's. The Pascack Valley line of the old NJ&NY was the last Erie line to run steam. The unique 1871 station still stands, restored in Erie colors, though the yard is now the site of a food store (Kings) and a Wendy's.
Copyright (Web Page Of) George Elwood, Jay Williams Collection.
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History of NJ &NY RR and the Erie Piermont Branch
The Branches
The Pascack Valley Line
Carlstadt, Wood-Ridge, Hasbrouck Heights, Williams Avenue, Hackensack, Central Avenue, Anderson St, Fairmount Ave, North Hackensack, River Edge, New Milford, Oradell, Emerson, Westwood, Hillsdale, Hillsdale Manor, Woodcliff Lake, Park Ridge, Montvale, Pearl River, Nanuet Junction, Spring Valley
The NY Extension Railroad: Rockland's Lost Railroad
Woodbine Yard and Union Road, New Hempstead and Summit Park Stations
Theills to Haverstraw
The Erie Piermont Branch and Nanuet Junction
Piermont, Sparkill, Orangeburg, Blauvelt, Nanuet, Spring Valley, Monsey, Tallman('s), Suffern
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Erie Map, 1880's with New City Branch, Pascack Valley Line and Piermont Branch
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I first came to know what was the NJ&NYRR in the late 1970's, when I would meet my father at the Park Ridge station, and occasionally ride into new York with him via Hoboken. By that time, it was the Erie Lackawanna operated by the New Jersey Dept. of Transportation (NJDOT), and the blue and silver cars were decorated with the EL diamond and NJDOT logo. I always loved watching the trains pass through and riding them when I could- and still do to this day. Over time, I realized the great impact that the railroad had on Park Ridge and the other towns along the line, establishing new communities, like Park Ridge, and enhancing existing ones like Hackensack.
The Piermont branch is a newer area of interest for me, but I included it in light of a few related factors- it goes back to the earliest days of Erie, historically it helped develop Rockland County, NY like the Pascack Valley Line did in NJ, and finally it interchanged with the NJNY at Nanuet and the NJNY ran concurrently on its tracks between Nanuet and Spring Valley.
This page will always be a work in progress, and it depends not only on my own research, historical and contemporary, but also on the memories and information of all railfans who visit.
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Page copyright 2000-2001 by Michael Sheehy. All other images and information used are either in the public domain or used with permission.
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All information and pictures researched, created and compiled by, and are copyright of, Michael Sheehy, unless otherwise stated.
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