An abandoned rail station and main line

[JHZR2]

That place was abandoned for as long as I ever knew. It was a bleachery back around 1904, per a map we have.

 

[NHGUY]

Good stuff.More of the same/similar would be welcomed.

 

[Mr Nice]

Why hasn't the city torn down this building ?

Abandoned buildings only add crime and blight to the neighborhood.

 

[CROWNVIC4LIFE]

Thank you very much for posting! Since I lived in the awesome state of New Jersey for awhile I appreciate these pictures.

 

[daves66nova]

Originally Posted By: hate2work

rip mori...
Geez,Why do a lot of people miss Mori?

 

[JHZR2]

I found some images of the bridge that used to end at the dirt pile that I had photographed. That track from the original pictures deadheaded at the Passaic River, but this bridge took the old Erie main line over the river and through Passaic/Patterson NJ on the way to Suffern, NY and then onward. I found these in the archives on the E-L mailing list. Great stuff!

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-24-02/ERIEtrainonPassaicRiverB021963.jpg

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-24-02/ERIEtrainonPassaicRiver021963.jpg

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-24-02/ERIEpassaicriverbdgB021963.jpg

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-23-02/ERIEpassaicriverbdgtracklevel021963.jpg


Here is the Erie mainline going through the center of Passaic. My Great Grandmother told of railroad tracks going through the center of Passaic, but all I ever knew was a parking area down the middle (decorated with boxes on their pointy end as I recall when young, they may have been removed).

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-23-02/ERIEpassaicNJ021963.jpg

All these photos above in this post are posted by Christopher Vitz, and I believe they were done by Henry Vitz.

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-10-09-02/Leaving_the_bridge.jpg
From Paul Tupaczewski


Another Passaic image, as most of the buildings are still there:

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-09-30-02/PassicMain1920s.jpg

The bridge coming down:

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-09-30-02/PassaicRiverBridgeRemoval_1963.jpg

Apparently there were some pretty sharp turns after the bridge to get into Passaic, this looks like one of them:

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-09-30-02/PassaicMain1950s1.jpg

Here is an image showing a sharp curve coming off:

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-09-30-02/PasRvrBridge1963.jpg

All of those were from "Dom".

Good stuff over on the railfan E-L list.

 

[CROWNVIC4LIFE]

AWESOME pictures!!Thank you very much for posting!!I think I see my moms 57 Bel Air and 63 Impala in some of the aerial shots..She spent a lot of time riding around the Passaic/Paterson area..Seeing all that brings back a ton of memories.

Never heard of railfan E-L list..Thanks for mentioning that.

 

[GMBoy]

I love abandoned places - lot's of nice websites on this sort of thing.

It is amazing how fast mother nature reclaims her land.

 

[lexus114]

Get Zach and the boy`s from Ghost Adventures in that building. Bet they would get some really cool evp`s.

 

[Virtuoso]

Good Stuff!

 

[aztec12]

Whow, cool pictures...