Subscribed. Looking forward to seeing pics!
My wife’s Uncle worked for UP for years and retired from them although in the head office. I don’t recall exactly what he did and unfortunately he is no longer with us. He had great retirement benefits from what I recall.
I am a bit of a train nerd myself.
I grew up in Belleville NJ with the Erie Lackawanna railroad directly behind my house. I mean literally! It was the Boonton Line.
I always sat out on the roof in the summer watching the freight trains go by and interrupting the screaming parents cheering on their kids at the local little league field.
When I exited our back yard gate I was on EL property. I walked those tracks everywhere, always listening carefully for the trains. Watched one of the Spirit of 76 locomotives cruise by when I was a wee lad. I wish I had pictures of that!
I even commuted on the line for a brief period in the late 80’s into Jersey City to transfer to the Path train to NYC.
Unfortunately, EL was defunct at that time and was operated by Conrail when I was a kid. The EL’s claim to fame was the Phoebe Snow for any of you train buffs.
It is now entirely unused and nature is claiming the land back.
A bike path is being planned for most of the Line from Montclair NJ to either Hoboken or Jersey City if it gets the votes.
Here is a
link to another train nut that walked the line and took lots of pictures for anyone interested.