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Are those active train tracks that run through Roseland/Livingston, West Orange, etc. They cross over 280, Eagle Rock Avenue, and Eisenhower Parkway, etc.
Does anybody know if these are actually active train tracks?
I don't know if they are. The Morris County Central Railroad does train rides around Christmas and Easter, i'm not sure if they ride up to Roseland. I'm assuming they go there. When i was a kid in the 70's, i worked there and it used to take rides from Whippany to Roseland.
Not sure about those lines, but there are some defunct lines in Little Falls that are hiking/ biking trails now. Montclair used to have a fair number of freight trains running through when I was a kid. No one wanted to live near the tracks.
I have driven over these train tracks a million times on Eisenhower Parkway, River Rd. (well, on River Rd., I have driven UNDER, not over them), Deforest Ave., Ridgedale Ave., and S. Jefferson Rd.
In 17 years of driving, I have never had to stop once for a train, LOL. But I know they must be active.
I'm not sure how they can go all the way into Roseland, though? If we're talking about the same railroad tracks, there's a portion that is a high bridge over the Passaic River (I'm pretty sure it's the Passaic River...this is in the vicinity of Eisenhower Parkway and Eagle Rock Ave...hard to tell if it's Livingston, Roseland or East Hanover in that area). The train would have to get across the river in order to be in Roseland.
About 20 years ago my friends and I crossed that bridge on foot (we were trying to recreate that train scene in the movie Stand By Me). Luckily, we didn't have to run from any train. But it was SCARY walking over those tracks just the same. It was rickety even then. Years later, some time in college we went back with the intent of crossing them again for old time's sake. However, they had further deteriorated to the point where we could not even walk over them on foot...I have no idea how a train could ever pass over the tracks at this portion of the railroad.
Tracks run up to Harrison Ave in Roseland (right near Eastern Concrete) and then they are removed at Harison Ave and go no further.
I believe they run some sort of "historical" ride during the year now. They used to have one of those train rides where the "cowboys" would "rob" the train and it's riders of fake money handed out prior to boarding. Was a cool thing when I was a little kid.
I have driven over these train tracks a million times on Eisenhower Parkway, River Rd. (well, on River Rd., I have driven UNDER, not over them), Deforest Ave., Ridgedale Ave., and S. Jefferson Rd.
In 17 years of driving, I have never had to stop once for a train, LOL. But I know they must be active.
I'm not sure how they can go all the way into Roseland, though? If we're talking about the same railroad tracks, there's a portion that is a high bridge over the Passaic River (I'm pretty sure it's the Passaic River...this is in the vicinity of Eisenhower Parkway and Eagle Rock Ave...hard to tell if it's Livingston, Roseland or East Hanover in that area). The train would have to get across the river in order to be in Roseland.
About 20 years ago my friends and I crossed that bridge on foot (we were trying to recreate that train scene in the movie Stand By Me). Luckily, we didn't have to run from any train. But it was SCARY walking over those tracks just the same. It was rickety even then. Years later, some time in college we went back with the intent of crossing them again for old time's sake. However, they had further deteriorated to the point where we could not even walk over them on foot...I have no idea how a train could ever pass over the tracks at this portion of the railroad.
They actually end abruptly in Roseland after they cross over 280.
Interesting...would anybody on this board live near where these tracks run near your property? I would never live with an NJ Transit line in my back yard because the frequency of noise would drive me nuts.
Interesting...would anybody on this board live near where these tracks run near your property? I would never live with an NJ Transit line in my back yard because the frequency of noise would drive me nuts.
We now have an electric line and a 24hr whistle ban (after $1 million in crossing upgrades) so it's pretty quiet now. I'm close enough to hear announcements at the station, but I don't notice the trains unless the breaks are real loud. I'm probably used to it though. Don't know if I'll ever sleep through the garbage trucks in the summer.
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