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NJ Transit Montclair Heights Station |
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New station built by NJ Transit 1998. |
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10/14/2016 Upload Date: 10/14/2016 2:18:07 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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Kevin Wong |
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NJ Transit Montclair Heights Station |
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New passenger station built 1998, located at Montclair State University. |
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7/11/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 2:45:52 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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Kevin Wong |
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| Title: |
NJ Transit Montclair Heights Station |
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New passenger station built 1998, located at Montclair State University. |
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7/11/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 2:47:04 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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Kevin Wong |
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NJ Transit Montclair State University Station |
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7/11/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 2:48:14 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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Kevin Wong |
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NJ Transit Montclair State University Station |
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7/11/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 2:49:38 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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Kevin Wong |
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UntitledMontclair/Boonton Line train 1055 to Hackettstown has an old school leader |
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11/1/2017 Upload Date: 11/6/2017 8:51:20 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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Ralph Bonanno |
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Former CNJ Geep in service as a cab car on the east end of a westbound commuter train |
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11/1/2017 Upload Date: 11/6/2017 8:51:53 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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Ralph Bonanno |
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NJT Comet V Cab on Train # 6252 approaching Walnut Street |
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4/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/6/2018 9:52:53 AM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT Train # 6252 about to cross the Grove Street Grade Crossing |
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4/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/6/2018 9:40:05 AM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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| Title: |
NJT |
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Train # 1055 being led by a dual mude ALP45DP, has just cleared the Montclair Connection stretch of track and is crossing Claremont Ave. |
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4/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/6/2018 9:41:56 AM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT Arrow III Set on 267 |
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4/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/6/2018 9:42:27 AM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT at Walnut Street Station |
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4/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/6/2018 9:53:19 AM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT Mtc-Btn Line Diesel Express at Walnut Street |
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4/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/6/2018 9:56:49 AM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT at Walnut Street Station |
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4/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/6/2018 9:57:16 AM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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Montclair Connection |
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An eastbound train rounds the tight curves of a small section of track built between 1999 and 2002 known as the Montclair Connection. This short section of track was first proposed long ago by the then-competing Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroads as a way for the Erie to detour trains from their New York & Greenwood Lake division over the DL&W's Montclair Branch as a result of regular flooding issues the Erie used to face in the meadows between Kearny and Jersey City. As time went on and the Erie and DL&W began to consolidate their operations the possibility of the project being executed was revisited a few times. In the early '60s shortly after the merger of the Erie and DL&W the project was considered once again as a way to consolidate the NY&GL and the Montclair Branch as one route a result of a larger series of re-route projects the new Erie Lackawanna was considering all across North Jersey. The project was shelved though when the affects of the Interstate 80 and Passaic Reroute projects resulted in heavy freight traffic being diverted from the DL&Ws original Boonton Line between Secaucus and Paterson to the Erie's original New York & Greenwood Lake from Jersey City to Wayne. These projects also resulted in the NY&GL being renamed to the Boonton Line. For another 25 years or so the project sat dormant until it was once again revisited by NJ Transit in the 1980s. Around this same time NJ Transit was in the process of closing the original DL&W Montclair Terminal and replaced the historic 6-track terminal with a less-than-stellar single track station near Bay Street. What was significant about this short new alignment was instead of following the historic route towards the old terminal it instead curved away towards the Boonton Line as a way to setup for the possibility of executing the Montclair Connection project proposed so many years before. The late '90s saw negotiations start between NJ Transit and the town of Montclair over land acquisition between Glen Ridge Avenue and Pine Street. The project would require Grant Street and Sherman Avenue to be severed in order to dig out a small cut and a handful of local businesses and homes to be acquired through eminent domain. Demolition and construction began in 1999 with the project wrapping up in September 2002. Monday, September 30 saw the first revenue trains to pass through the new 1,000ft electrified connection. With the electrification being extended from Bay Street Station to Montclair State University the new "Montclair Line" was now part of the NJ Transit's MidTown Direct service bringing direct access to Penn Station New York to another section of the railroad. As a result of this connection the former alignment of the Boonton Line between Pine Street in Montclair to West End interlocking in Jersey City was abandoned by NJ Transit. Rights were not maintained to operate over the line with Norfolk Southern (previously Conrail) who owned this section of the Boonton Line. Two drawbridges in Kearny over the Passaic and Hackensack rivers were in desperate need of heavy repair or replacement and NJ Transit claimed that the ridership levels did not justify any continued operations. The track became known officially as the Orange Running Track was was served by local NS freight trains until about early 2008. |
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5/11/2018 Upload Date: 5/11/2018 8:16:42 PM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
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NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) MNCW 4907(F40PH-3C) |
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NJT PL42 leading a Comet Set into Bay Street Station |
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3/3/2019 Upload Date: 3/10/2019 8:30:49 PM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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| Title: |
NJT at Bay Street Station |
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3/3/2019 Upload Date: 3/10/2019 8:32:04 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT at Bay Street Station |
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1. An oversized Comet Set runs on the Bay Street-Hoboken Shuttle on 3/26/20 and it is sitting at Bat Street Station in Mtc just before heading to Hoboken. |
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3/26/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:22:11 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT |
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2. Westbound NJT Train # 9227, being protected by a Multilevel Set, heads across the Pine Street Grade Crossing after having negotiated the Montclair Connection part of the MOBO. Next stop is Walnut St Station. |
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3/26/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:22:51 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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| Title: |
NJT |
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3. The 4641 pushes Train # 9227 toward its next stop at Walnut St Station as it crosses Claremont Avenue in Montclair. |
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3/26/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:28:45 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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3. On 4/1/20, westbound NJT Train # 9225 arrives into Walnut St Station but barely stops there. |
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4/1/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:26:46 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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| Title: |
NJT |
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1. NJT Train # 9225 departs Walnut St Station heading toward its next stop at Watchung Ave Station. |
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4/1/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:30:01 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT |
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2. NJT Train # 1093 arrives into Walnut St Station with an ALP45DP leading |
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4/1/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:32:03 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT |
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3. NJT Comet Set on Train # 1093 at Walnut St Station |
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4/1/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:32:33 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT |
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1. On 4/2/2020, a westbound afternoon NJT train crosses Jerome Place between both Upper Montclair and Mountain Avenue Stations. On a cloudy day is the best day to photograph a train at this grade crossing. |
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4/2/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:33:16 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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| Title: |
NJT |
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2. On 4/2/20, an ALP46 pushes the second westbound NJT Midtown Direct train away from Upper Montclair Station heading to Mtc State University Station. |
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4/2/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:34:06 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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| Title: |
NJT |
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3. Westbound NJT train arriving at Walnut St Station on 4/6/20 |
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4/6/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:37:57 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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NJT |
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1. On 4/6/20, the first of the three westbound Lake Hopatcong trains is about to cross Pine Street in Montclair and will arrive at Walnut St Station very shortly. The 4503 is the leader. |
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4/6/2020 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 5:38:59 PM |
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Montclair, NJ |
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John Levai |
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