Regarding the 1946 Don Furler photo shown at 6:45 in this video... take a look at that line of ballast. What dedication by that Lackawanna division's track gang!🛤
I thought I was paranoid, but I know what scared shitless feels like, & one warm day in 2010, just after the station & creamery were razed, I went for a long take in the sights stroll eastbound from Johnsonburg. About a mile from the station it becomes a dark woods, with very interesting stonework on either side of the ROW, like an entrance to an estate. Suddenly a fear & panic overtook Me so fast that I just took a sweep of pics & bolted for the station pad. None of My pics saved, & that Minolta DiMage was a warhorse, never failed but there. No idea what scared Me to the point of fleeing, only been that scared a couple times, but finding this video reconfirms what I was telling someone 2 days ago as We drove past the site. Had no other cars been there We would have tried to recreate the situation, but We chose another destination. Just writing this 14 years later is giving Me chills
I like the series, keeps me up to date and the different challenges. Do you ever cover the south of the cut-off, the Easton PA area? Seems that area has a few lines still active, bridges over the river and old tracks are still in place.
It seems the more isolated the spot, the more likely that these things may show up. But typically they are random. But in this case the compelling story was that both the railroad and and several "neighbors" of the railroad saw stuff in the same area.
An uncle of mine, a police officer, saw a flyer saucer while on duty in Florham Park, NJ back around 1966 or '67. This was near Morristown Airport. The airport was closed at night, but this thing hovered over St. Elizabeth's, apparently "watching" the airport. Several of the nearby towns also saw it and reported it over the police radio. My uncle filed a report on it. He said he got kidded about it, but nobody said that he was making it up.
This was a fun episode. I take it all with a grain of salt. But I do want to say, that growing up in the area, hearing these people talk is like time travel for me. Before touch-screens took over the world, people used to share stories, sometimes ones just these. "The dog was barking out by the silo." ... "looking out the picture window"... I feel like I am hearing a family member tell a story. North West NJ has a particular style which is very dear to me.
There were sightings around the same time period near the Wanaque Reservoir and around Haskel, NJ. I remember reading articles about that a friend of mine sent me. I'm working on a virtual reconstruction of the NY & GWL up to Sterling Forest from Pompton Jct. and he thought I'd be interested in that, which of course I was!
I had spoken to someone over 35 years ago who lived in Wayne and she claimed she saw a UFO/UAP there (during the day) around the same period (late 60s). It followed her car for a bit, she was driving a convertible with the roof down and was terrified.
Train 10 the New York Mail was due in Hoboken at 3am. I would say it passed here at 1am? I rode it a few times. At 7pm number 2 was passed. Get did she see a MARS LIGHT? Used on all the passenger trains.
I don't know. It would be interesting to know how many railroaders have experienced this. Airplane pilots have remained mum for fear of being ridiculed. But, if the truth be known, apparently just about every commercial and air force pilot has had an encounter with these things. Would railroaders be any different, particularly since many of their routes bring them to remote places.
Regarding the 1946 Don Furler photo shown at 6:45 in this video... take a look at that line of ballast. What dedication by that Lackawanna division's track gang!🛤
Remarkably that continued in the Erie lackawanna years.
I thought I was paranoid, but I know what scared shitless feels like, & one warm day in 2010, just after the station & creamery were razed, I went for a long take in the sights stroll eastbound from Johnsonburg.
About a mile from the station it becomes a dark woods, with very interesting stonework on either side of the ROW, like an entrance to an estate.
Suddenly a fear & panic overtook Me so fast that I just took a sweep of pics & bolted for the station pad. None of My pics saved, & that Minolta DiMage was a warhorse, never failed but there.
No idea what scared Me to the point of fleeing, only been that scared a couple times, but finding this video reconfirms what I was telling someone 2 days ago as We drove past the site. Had no other cars been there We would have tried to recreate the situation, but We chose another destination.
Just writing this 14 years later is giving Me chills
Was that east or west of the station? I know of no such place that you describe within a mile of Johnsonburg.
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I'm still at a loss of where this is. I even went so far to review my video Part 21B which covered this section in its entirety.
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What part of 1 mile Eastbound from Johnsonburg are You having trouble with???
Look, I'm trying to be patient with you. I'm VERY familiar with the Cut-Off. But what you're describing does not ring a bell in that location.
I like the series, keeps me up to date and the different challenges. Do you ever cover the south of the cut-off, the Easton PA area? Seems that area has a few lines still active, bridges over the river and old tracks are still in place.
No, there's more than enough on the Cut-Off to keep me busy.
Interesting Chuck. This stuff goes on everywhere.
It seems the more isolated the spot, the more likely that these things may show up. But typically they are random. But in this case the compelling story was that both the railroad and and several "neighbors" of the railroad saw stuff in the same area.
An uncle of mine, a police officer, saw a flyer saucer while on duty in Florham Park, NJ back around 1966 or '67. This was near Morristown Airport. The airport was closed at night, but this thing hovered over St. Elizabeth's, apparently "watching" the airport. Several of the nearby towns also saw it and reported it over the police radio. My uncle filed a report on it. He said he got kidded about it, but nobody said that he was making it up.
This was a fun episode. I take it all with a grain of salt. But I do want to say, that growing up in the area, hearing these people talk is like time travel for me. Before touch-screens took over the world, people used to share stories, sometimes ones just these. "The dog was barking out by the silo." ... "looking out the picture window"... I feel like I am hearing a family member tell a story. North West NJ has a particular style which is very dear to me.
It happened, so you can take it any way you want to.
There were sightings around the same time period near the Wanaque Reservoir and around Haskel, NJ. I remember reading articles about that a friend of mine sent me. I'm working on a virtual reconstruction of the NY & GWL up to Sterling Forest from Pompton Jct. and he thought I'd be interested in that, which of course I was!
The Wanaque Reservoir is a well-known hotspot.
I had spoken to someone over 35 years ago who lived in Wayne and she claimed she saw a UFO/UAP there (during the day) around the same period (late 60s). It followed her car for a bit, she was driving a convertible with the roof down and was terrified.
Train 10 the New York Mail was due in Hoboken at 3am. I would say it passed here at 1am? I rode it a few times. At 7pm number 2 was passed. Get did she see a MARS LIGHT? Used on all the passenger trains.
No, I think Andy Barbara knew what a Mars light looked like.
@@LackawannaCutOff By the way I did know Andy when he was working the Lake Cities
I checked what was the current ETT at that time. So those times are accurate.
I guess there might actually be Alien Railfans.
I don't know. It would be interesting to know how many railroaders have experienced this. Airplane pilots have remained mum for fear of being ridiculed. But, if the truth be known, apparently just about every commercial and air force pilot has had an encounter with these things. Would railroaders be any different, particularly since many of their routes bring them to remote places.