Membership Meeting - December 2023 - The Erie's Orange Branch

The December meeting featured a look at the Erie Railroad’s Orange Branch, part of the Erie’s New York & Greenwood Lake Division. Presenter Bill McKelvey grew up along the Orange Branch and provided us with a unique perspective of this unique rail line’s history and operations, including during the days of the Erie, E-L, and Conrail. McKelvey is the Chairman of the Liberty Historic Railway, which has funded numerous transportation related preservation projects throughout the State of New Jersey, including M&E 19 and HMRC 700.

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Funny coincidence: last summer I was getting orthotics at West Orange and I see the end of this line was at back of the parking lot of the building I was in.

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great video i am a erie fan grew up in pompton plains one block from the greenwood lake line spent hours at the pompton plains station during the 1960"s