New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1996)

The New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (reporting mark NYGL) is a shortline railroad owned by Jim Wilson and based in Passaic, New Jersey. It operates primarily to service transfer station facilities for a few private companies, with a trans-load facility at its yard in Passaic. Cars run on NYGL's trackage, the former Erie Railroad Dundee spur, to interchange with the Norfolk Southern Railway on New Jersey Transit's Bergen County Line in Garfield.^[1]

The transfer facility recently serviced Phill-Con's construction debris receiving facility for shipment to Alabama. That station became unprofitable with the opening of the nearby Kearny landfill.^[2]

Former owner Conrail slated the line to close in 1996, but customer Atlantic Coast Fibers protested. As a result, Conrail sold the line instead of legally abandoning it. The name was taken from an earlier unrelated New York and Greenwood Lake Railway that merged into the Erie Railroad in 1943.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ Oliveto, Gerald. "Gerald's Railroads Of New Jersey: Freight Shortlines of New Jersey". NJ Department of Transportation. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/transit383/shorts.html%3F200922&date=2009-10-25+23:15:13. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
2. ^ Macinnes, Alexander. "Passaic transfer station's close leads to loss in revenue". 18 September 2009. NorthJersey.com. http://www.northjersey.com/news/transferstation091809.html. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
3. ^ Hess, Jeff. "The New York and Greenwood Lake Railway". http://members.trainorders.com/rfprr/nygl.htm. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
4. ^ Hess, Jeff. "The New York and Greenwood Lake Railway". http://members.trainorders.com/rfprr/nygl2.htm. Retrieved 12 December 2010.