Saturday train #2111 departs the classic Erie Victorian Oradell depot, which was built in 1890. Although this station was there during my entire childhood, and my next door neighbors lived in Oradell, I "discovered" it around age 14 in 1975 or 76, while biking with friends Gary and Howie. Repeated trips followed to watch U34CHs push and pull Pullman Standard "Dieseliners" through here. Eventually I came with a 110 Tele-Instamatic camera. Unfortunately, I'd just missed seeing E8s, GP7s, and RS3s with Stillwells and ex Santa Fe "EL Capitan" cars by a couple years. (They were not from the El Cap train, but rather called that because EL were the initials of Erie Lackawanna and the cars were ATSF).
Photos of the Pascack Valley Line. This railroad was built as the New Jersey and New York RR, falling under the control of Erie, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail and NJDOT before present passenger operator New Jersey Transit and freight carrier Norfolk Southern.
