Netcong in Morris County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Morris & Essex Line – Netcong Station
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 13, 2010
1. Morris & Essex Line – Netcong Station Marker
In 1854 the Morris and Essex Railroad Branch of the greater Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad acquired a 6-acre tract between the Morris Turnpike (now Ledgewood Avenue) and the Stanhope-Flanders Road (now Flanders Road) straddling its newly completed rail line, from the Sussex Iron Company. The railroad had completed what was referred to as the Stanhope Station or Stanhope-Netcong Station within this property on the North side of the rail line by 1855. The presence of this railroad stimulated the town of Netcong’s industrial potential as once evidenced by the freight sidings for service to the Singer Foundry, Netcong Lumber and the freight station, as well as passenger activities and functions. This one-and-a-half story frame structure was eventually renamed Netcong Station in 1902 due to the expansion and growth of the town of Netcong.
A new brick Netcong Passenger Station, along with a new rail line, was completed on the opposite (South) side of the main line in 1903, with the older frame building serving solely as a freight station. This new station had, for a time, two lines of tracks running on either side of it. The
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1854.
Location. 40° 53.833′ N, 74° 42.4′ W. Marker is in Netcong, New Jersey, in Morris County. Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 46) and Main Street on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Netcong NJ 07857, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Palace Theatre (approx. ¼ mile away); Hugh Allen Mansion (approx. ¼ mile away); Lake Musconetcong (approx. ¼ mile away); World War I, II and Korean War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Church In The Glen (approx. 0.3 miles away); Musconetcong Dam (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Morris Canal (approx. 0.3 miles away); Stanhope, New Jersey (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Netcong.
More about this marker. The marker has a reproduction of a colorized postcard to the left of the text. The caption reads “Painting of Netcong Station, early
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 13, 2010
2. Netcong Station
At the bottom left is a photograph of the station captioned “Viewed from the north side at Netcong, the Sussex Branch and a siding occupy the foreground. The Old Road mainline (originally the eastbound main) is out of view behind the station. (Southwestern view, November 26, 1961 - William T. Greenberg, Jr.).”
A map is at the bottom right, captioned “New Jersey Rail Map, circa 1960, detailing the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (from Rand McNally).”
Regarding Morris & Essex Line – Netcong Station. The December 1925 Official Guide of the Railways shows 10 daily Lakawanna Railroad passenger trains in each direction from Netcong to Hoboken, with ferry connections to New York City. They took approximately an hour and an half. Westbound train No. 7, the overnight Western Express, stopped at Netcong at 8:27 PM on its 24½ hour run from Hoboken, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York. No. 7 carried Pullman sleeper cars that continued to Chicago and a broiler-buffet car that served meals until it was cut off at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
By May 1944, No. 7, now the Westerner no longer ran through Netcong (and on its more direct route to Buffalo only took 9½ hours), acording to the OGR schedules, but there were 11 passenger trains to and from Hoboken/New York. The same number of trains, now pulled by diesel-electric locomotives, were still running to and from Hoboken on the March 1957 schedules. Today nine New Jersey Transit trains a day run from Netcong to Hoboken.
Also see . . . Morris and Essex Railroad. Wikipedia entry. “The [Lakawanna Railroad] built the New Jersey Cut-Off, a long low-grade bypass in northwestern New Jersey, opened in 1911 from the M&E at Port Morris west to Slateford Junction just inside Pennsylvania.” (Submitted on November 14, 2010.)
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,129 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
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