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View looking into
Springfield. 1/26/2013.
Photo by Richard J.
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Looking north.
1/26/2013.
Photo by Richard J.
King |
The Rahway River Trestle
on the Union/Springfield border has lain dormant since as early as the
1980's. When the Rahway Valley Railroad's business dried up north of the
bridge in Springfield and Summit, service was relegated to just south of
the bridge and effectively put the bridge out of service. For being over
one hundred years old, the trestle (actually a truss, but referred to as a
"Trestle" in the area) has remained mostly in tact. When it looked like
the Rahway Valley Railroad might be reactivated in the early 2000's track
crews of the Morristown & Erie Railway, contracted to
rebuild the line, made it as far as the south side of the bridge. MOW
vehicles also made their way across the trestle, the first wheels to do so
for the better part of two decades. As part of the rehabilitation the
trestle's guardrails were subsequently removed. However funding for the
project dried up and left the trestle mostly untouched, to perhaps
languish for another twenty years.
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shows the exact location (arrow) of the Rahway River Trestle. The
red line denotes the RVRR mainline. The bridge, which
is extant, is obscured in this view by a thick covering of
trees. Google
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The Trestle is
located in the woods on the Union/Springfield border between
the
Meisel Avenue and Liberty Avenue grade
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Looking towards
Meisel Avenue in Springfield. 1/26/2013. Photo by
Richard J. King |
Looking into Union
from the Springfield side. Compare this view to this one, taken
from a similiar location. How the times have changed!
Photo taken by Richard J. King |
Looking towards
Meisel Avenue in Springfield. 1/26/2013. Photo by
Richard J. King |
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Compare to
this view. Photo taken
by Richard J. King |
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Looking into Springfield. Note the newly
placed track. 10/29/2006.
Photo taken by Richard J.
King |
The deck of the trestle.
Note the guardrails still in place, later
removed.
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