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#16 crossing
Westfield Ave. in the Aldene section of Roselle Park, having just
come from the ex-CNJ interchange. 10/1977. Photo taken
by D.T. Walker, courtesy of Don
Maxton. In these two views,
#17 backs across
Westfield Avenue with the protection of a lone flagman.
Collection of Frank
Reilly.
Immediately north of the Rahway Valley
Railroad's interchange with the Central Railroad
of New Jersey
at Aldene was the
Westfield Avenue (MP 0.16) grade crossing.
Traffic along Westfield Avenue, occasionally known
as North Avenue (North Ave. technically ends in
Cranford and becomes Westfield Ave. upon entering Roselle Park), was
protected by a posted flagman in the days of the New Orange
Four Junction Railroad. The flagman was posted to a
"flag-house" constructed alongside the roadway and would leave the
shanty to protect the crossing whenever the train
approached. In later times Westfield Avenue grew to become a
busy four lane roadway, with a center median down the middle. Until
its demise in 1992, the RV continued to protect this busy crossing
with just a pair of crossbucks and a
flagman.
Wm. Wyer &
Co.
Westfield Ave., Aldene, N.J.
One track (Main)
Plank crossing
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