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Index>Station Info>Netcong
Netcong, New JerseyMP: 48.0
Telegraph call: HO
In 1901-1902 the Lackawanna railroad constructed an eastward facing connection (the Stanhope Cut-Off) with the Sussex Railroad. This cut-off included a drawbridge over the Morris canal. The new connection allowed passengers to ride directly to Hoboken without change of trains at Waterloo. Netcong was called South Stanhope until being incorporated in 1894.
The new brick station opened June 14, 1903 and sported a new sign reading 'Netcong/Stanhope'.
Nearby industries: (1918): Stanhope furnace, U.S. Mineral Wool, (1933): Coal, Lumber, Feed, Ice. (1955) Netcong Coal & Lumber, Stocker Manufacturing.
Pictures
- Looking west at the station (above). Sussex Branch train on track at right.
- Main Street crossing near the turn of the century as seen from station.
- West bound freight train at Main Street crossing, January 2, 1965.
- Looking east at station as westbound train waits at station.
- 3/4 view of station from Sussex Branch side looking west. By Tom Collard.
- 3/4 view of station on Washington line side facing east.
- A very nice postcard view of the station facing west on the Washington side.
- Westbound passenger train approaching crossing of Flanders Rd. January 16, 1965.
- Rear of above passenger train as it swings northwards on the Sussex Branch. The Lackawanna's old westbound main used to run to the left in this photo. January 16, 1965.
- Westbound passenger train on the trestle over Waterloo Rd. near the Cemetery. One abutment of this trestle still exists. January 30, 1965.
- Drawbridge over which the Sussex Branch passed over the Morris Canal.
- 3 photos of the freight house in December 1978 (1, 2, 3)
