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Sussex
Branch Statistics
Here
I've compiled various facts about the Sussex Branch.
Acreage:
(approximated using a width of 66 feet or 8 acres per mile.)
Total
acreage: 251.4 acres (Listed in descending order of acreage)
'Sussex
Branch': (169.6 acres)
- 43.2:
Andover Twp.
- 29.6:
Lafayette Twp.
- 27.2:
Byram Twp.
- 20.8:
Branchville Borough
- 19.2:
Andover Borough (mine spur not included)
- 13.6:
Mount Olive Twp. ((Morris County) Waterloo line not included)
- 12.0:
Town of Newton (Newton bypass not included)
- 4.0:
Netcong Borough. (Morris County)
'Franklin
Branch': (81.8 acres)
- 32.2:
Sparta Twp.
- 32.0:
Lafayette Twp.
- 15.1:
Hardyston Twp.
- 2.5:
Franklin Borough
South
Vernon Branch: 4 miles (32 acres)
Top
Length:
- Sussex
Branch: 21.2 miles
- Franklin
Branch: 9.1 miles
- South
Vernon Branch 4 miles (not included in calculations.)
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Stations:
- Number
of Stations: 16 in total.
- At
abandonment: 5 (* designates survival under Lackawanna ownership
until abandonment.)
- Netcong*
(1903- present)
- Waterloo
(1854- 194?)
- Cranberry
Lake (the Reservoir) (1898-192?)
- Whitehall
(1854-?)
- Andover*
(1854-195?)
- Newton
Junction
- Newton*
((passenger)1873-1970)
- Branchville
Junction (1869-192?)
- Lafayette*
(1873-194?)
- Augusta
(1889-193?)
- Branchville*
(1869-1994)
- Ackerson
(1869-193?)
- Sparta
Station (18??-??)
- Monroe
(1869-??)
- Franklin
(1869-1958) survived under NYSW ownership until 1958))
- McAfee
- Oldest
station:
- Andover
was the longest serving station on the Branch
as it stood from 1854 to at least 1958.
- Branchville
station remained standing for 125 years. It served the railroad
for 97 years.
- Netcong
has stood since 1903 and still serves a railroad (100 years,
as of 2003,) but not the Sussex Branch since 1966 (63 years.)
So, in 2001 Netcong will be the longest standing
station on the Sussex Branch.
- Youngest
station:
- Probably
the youngest, or shortest lived station building would have
been either McAfee, or Sparta Station as
both were short lived.
- Station
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