The Northern Branch
Exploring the Line
Englewood Continued
Photos
Copyright © 2004, 2006 Lewis Bogaty
Text Copyright © 2006 Lewis Bogaty
Palisade Avenue and north to
Highwood
From Palisade Avenue take Engle
Street (2 blocks east of the tracks) north
to Hudson Avenue (a few blocks north of the hospital). A left turn will bring
you to the tracks. From there, take Dean Drive north into Tenafly and Cresskill.
Above: High Noon in Englewood, September 13,
2004
Below: Palisade Avenue, Englewood, December 8, 2004, with a Helm Financial
leasing engine.
Above & Below: Coming off the Supreme Oil
Siding and crossing Palisade Avenue on January 13, 2006.
Engines are SD40-2s leased from Helm Financial.
Above: Crossing Palisade Avenue, October 28, 2004. Lead engine
leased from Helm Financial.
Below: Crossing Palisade Avenue, December 8, 2004
Above: North of Palisade Avenue, approaching
the train station on January 23, 2004.
The power is a leased Alstom-Connell SD40-2.
Below: The Englewood Train Station on September
13, 2004.
(with apologies for the bush--we'll get a better shot eventually.)
Below: Crossing Demarest Avenue in Englewood on October 28, 2004.
That's the St. Cecelia Church behind the train. Vince Lombardi coached at the
high school there from 1939 to 1947.
Above & Below:
Passing the old Erie milepost for mile
15, just south of Hudson Avenue in the Highwood section of Englewood. November
11, 2004.
Highwood was originally a separate entity and had its own station on the Erie.
Above: Crossing Ivy Lane at the Englewood-Tenafly border on October 28, 2004