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The NJ Midland went bankrupt and was sold to receivers in March 1875. By
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360:. The link between the NY&OM and the NJM would be the MU&WG which was leased by the NY&OM effective April 1, 1872. The NY&OM soon entered bankruptcy and dropped the lease on the MU&WG which was then leased by the NJM in 1873. NYS&W and the
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Hoboken, Ridgefield and Paterson Railroad was chartered in 1866 to connect Paterson with the
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Connecting
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of the Erie. The road was leased to the Erie and commenced regular operations as the Erie's "Unionville Branch" on May 15, 1868. On
January 11, 1866, the
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was made obsolete. This was later known as the Hanford Branch.
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The Midland Railway Suit, The New York Times December 18, 1878
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Predecessors of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
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to discuss the viability of a railroad via these hamlets to
289:'s as their original terminus, which had been built as the
873:"Will commuter service ever be restored to train line?"
340:(NY&OM) was incorporated with the goal of linking
632:, vol. 33, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931
259:This article is about the 19th predecessor to the
278:. So a new company with the same management, the
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313:Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad
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217:by 1872, but with no station. It joined the
956:Transportation in Hudson County, New Jersey
407:, designating the NJ Midland portion above
364:use the line with shared trackage rights.
524:Ridgefield Park (NYCRR/NYS&W station)
386:New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
43:New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
951:Railway companies disestablished in 1880
828:"Passaic Bergen Hudson Transit Project"
643:Hadowanetz, Wasco (November 17, 2005).
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788:"Middletown & New Jersey Railroad"
672:. National Park Service. April 6, 2003
509:Timeline of Jersey City area railroads
317:In 1866, public meetings were held in
285:The southernmost part leased from the
41:was a 19th-century predecessor to the
946:Railway companies established in 1869
421:Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project
330:Deckertown, Sussex County, New Jersey
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854:"Passaic-Bergen-Hudson Rail Project"
600:History of Bergen County, New Jersey
338:New York and Oswego Midland Railroad
274:to reach the PRR took it across the
303:New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
213:. It also built a line through the
871:Stewart, Holly (August 11, 2011).
764:Middletown and Unionville Railroad
362:Middletown and New Jersey Railroad
291:Paterson and Hudson River Railroad
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961:1869 establishments in New Jersey
603:, Forgotten Books, archived from
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405:Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
358:Port of New York and New Jersey
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504:NYSW (passenger 1939-1966) map
453:Vince Lombardi Park & Ride
138:Wortendyke (NYS&W station)
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34:19th-century American railroad
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130:Hawthorne (NYS&W station)
45:(NYS&W) that operated in
936:Defunct New Jersey railroads
571:Mohowski, Robert E. (2003),
447:rail cars (with stations at
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858:North Jersey Rail Coalition
18:New Jersey Midland Railroad
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667:"Maywood Railroad Station"
265:Hudson Connecting Railroad
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232:(near the point now under
60:Formation and construction
39:New Jersey Midland Railway
922:February 22, 1880 page 12
897:Two Sets of Bondholders,
693:Ridgefield Park 1685-1985
280:Hudson Connecting Railway
244:Hudson Connecting Railway
240:had later been located).
224:at Granton Junction near
915:February 11, 1880 page 8
901:December 16, 1878 page 8
368:Bankruptcy and NYS&W
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182:In 1871 built west from
151:and run south along the
352:at a point across from
184:Two Bridges/Beaver Lake
177:Exchange Place Terminal
122:Hudson River waterfront
54:Orange County, New York
883:on September 21, 2016.
832:Projects & Reports
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411:the Hanford Branch.
326:Unionville, New York
238:Susquehanna Transfer
234:New Jersey Route 495
200:Unionville, New York
86:Paterson, New Jersey
908:May 27, 1879 page 2
725:"History of Bogota"
204:Ogden Mine Railroad
196:Hanford, New Jersey
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519:North Bergen Yard
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468:Wortendyke
425:NJ Transit
319:Middletown
236:where the
230:New Durham
120:along the
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261:NYS&W
175:to their
157:Weehawken
149:Englewood
126:Hawthorne
106:Sandyston
92:opposite
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322:Westtown
186:through
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110:New York
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