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Posted by henry6 on Friday, May 7, 2010 8:34 AM

In the early '50's I had a 4th grade teacher in Denville, NJ who lived in Jersey City and reverse commuted on the DL&W.  She took a Boonton Line train (or Steam Train in the vernacular) which was the first westbound out of Hoboken in the morning arriving in Denville at 8:15AM.  She then walked the quarter mile to the Main St. School.  I don't know what she did when that train was discontinued by the mid 50's, I think she learned to drive as there was no other westbound train that would have gotten her to Denville before the 8:30AM start of school

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Posted by aegrotatio on Friday, May 7, 2010 2:42 PM

 Ah, I'll have to check that out.  I've railfanned and excursioned on VRE only but I should probably grab a ticket into WAS to see the lower level.  Thanks!!

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