Wortendyke station
Wortendyke | |||||||||||
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New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 (NYSW) | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1131 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 8, 1871[2][3] | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1966[4] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Not electrified | ||||||||||
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Wortendyke is a former
Butler station until December 12, 1958, when the former changed its destination to Susquehanna Transfer in North Bergen.[5] The next station eastbound was the namesake Midland Park station and westbound was Wyckoff. Wortendyke station consisted of a single low-level side platform with the 50 by 16 feet (15.2 m × 4.9 m) wooden frame station depot.[6]
Interest in railroad service in
New Jersey Midland Railroad began service to Pompton Township (modern-day Pompton Lakes). Upon the opening of the railroad, railroad shops were established at Midland Avenue in the Wortendyke area.[8] The facility included a 46 by 89 feet (14 m × 27 m) roundhouse and a 58-foot (18 m) diameter turntable.[6] The shops lasted until 1897, when they burned down. Instead of rebuilding, the railroad chose to move the works facility to North Hawthorne.[9]
Passenger service through Midland Park and Wortendyke station continued on the Susquehanna Railroad discontinued service on June 30, 1966.[4] The station depot currently serves as the home of a pottery studio.[10]
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Stereoscopic view -
The station c. 1907–1912
See also
Existing original station buildings from the
Butler, and Newfoundland among other places.[11]
Bibliography
- Catlin, George L. (1872). Homes on the Midland for New York Business Men. New York, New York: J. W. Pratt.
- Clayton, W. Woodford (1882). History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Everts & Peck.
- Mohowski, Robert E. (2003). The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7222-7.
- : State Gazette Publishing Company.
References
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ Catlin 1872, p. 8.
- ^ Mohowski 2003, p. 15.
- ^ a b "Susquehanna Commuter Service Ends". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. July 1, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved January 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final Trip Slated for Erie Ferryboat". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. December 12, 1958. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved February 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b New Jersey State Legislature 1912, p. 550.
- ^ Clayton 1882, p. 205.
- ^ Mohowski 2003, p. 17.
- ^ Mohowski 2003, p. 40.
- ^ Genovese, Peter (December 12, 2007). "The wieners are winners at Hot Dog Caboose in Midland Park". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ^ "Surviving New Jersey Railroad Stations" (PDF). www.american-rails.com.
External links
- The Old Wortendyke Station Pottery Studio
- Hot Dog Caboose Archived 2015-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Wikimapia