Springfield Passenger/Freight Stations on the right (east) of Mountain
Ave, Builder's Supply shed and coal trestle on the west side.1921 Archive:
Rich Palmatier |
RVRR #15, Caboose #102, SLSF boxcar with brakeman on the runaround track
as the switch stand is off to the left.
(See article/map below.) Builders Supplies located behind the
station at far left. At far right, cars spotted in
background on team track with lumber shed beyond. Springfield
station view NE 01/06/1951 |
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RUNAWAYS |
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There were a few runaways on the RVRR. One occurred in the passenger days
that came down the grade from Summit and collided into a train sitting in Springfield (probably
in the station). A good friend of mine, who grew up in Union in the 60s-70s-80s and hung around the RVRR trestle remembers a runaway boxcar rolling down from Springfield,
 across Van Winkle Bridge, across Meisel Ave., across the Rahway River trestle and they finally got it to a halt before Liberty Ave. He remembers the
brakeman - flagman yelling for traffic to stop on Meisel Ave. Luckily there was no incidents.
Research: Richard King
Van Winkle Creek view SW
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 Van Winkle Creek
Bridge view S Photo: Craig Kasmin
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Springfield Station view E 1972 |
Springfield Freight Station 1978
Photo: Steven Lynch |
Springfield Station, Mountain Ave, view N 1978
Photo: Steven Lynch |
Schaible Oil Co. view W 1978
Photo: Steven Lynch |
| Modeling
Springfield |
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"The Model Craftsman" magazine December, 1947 Warren Carter
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| This is a
LDE
(Layout Design Element) for the Springfield Station area. It provides a basis to
model an area and incorporate the main features of interest. These can be
standalone or connected to other LDEs as space, time and cost dictate. Each shelf element would be approx. 30" deep by 96" in length. |
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RVRR trestle bridge over the Rahway River
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RVRR trestle bridge over the Rahway River east of
Springfield view from Cab 1972
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May 2010 cell phone "quick shot" photo: Rich Palmatier
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