An eastbound EL train is departing the former DL&W Montclair Terminal sometime around 1965. The terminal had 6 tracks in 3 pairs, with platforms between tracks 2 & 3 and track 4 & 5 and platforms outside tracks 1 and 6. When I worked here during the summer of 1965 (or perhaps 1964) all trains normally used track 1 expect for 2 6-car trainsets that tied up here for the night during rush hour. If I recall correctly, these used tracks 3 and 4. When the tower was closed a year or so after my time there, all trains returned to Hoboken utilizing only track 1, where an automatic device (spring switch?) allowed inbound trains access while routing outbound trains to the eastbound track.

Photographed by Warren Beckwith, 1965.
Added to the photo archive by Warren Beckwith, April 18, 2020.
Railroad: Erie Lackawanna.

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