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The Erie Railroad Piermont Branch was a rail line that was a branch of the original main line of the Erie. It ran from Suffern, New York to Sparkill, New York, and originally extended to Piermont Pier.
Remnants[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/PiermontBranch_19310927.png/220px-PiermontBranch_19310927.png)
The rail line is an active Norfolk Southern line between Suffern and Tallman, Train H55, based out of Hillburn Yard, runs down the line.[1] Overgrown tracks remain between Tallman and Spring Valley station.[2][3][4][5] The Pascack Valley Line follows the route of the Piermont Branch from Spring Valley to Nanuet. Between Nanuet and Blauvelt, there are very few remnants. The only remnants in this section are a surviving Milepost 8 marker,[6] and a bridge over a creek that carries nothing. Past Blauvelt, the line has been converted to rail trails, the Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail from Blauvelt to Sparkill, the Old Erie Path from Sparkill to South Nyack, and the Raymond G. Esposito Trail from South Nyack to Nyack. The line terminated at Franklin Street in Nyack.
References[]
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: NS H55 comes off the Piermont Branch in Suffern. YouTube.
- ^ "The old Erie Piermont Branch at Monsey N.Y." 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Left for dead". 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Abandoned Rails of the Erie Piermont Branch". 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Down on the old Erie Piermont Branch". 11 January 2014.
- ^ "Milepost 8 on the old Erie Piermont Branch". 19 February 2014.
- Erie Railroad lines
- Rail lines in Rockland County, New York