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Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard is located in Waldwick, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The tower was built in 1886 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 23, 1987.
All Aboard Waldwick is a branch of the Waldwick, NJ Historical Society. It's members are volunteers who have successfully restored the Erie Railroad signal tower, also known as the "WC". Built in the 1890 the tower and associated yard operations had a significant impact on Waldwick's rich railroading past.
Feb 21, 2022 · Allendale at this time. 1856 Act passed to allow the connection of the New Jersey railroads and Erie in the Suffern area. 1863 Block signal use starts in NJ for the first time. 1865 2nd mainline track placed on Erie through Waldwick. 1872 Patent for battery powered block signal is issued.
The Waldwick Signal Tower is easy to miss as it is in a very isolated location by the railroad tracks. It was one of the original towers to guide the rails from the early turn of the century until the 1980's.
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May 22, 2009 · Situated in a North Jersey suburb on Erie’s Jersey City-Chicago main line, the tower controlled mainline trains plus movements in and out of an adjacent 6-track commuter-train layover yard. Two freight customers also had sidings by the tower, one on each side of the right-of-way.
The Erie Railroad Signal Tower of Waldwick, located along the railroad tracks at the northeast end of Bohnert Place, and the Waldwick Railroad Depot to its southeast, are the only remaining structures of Waldwickf s late 19th to early 20th century railyard. The tower is both architecturally and historically
Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard NE end of Bohnert PI., west side of RR tracks Waldwick Bergen County, New Jersey Photographer: Charles Adam Muller Date: July 1986 Negative location: Waldwick Historical Soc. View looking north from train station platform with train in foreground. No. 5 of 6
