Piermont Branch

Piermont Branch
Overview
Other name(s)	Suffern Industrial Track
Status	Active (Suffern to Tallman)
Owner	Norfolk Southern
Locale	Rockland County, New York
Termini	Piermont Suffern
Service
Type	Freight rail
System	NS
Operator(s)	NS, NJT (MTA)
Technical
Number of tracks	1-2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map MNRR to Port Jervis (Erie Mainline to Dunkirk) MAIN BCL to Hoboken │ Suffern Suffern Depot (Razed 1941) Dater's Crossing Tallman NY 59 Monsey Heights Monsey NJT Woodbine Yard │ NJ&NY RR Haverstraw Branch Spring Valley I-287 / I-87 Nanuet PVL to Hoboken NJ&NY RR New City Branch NY 304 Severed Palisades Parkway Hackensack River Blauvelt Orangeburg CSX River Subdivision Northern Branch to Jersey City │ Sparkill NY/NJ Border Piermont │ Northern Branch to Nyack Piermont Pier Hudson River Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail / Old Erie Path

The Erie Railroad Piermont Branch was a rail branch line that was formed from the easternmost portion of the original main line of the Erie. It ran from Suffern, New York to Piermont, New York.

Route

The line began at the Piermont Pier, where steamboats ran to New York City. It then ran to Sparkill, where it connected with the Northern Branch. After this, it ran northwest to Nanuet, where it connected with what is now the NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line. It then ran through Monsey and Tallman, then turned north in Suffern.

Remnants

Passenger Timetable for the Erie Railroad, New York & New Jersey Railroad and Piermont Branch, effective 1931-09-27

The rail line is an active Norfolk Southern line between Suffern and Tallman. Train H55, based out of Hillburn Yard, runs down the line. Overgrown tracks remain between Tallman and Spring Valley station. 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, 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.