Piermont Branch

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 Sparkill, New York. (The original Erie Main Line terminated at Piermont Pier for transferring to a ferry to New York City instead of continuing to Sparkill.)

Piermont Branch
Erie/NJT Main Line
 Suffern
Erie/NJT Main Line
 Dater's Crossing
Tallman
 Monsey Heights
Monsey
NJ&NY RR Haverstraw Branch
 Spring Valley
 Nanuet
NJ&NY RR/NJT Pascack Valley Line
NJ&NY RR New City Branch
 Blauvelt
 Orangeburg
West Shore Railroad/CSX River Subdivision
Erie Pier, Piermont
Erie Northern Branch
 Sparkill
Erie Northern Branch

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.[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
  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: NS H55 comes off the Piermont Branch in Suffern. YouTube.
  2. "The old Erie Piermont Branch at Monsey N.Y." 21 January 2014.
  3. "Left for dead". 31 December 2013.
  4. "Abandoned Rails of the Erie Piermont Branch". 31 December 2013.
  5. "Down on the old Erie Piermont Branch". 11 January 2014.
  6. "Milepost 8 on the old Erie Piermont Branch". 19 February 2014.
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