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3 unusual facts about Northern Branch


Northern Branch

Sometime in the 1860s the Northern began running service westward from Sparkill on the Erie's Piermont Branch as far as Monsey, New York.

After running on the Erie for one mile, trains reached the Northern's own line at Sparkill, New York and ran for 21 miles to another junction with the Erie at Croxton in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Although freight service on the line continued, service into New York state stopped in the late 1970s after the Continental Can Company in Piermont closed.



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Glass float

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Isfara

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Kontula metro station

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Lebanese American University

In 1987, based on the amended charter, BUC opened its northern branch on a hill above the historical port-city of Byblos and in rented buildings in Amsheet.

Mellunmäki metro station

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Myllypuro metro station

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St Boniface Church Germiston

The parish is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music, and the choir members regularly attend workshops and choir schools run by the local northern branch of the RSCM.

Trams in Ballarat

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Uithuizen

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