The line of railroad from Caldwell to Essex Fells was built as the Roseland Railway in time it came
under control of the Erie Railroad. Essex Fells was old line wealth vast estates very exclusive. You will have to cut your locomotives off the passenger cars are stored in Essex Fells but the locomotive goes back to Caldwell. Prior to the automobile train crews could not get to Essex Fells if they had to walk to work they must live in Caldwell. Essex Fells is out of the question for two reasons, one those commoners would not be welcome, and two you could not live in Essex Fells on a trainman's wage. The towns of Essex Fells, Roseland, North Caldwell and Fairfield are known as West Essex. For a railroad synomonous with poverty Essex Fells is a major exception to how the Erie is historically perceived incidently this was the only station on the Caldwell Line that served such an exclusive upper crust community every other station on
the line served us commoners. The closest thing the Erie had to a suburban line that served the wealthy like the PRR's Mainline was the Northern Branch. It is possible that in earlier days the Erie would have been asked to have a coach reserved for Essex Fells residents a request that the Erie would not have likely been inclined to favor. An exclusive boarding school called The Kingsley School adjoined the station to the North. Kingsley School had students from around the world the school closed in 1940
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