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Ben worked closely with customers along the former Lackawanna R.R. Chester Branch during their attempts to purchase the 4-mile line from Conrail in late 1983. The M&E has provided service over this branch between Wharton and Randolph for its owners since that time.
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Ben also assisted the County of Morris during its purchase of two former Central Railroad of New Jersey branches operated by Conrail in the late 1980s. These County-owned lines are made up of the 7-mile High Bridge Branch between Wharton and Bartley, and the 6-mile Dover & Rockaway Line between Wharton and Rockaway. The Morristown & Erie continues to operate these lines under contract to the County.
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In late 1995, the M&E became the plant switching operator at the sprawling Bayway Petroleum Refinery in Linden, NJ. The M&E's on-site crews typically switch over 8,000 tank cars each year at this huge site, which parallels the New Jersey Turnpike.
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Today, the Morristown & Erie Railway continues to move forward in a vastly changing world. Despite the sudden passing of Ben Friedland in 1998, President & Chief Executive Officer Wesley Weis, Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer Gordon Fuller, and the entire staff of the M&E continue to operate a historic railroad company
that has provided essential and friendly service to the many communities along the "Whippanong Trail" since 1895.
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