The NY&GL Railroad split at Ringwood Junction. One leg of the switch went north to Greenwood Lake. The other headed northeast into Ringwood, primarily to serve the mines there. Two different alignments of the Ringwood Branch cross Margret King Road today: near Peter's Mine Road, and near the Phillip R. George house (now the Ringwood Police Station). Ringwood Junction is visible in the map of Wanaque Reservior (link at top of page).
An Erie Railroad locomotive waits at the end of the Ringwood Branch for the 'dinkey' engine (upper left) to dump ore into the standard gauge railroad cars. The locomotive is facing a crossing with Margaret King Road only a short distance ahead. The NY&GL was bought by the Erie Railroad and operated as a dividion of the Erie in later years.
Photo from RAMAPO MOUNTAIN STORIES AND TALES by Louis P. West, Sr. Originally from Howard Ball collection.
