The Morristown & Erie Railroad dates back to April 1895, when
construction began on the Whippany River Railroad in Whippany,
New Jersey, at the site of the community's growing and prosperous
paper mills. In October 1902, the Whippany River Railroad formed a
second company, known as the Whippany & Passaic River Railroad,
to extend the line seven more miles to connect with the Erie Railroad
at Essex Fells. On August 28, 1903, the...