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Posted by terry morgan (Member # 621) on :

There was a feight station on the Staten Island Rapid Transit/S.I. Railroad in
Union County, NJ called Bantas. It was east
of Staten Island Jct. I know there's a spring
switch there, but does anybody know why it
is called Bantas?
Thanks