Sep 7, 2024 · With rail lines so dense throughout New Jersey it is not surprising there were widespread abandonments; by 1965, 500 miles had been removed with another 900 pulled up in the succeeding decades. Today, you can abandoned rights …

May 28, 2021 · All through June 2021, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and heritage of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Please enjoy this photo gallery of Jersey Central passenger trains, first published online in February 2019.

Nov 22, 2024 · Jersey Central RDC-1s work local service on the four-track main line at Elizabeth, New Jersey, circa 1960. The Pennsylvania Railroad's Northeast Corridor can be seen in the background. Meyer Pearlman photo. American-Rails.com collection.

May 28, 2021 · In 1893, America’s first automatic, motor-operated semaphore signal was installed on CNJ at Black Dan’s Cut east of Phillipsburg. Installation of twin McMyler car dumpers at Pier 18 in Jersey City in 1919 created CNJ’s foremost destination for …

In April of 1963 the Erie main line through Passaic, NJ was abandoned with trains diverted to the parallel Lackawanna. This was done to remove the tracks from the center of the main shopping...

May 10, 2022 · This decade was a very tumultuous time in New Jersey's history, as you'll see in some fo the photos below. On March 6, 1962, a savage nor'easter hit the state - hundreds of residents were evacuated from the shore area. On August 2, 1964, New Jersey experienced its first race riot, in Jersey City.

The New Jersey Southern (NJS) began construction in 1860 at Port Monmouth. The railroad worked its way southwest across lower New Jersey and reached Bayside, on the Delaware River west of Bridgeton, New Jersey in 1871. The NJS came under control of the CNJ in 1879.

In 2019, Rail Operations wrapped the 4519 in its classic Erie Lackawanna Railway gray, yellow, and maroon scheme found commonly on freight and passenger trains in the 1960s and 70s after the merger of the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroads in 1960.

Mar 26, 2018 · 1926 B&O passenger trains were forced to return to Jersey Central's Jersey City Terminal by the PRR; those of the LV did not. The B&O commenced providing free bus connections for its patrons between points in New York City and trainside at Jersey City.

On this day, nostalgic passengers drove to Netcong to board the train and take its last ride, then returned to Netcong by bus to retrieve their cars. On December 11, 1854 the Sussex Railroad officially opened, bringing Newton, and Sussex County generally its first rail link to …