Re: (erielack) Question for you Jersey guys!

[Joe K <joesk_@_ix.netcom.com>]

At 03:50 PM 3/5/05, Gary R. Kazin wrote:
>--- Al Reibel <areibel_@_netscape.net> wrote:
> > This was posted on the model RR forum at trains.com-
> >
> > "I live in Pennsauken, NJ and as a kid the passenger train would run in
> > the morning and evening along the line that went from Camden to
> > Pemberton. I can rember the train as a whole but cannot remember what
> > kind of engine it had. It was'nt steam as this was early to mid 60's.
> > Thanks
> > Keith Edginton"
> >
> > Were there other commuter roads besides the EL?
>
>Ah, yes...
>
>The "Big Red Subway", aka the Pennsylvania (PRR) - the Northeast Corridor.
>
>The "Big Little Railroad", aka the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ).
>
>   Together, the PRR and CNJ ran the New York & Long Branch Railroad, now
>known as NJT's North Jersey Coast Line.
>
>The Reading ran between West Trenton and Bound Brook, where it used the
>CNJ to reach Jersey City
>
>The Lehigh Valley had passenger service, though few trains, until 1961.
>
>In southern NJ, the PRR and Reading ran joint service between Camden and
>many shore points including Atlantic City, Ocean City, Wildwood and Cape
>May.  The PRR also ran through services from Philadelphia 30th St.
>
>The CNJ served Atlantic City from Jersey City, going through the Pine
>Barrens on a faster schedule than the PRR - its route was many miles shorter.
>
>Gary R. Kazin
>DL&W Milepost R35.7
>Rockaway, New Jersey

How about the NYS&W running commuter service from Butler to Jersey City and 
also the streamliners/RDC's from Paterson City to Susquehanna Transfer.

Joe K. 

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