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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