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 #1638708  by carajul
 
As I understand it, back in the day the Dupont facility in Parlin, NJ on the RRRR was a substancial customer. Looking at the old ariels, it looks like Dupont got tank cars but now the area where the tank cars were delivered is now a grass field with all the buildings gone. Does anyone know what happened to this customer and why rail shipments stopped?
 #1638724  by AceMacSD
 
Discontinued production of whatever it was they were making. Don't recall what it was. Environmental factors and or a combo of both. What rail service was lost there was redistributed to Delaware. CR still made their money from them.
 #1638992  by toddsyr
 
"I had a relative that worked at the plant. Dupont in Parlin made chemicals for use in photo and film processing."
Well that would explain why it's no longer there.