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Re: South Jersey

 by pumpers ¦  Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:40 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: South Jersey ¦  Replies: 1477 ¦  Views: 310264

chuchubob wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:20 pm Kindly excuse the off topic post, but the longest P-RSL freight train that I saw had 94 cars, passing through Collingswood southbound in 1946. My older brother counted the cars. I don't remember how many engines it had.
Why would this post be off-topic?? JS

Derailment with tank cars on their sides near Tremley Point in Linden

 by pumpers ¦  Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:59 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Derailment with tank cars on their sides near Tremley Point in Linden ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 778

https://abc7ny.com/derailment-train-car ... /14427930/
Doesn't sound like a spill, or anyone injured, fortunately. I think it is right where the Tremley Point siding comes off the Chemical Coast. Maybe a car picked a switch...
JS

JS - The construction of a busway between the Secaucus Junction station area and the Meadowlands complex means that there will be most likely no changes to the rail infrastructure - such as electrification - of the shuttle service. Yeah, I guess that was the main point I was trying to make. And if ...

Looking at this link https://www.nj.com/news/2021/08/amid-questions-nj-transit-takes-first-steps-to-new-transitway-to-american-dream-metlife-stadium.html and more posted in this thread, it seems the NJT plan to reach 22,000) people per hour from Secaucus to MetLife stadium definitely involves buses....

On another thread in the past year which I also can't find (maybe the same one that I mentioned earlier), a poster suggesting running dedicated trains out of NY Penn. Going west through Secaucus to the "Waterfront connection" near the sawtooth bridges where the ex-PRR goes over the ex-DLW,...

https://www.nj.com/sports/2024/02/njs-metlife-stadium-will-host-2026-fifa-world-cup-final.html Fantastic! The final and about 8(?) other games will be at Met Life Stadium. I can't find the thread that was active in the last year or so about new plans for getting from Secaucus station to MetLife stad...

Re: FY 2025 NJT fares

 by pumpers ¦  Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:56 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: FY 2025 NJT fares ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 999

That’s 9 years since the last price increase. What’s inflation since then?

Re: Middlesex Valley-LVRR

 by pumpers ¦  Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:18 pm ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Middlesex Valley-LVRR ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 449

Good find! Are you saying that the house is the former station , or that the station went away when train service ended in 1970. The sign isn't 100% clear.
Jim S

I always thought that to reach northern NJ / New York City for passengers, the LV routed trains over the PRR to Jersey City (PRR Exchange Place station) and later Manhattan (Penn Station). The switch from LV to PRR rails was originally at Metuchen but by 1900 changed to what LV called Newark Junctio...

Re: Moodna Viaduct

 by pumpers ¦  Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:52 am ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Moodna Viaduct ¦  Replies: 20 ¦  Views: 3109

The post I was responding to was actually at the end of the first page of posts: Hello, Thank you everyone for the helpful information you gave me. Since we are still on the subject of Moonda, does anyone know where was the actual location of the control tower (BS call letter?) on the east end of Mo...

Re: Moodna Viaduct

 by pumpers ¦  Wed Jan 10, 2024 3:31 pm ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Moodna Viaduct ¦  Replies: 20 ¦  Views: 3109

Don't know how I stumbled on this about 15 years after my post just above. In response to the previous post, from Google, I found that BS Tower was apparently on the east end of the viaduct:
erie-main-line-vs-graham-line-t35221-15.html

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by pumpers ¦  Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:11 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652632

Here is Google Street view. The top course of stones always did stick out an inch or so (on both sides). And in the linked image, the bridge sure looks like has taken its whacks.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xSVu6jLQL7ZbsTsH7
Jim S

Re: NY&LB track See's daylight for first time since

 by pumpers ¦  Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:56 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: NY&LB track See's daylight for first time since ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 1184

I wonder what the bill is to electrify Long Branch to Bay Head, both for the catenary and electrical work, substations, etc, and separately more MU's or head-end electric power to avoid having to change trains. I imagine there have been "studies." Getting ahead of myself, but perhaps they ...

Re: Newark Airtrain Monorail

 by pumpers ¦  Fri Dec 29, 2023 4:41 am ¦  Forum: NYCT MTA Subway, PATH and SIRT ¦  Topic: Newark Airtrain Monorail ¦  Replies: 38 ¦  Views: 3896

Westpoint, good questions. I guess the reason the cable cars are so much cheaper is that putting the “clasper” in each car or “train” if that is what they are doing, is a lot cheaper than a propulsion system in each car or train and associated power delivery. They still need power for lights, doors,...

More details about the new Cable--car Airtrain

 by pumpers ¦  Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:26 pm ¦  Forum: NYCT MTA Subway, PATH and SIRT ¦  Topic: Newark Airtrain Monorail ¦  Replies: 38 ¦  Views: 3896

I just stumbled on this newspaper article, to follow up on the posts from before Christmas. https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/transportation/2023/12/28/expect-a-whole-new-airtrain-system-at-newark-liberty-airport-port-authority-doppelmayr/72003644007/ Not cable cars like a ski resort, but g...

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