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That is a georgeous picture. Notice the wires still on the lower telegraph poles? (I think they are gone now??). I am guessing that picture is from somewhere around 1973? I guess the 3 or 4 boxcars on the western track were for/or from the Navy? That's their lead isn't it? For the longest time, I wa...

I don't think I recall the bridge in the middle of downtown Hightstown, but I certainly remember the Rt 130 bridge that looped over the C&A and came back down to grade. It was neat to see the old tracks following 130 down to Robbinsville. Definitely a sad day when they removed the 130 bridge, ri...

Ok, I just checked Live Maps. I do see it is Rt 88. That housing development threw me. I guess it has been a couple of years since I went to downtown Lakewood.

Are you sure that is Rt 88? Looks more ike County Line Rd.

David, How did your visit go last week?

So how do you qualify on a new piece of track when the full connection is in place? Who tests who's knowledge? There hasn't been anyone around in at least 20-25 years who would be familiar with the area since it went OOS.

Back then, atomic weapons were considered for use in all types of weaponry. Ground to Air, Air to Ground, Artillery, Torpedoes, Hand Placed Demolitions (ideal for Railyards, large bridges-think on the scale of Delaware Memorial, Tappan Zee, & GW), Dams, and airports) and even hand grenades. For ...

Look along Jack Martin Blvd where it crosses Burrsville Rd. That's the most obvious as it is also used as a power line ROW. If you go west, the ROW crossed over Rt 88 and parallels it into Lakewood. Not so obvious as the ROW sits back about 40-50 yards south of Rt 88 in the trees. But if you note th...

Is that due to soft ties/ground? Swampiness sucking up the ballast? It's got to be unnerving, even at 5-10 mph.

GSC hit the right answer on the head. It's an old Trolley ROW that was supposed to run out of Point Pleasant with the ultimate destination being Trenton. General plans and ROW acquisition only extended into Lakewood. A little bit of rail was laid (never used as best as records could tell) in Brick t...

I thought the general discussion of Beesley Point's future revolved around a material storage yard for the construction and maintenance of the off-shore wind farm as well as an electrical transmission transfer site. I was expecting that they would need to retain rail in suport of receiving materials...

Thank You Rustygunz60. I appreciate your response. Although my reference to "this administration" was not intended as making this a political discussion. It was meant to point up the ramped up regulations driving up maintenance and operating costs. Costs are not necessarily the end all, be...

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To the Moderators: I apologize that this entry isn't strictly Rail related but is a response to the article Bracdude181 posted. I don't understand what this Country is doing with their Energy Policy. We create additional regulations that result in plants incurring too much operating expense to justi...

@JohnFromJersey I am not exactly sure what the intention with the old PRR diamond approach is. Storage most likely, but of what? That leg is too short to put a lot of cars, unless C&D wants to make a mini-transloading facility there (there is certainly room for it), or they will park their engin...