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News radio reports that derailment has been cleared up and New Jersey Transit service restored for morning rush.
Since a major freight line NS and CSX there had to be some interesting rerouting of trains around it.
Any comments on routes?

Do not see this as an Amtrak project. Way too much politics in federal undertakings. Now New jersey Transit on the other hand. There, there are possibilities. Extend Raritan Valley line from High Bridge. Add stops in Hampton/Glen Gardner, Bloomsbury, a Park and Ride Rt. 78/ Alpha (the only station t...

Ever wonder why there is such a long walk from the HBLR's "Hoboken" Terminal into Hoboken Terminal? An interesting fact and you will need a very good map of Hoboken to see this. HBLR's Hoboken Terminal and the 2nd, Street and 9th. Street stations are not in Hoboken. What???? They are in Je...

Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad Slideshow The Oldest Model Railroad Club in America The New York Society of Model Engineers will be hosting noted rail historian and author Richard Taylor as he comes to speak about the Lehigh and Hudson River. Rich will be showing over 150 slides from his personnel ...

Hoping this is not considered off topic, but may interest some list members. Andy Brusgard, NYSME The Oldest Model Railroad Club in America invites you. Lehigh and New England Slide Show By Richard Taylor Friday, October 7th, 2011 at 8:00pm The New York Society of Model Engineers will be hosting a S...

For what has been spent on the monorail, first to build it and then to rebuild it. PATH could have, should have been into the airport already. I still stand by my statement! Go to anyone of the map programs that will give an aerial view and search McCarter Highway at South St. Newark, NJ. This is e...

Even though some areas of HBLR trackage in the street running area are zone off by low curbs the tracks are in the street, public streets and are not considered to be private right of way. I doubt a charge of trespassing could be enforced. But, not crossing at the crosswalk is jaywalking.
AndyB

JS, I found the map I was referring to. It is from 1872. It is listed as Hudson County but covers Union and Essex Counties also. Just one of the curve balls researching will throw at you. I have to agree, the ROW you point out west of Vaux Hall Rd. is the same as on this 1872 map. Though the streets...

JS Are you referring to the ROW as the two unidentified lines parallel and just west of Vaux Hall Rd. and running almost down to Burnett Ave? Very interesting! I'll have to go back to the Rutgers maps again. One of them showed the proposed NJW ROW going around the north side of Summit, then using th...

Machine, Here is a link to another map source on railroads in New Jersey. County maps of New Jersey Maps are from the New York Society of Model Engineers library collection. Digitized by Rutgers University. The above link will go to the Hudson, Bergen, Essex, 1910+- map. In the index under the map P...

The New York Society of Model Engineers will be hosting a Slide Show covering the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Lehigh and Susquehanna Division in Pennsylvania. The slide show will feature CNJ operations there from the early 60's to the end of CNJ operations in Pennsylvania. Also, the show will b...

Right now PATH storage yard tracks extend to South St. in Newark. This is almost 4,000 feet south of Newark Penn Station. It is also a little more than a third of the way to the Newark Airport Station. Search McCarter Highway and South St. at MapQuest or Google Maps to view area. ROW acquisition? Le...

Another map at Rutgers worth taking a look at is this one. http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HudsonCoAtlas/P9/index.html It shows the proposed New Jersey West from Newark through Millburn, Summit, New Providence, Liberty Corner, on to White House. What is interesting, It kind of follows the route of Rt.78...

Cross the street in front of the station. Keep to the right to Ames Ave. then 3/4 of the way down the block on the right.
AndyB

This was recently added to the events section, due to short notice I am posting here also to let everyone know The New York Society of Model Engineers will be hosting a Slide Show covering the "The Erie Branchlines in NJ, concentrating on the New Jersey and New York, Greenwood Lake and The Nort...