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Re: Ms. Knowles' Express

 by pumpers ¦  Sun Aug 13, 2023 12:59 am ¦  Forum: New York City Area Wide Rail Transit Issues (Cross-Agency) ¦  Topic: Ms. Knowles' Express ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 559

An interesting idea - also PRR DLW Erie, but we add the DLW main to the mix. I never thought of that. Sounds like a good fan trip some day :)

Re: Ms. Knowles' Express

 by pumpers ¦  Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:57 pm ¦  Forum: New York City Area Wide Rail Transit Issues (Cross-Agency) ¦  Topic: Ms. Knowles' Express ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 559

I was responding to your statement that "According to this Times article, to reach the Giants/Jets stadium from Manhattan, you have to change from the DL&W to the ERIE at Secaucus." From what I can see, the NY Times article doesn't mention predecessor railroads at all, it just has a li...

Re: Ms. Knowles' Express

 by pumpers ¦  Sat Aug 12, 2023 3:39 am ¦  Forum: New York City Area Wide Rail Transit Issues (Cross-Agency) ¦  Topic: Ms. Knowles' Express ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 559

To be clear, it’s the PRR mainline from Penn Station NY to the new Secaucus Junction station, where you change trains (originally called Secaucus Transfer in its early days), then the DL&W Boonton Branch for about a mile, then a new S-curve connector for ~1/2 mile to swing over to the Erie (buil...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by pumpers ¦  Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:25 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4781 ¦  Views: 653283

Hope this gives an idea of how far left the new tracks are from the old alignment. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230811/8982c94e8219a4117bd60fd26e86e5df.jpg Makes sense to permit electric utility crews to access the transmission line without fouling the track. To be honest, given all the recen...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by pumpers ¦  Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:26 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4781 ¦  Views: 653283

Copper is used for low resistance, good for a lot of current going long distances. However, in this case the distance is short and the wire is big in cross section, presumably for ruggedness, so that the wire resistance might not be an issue. More significantly, junctions between different types of ...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by pumpers ¦  Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:04 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4781 ¦  Views: 653283

Neither ties nor rail, Fairfield to Yellowbrook. I guesstimate 9800 ft, so needs close to 5000 ties. When I said working there, I mean rip rap and final roadbed prep. Have watched over the last 2 weeks as they slowly worked westbound from Yellowbrook. I guess that area needed some serious work. The...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by pumpers ¦  Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:22 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4781 ¦  Views: 653283

There has been a truck and crew working their way to Fairfield from Yellowbrook for the past week or so. I guess they are remediating problem areas as that section is a little swampy in places. They seem to be about a quarter mile from Fairfield now. There is a ballast hopper parked at Okerson. Gue...

Re: "Innovation Challenge" Project for the Meadowlands

 by pumpers ¦  Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:57 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: "Innovation Challenge" Project for the Meadowlands ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 5462

That's one heck of a study. Almost $4 for every person in NJ. I hope they get it right. JS

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by pumpers ¦  Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:11 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4781 ¦  Views: 653283

AceMacSD wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:41 am Speaking of which, LIRR's building a tunnel. ... where did that sand originate?
OK, I'll bite. Where did it originate?
Jim S

Re: CNJ train-the mermaid

 by pumpers ¦  Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:32 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: CNJ train-the mermaid ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 1850

For a bit of family history about trips to the beach, I am looking for a timetable or similar showing the Mermaid in the late 1930's to mid 1940's time frame (if there was one then). More specifically, I am looking for through service (probably on weekends) in the summer from points west through Eli...

Re: CNJ Elizabeth Port station

 by pumpers ¦  Wed Jul 05, 2023 1:30 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: CNJ Elizabeth Port station ¦  Replies: 21 ¦  Views: 6630

It's hard to tell from the photo: Yesterday I though the "North-South" connection between the line coming up from Perth Amboy then running up to Brills and Newark Transfer went up and over the main. But the more I look at the picture, it looks like they crossed at grade.
Who remembers?

Re: CNJ Elizabeth Port station

 by pumpers ¦  Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:11 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: CNJ Elizabeth Port station ¦  Replies: 21 ¦  Views: 6630

Giving this a bump. Found this great picture online of what things looked like in 1984 - only ~6 years after Bayonne Scoots shutdown and 17 years after mainline traffic was halted good with the Aldene Plan going into effect. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jackdk/28243818423/in/photostream/ Quite a sp...

Gladstone Branch knocked out by tornado on Monday

 by pumpers ¦  Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:31 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Gladstone Branch knocked out by tornado on Monday ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 594

https://www.nj.com/weather/2023/06/nj-t ... ction.html
105 mph winds!
I hope no catenary towers were destroyed like what happened in Maplewood (Millburn?) on the M&E a few years back from falling trees.

Re: Old rail line in Brick, NJ

 by pumpers ¦  Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:10 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Old rail line in Brick, NJ ¦  Replies: 20 ¦  Views: 2627

Very interesting discussion. Public Service Electric and Gas Company ("PSE&G") was incorporated in 1928 by PSCNJ and in that year all electric and gas properties and operations were transferred into PSE&G and the bus and railway operations into also newly incorporated Public Servi...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by pumpers ¦  Sat Jun 03, 2023 1:26 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4781 ¦  Views: 653283

I guess Fairfield Rd and Adelphia Rd just have to wait...

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