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Railbird,
I signed train orders,K-cards and all the rest. Why do you ask? HUH?HUH?

Sorry, I need to clarify the original post and the above post. I did not intend in any way to make this a promotion of any commercial product nor do I have any financial intrest in the DVD sales. The intent was to share some photos of the Seashore Lines that I have for other to view and enjoy. Sorry...

I have had the whole set of films my Pop took in the early and mid-fifties put on DVD's by a small commercial outfit who was very helpful in the process. I am not sure about the posting of commercial sites on the board, but if anyone wants more info ,contact me at captbuck@comcast.net. Please don't ...

August 1955- Reading G-3 #211 with a north bound Wildwood extra at track speed just north of Dorothy on the Cape May Branch. Photo from 8mm film by my late father. I'll post more if there's interset and as I get to them.

Pollard,
Check your PM's.

Pollard, The Williamstown Branch in PRSL days was cut back from the original ACRR/Reading Co. branch, but I don't know what date is was done. If you could give an approximate year you are trying for it would help, as the railroad cahnged a lot over the years and major portions were lost after the me...

I'm pretty sure the it was named after a Reading Company president. The interlocking station that was there before it was for the crossing of the ACRR main and the WJ&SSRR Millville line was designated by it's telegraph code of "UR" Tower.

Pollard,
I live in the Franklinville area in lower Gloucester County. If you want to setup a get togther, I'm up for it. I have Microsoft Train Sim, is BVE a different platform?

Pollard7545, Please fell free to contact me about any questions you might have concerning the interlockings and towers for your project. I am a former block operator for the Seashore Lines and still have many interlocking charts,rule books,timetables,etc. from the late 1960's and early 1970's. Good ...

Roymickle, I rode this trip in 1968 and it ran from Camden and boarded where Yorkship station used to be,on No.2 track between Morgan Blvd and Brown Tower. The train then backed up through Brown Interlocking and crossed over to No.1 and went down the Clementon Branch,which was all former ACRR tracka...

Do you mean the yard just south of Gray's Ferry around 24th and Jackson?
If so,yes they did have a round house and a fairly capable repair facility. my father told me many stories about the roundhouse as it was his first railroad job that he started in 1943.

I have 8mm film of that trip that my Pop took. I can't hardly remember it as I was only 3 but he said I was there. I do remeber the High Iron trip on the Southern Division in 19?? . I rode the other steam trip in South jersey on the old PRSL form Camden to Cape May in 1967(?)

I'm glad to see Tuckahoe being restored,it was one of my favorite towers to work when I was a block operator for the Seahore Lines. The whole tower would shke when using the 'Armstrong" machine to throw any levers for the turnouts. I wonder if they'll let an old railroader see the inside when t...