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Was the Pennsylvania or the Lehigh Valley the predominant railroad servicing the Arsenel before it became Raritan Center?

Anyone know where I might find Sanborn maps for New Jersey? Am specifically looking for Port Reading, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, Edison and Metuchen. Also, any info on the Camp Kilmer operations and the towers supporting Camp Kilmer, "Valley" on the LV located in Metuchen and "SN" ...

Yes, this is the Chatsworth derailment............................

Is the original track still in place between Perth Amboy and Raritan Junction? Is the original track also in place from Raritan Junction to Raritan Center? Also, I have not been to Perth Amboy for quite a few years, but there used to be an interesting chemical plant that was serviced by the LV that ...

Saw RPRX 2001 Green Goat northbound as trailing unit of CSX freight at North Bergen today at about 3 PM, Friday, October 29th.

The 1981 also came through a few days ago... looks like a GP50. Does anyone know if it is an ex-MP or CNW?

My good friend, who is a well known CNJ author, tells me that this wreck happened because a couple of kids threw a switch. There were two FM roadswitchers involved, both were scrapped after they were stripped for some parts. I think the switch was a customer's siding.

Saw UP 1974 in the middle of a consist today at North Bergen, NJ, on CSX's River Line. Could not see the trucks..... is this a GP-38-2?

I have seen at least four articulated cars(two car sets) to hold twenty foot trash containers lettered for NYSW. One was number 100117. These are identical to the ones that EPIC uses for trash hauling on the River Line. One car was in a freight consist, and was empty, on the River Line. The others w...

Any comments out there on the new TM? Noticed dynamics on the CNJ units, which they did not have. Also, do all of the models have steam generators? Also, is it just me, or are those Critters out of scale?

If you go down Jackson Avenue, off Amboy Road, you will come upon the old Perth Amboy main. To the left was a large ceramics plant (shown as "Ceramics" in the timetable) that had an elevated trestle between the buildings. To the right is a current warehouse, where I used to work, that stil...

Are any of the other structures at Port Reading due to be torn down? Any idea what is going to be done there?