Don / Ken -
AIR, manually operated gates survived at Belmar station and at the Main St. crossing at Manasquan station for quite awhile as well. My recall on this is admittedly foggy so I'll yield to others with more accurate info.
Regardless, had no idea manual operation survived on sections of the NJCL until the late 70's-early 80's.
BTW, manual gates were unigue for the three-quarter 'up' position as well as for having a single steel drop rod about half-way out the arm to keep the arm from hitting the pavement as the gate was lowered.
AIR, manually operated gates survived at Belmar station and at the Main St. crossing at Manasquan station for quite awhile as well. My recall on this is admittedly foggy so I'll yield to others with more accurate info.
Regardless, had no idea manual operation survived on sections of the NJCL until the late 70's-early 80's.
BTW, manual gates were unigue for the three-quarter 'up' position as well as for having a single steel drop rod about half-way out the arm to keep the arm from hitting the pavement as the gate was lowered.