NJT is putting operators back on this bridge. This swing bridge has been operated from the MMC (Meadows Maintennce Complex) in Kearny.
For those interested, there was a wreck there in 1906. The railroad was the West Jersey and Seashore in those days, part of the PRR. It had recently been electrified, third rail, from the terminal in Camden. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_At ... rain_wreck" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The article linked to says that the bridge went up and down; my guess, having operated a a swing bridge (DB,) is that only the mitre rails did that, lifting to clear the associated land mitre rails so the bridge could be swung.
For those interested, there was a wreck there in 1906. The railroad was the West Jersey and Seashore in those days, part of the PRR. It had recently been electrified, third rail, from the terminal in Camden. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_At ... rain_wreck" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The article linked to says that the bridge went up and down; my guess, having operated a a swing bridge (DB,) is that only the mitre rails did that, lifting to clear the associated land mitre rails so the bridge could be swung.