--- In [email protected], "Tom" <mrbaseball426@y...> wrote:
>Type in key words "History of Strathmere".<
Here's the URL for the home page:
http://strathmere.tripod.com/
I sent the following comment, crossposted to Yahoo's South Jersey Rail Group:
>Below shows the Pennsylvannia Railway, running through Strathmere.
The photo on the left shows where the train came into Strathmere from
across the bay. This is down near where Twistie's is today. The photo
on the right is the train station, somewhere on Commonwealth, for the
Pennsylvania rail. This was back when Strathmere was still 'Corson's
Inlet', notice the sign on the station <
The above are on page 2 of your vintage photos. In both cases, they
should say "Atlantic City Railroad", "Reading", or "Philadelphia &
Reading", instead of "Pennsylvania". The steam engine is a
Philadelphia & Reading Camelback type, which the Pennsylvania didn't
ordinarily own or use. The station sign is Reading style, white with
a blue background, a Pennsylvania RR sign was often gold on red, with
a keystone in the middle. Other photos show that the Pennsylvania
bridge had an A-frame draw span very close to the shore, which doesn't
show in this photo, and show a larger Pennsylvania station. The
enlargement of the station photo shows 2 tracks, the closer one could
be the Pennsylvania's, as the maps show the 2 railroads very close
together with the Pennsylvania track on the ocean side, and the bay
seems to be in the background of the photo.
Thank you very much for sharing.
jimboylan
>Type in key words "History of Strathmere".<
Here's the URL for the home page:
http://strathmere.tripod.com/
I sent the following comment, crossposted to Yahoo's South Jersey Rail Group:
>Below shows the Pennsylvannia Railway, running through Strathmere.
The photo on the left shows where the train came into Strathmere from
across the bay. This is down near where Twistie's is today. The photo
on the right is the train station, somewhere on Commonwealth, for the
Pennsylvania rail. This was back when Strathmere was still 'Corson's
Inlet', notice the sign on the station <
The above are on page 2 of your vintage photos. In both cases, they
should say "Atlantic City Railroad", "Reading", or "Philadelphia &
Reading", instead of "Pennsylvania". The steam engine is a
Philadelphia & Reading Camelback type, which the Pennsylvania didn't
ordinarily own or use. The station sign is Reading style, white with
a blue background, a Pennsylvania RR sign was often gold on red, with
a keystone in the middle. Other photos show that the Pennsylvania
bridge had an A-frame draw span very close to the shore, which doesn't
show in this photo, and show a larger Pennsylvania station. The
enlargement of the station photo shows 2 tracks, the closer one could
be the Pennsylvania's, as the maps show the 2 railroads very close
together with the Pennsylvania track on the ocean side, and the bay
seems to be in the background of the photo.
Thank you very much for sharing.
jimboylan