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What was fastest Jersey City-Atlantic City time?

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Re: What was fastest Jersey City-Atlantic City time?

  by 1st Barnegat
 
JoeG wrote:I'm curious what the fastest time on the Jersey Central was for the trip between Jersey City and Atlantic City. Anyone here know?
CNJ Timetable 103 dated Sep 30, 1934 shows 2 hours and 41 minutes Atlantic City to Jersey City, Sunday train 4262 northbound, the Blue Comet. Other, weekday and Saturday Blue Cometswere about 2 hours and 47 minutes in the same schedule. A May 26, 1929 schedule shows similar times.

Whoosh!

Artistic renderinghere.

Route southbound was main line CNJ from Jersey City to Elizabethport; then onto what is now the Chemical Coast Secondary, through Perth Amboy; NY&LB from South Amboy through Matawan to Red Bank; CNJ Southern Division from Red Bank through Lakehurst and Whitings, to Winslow Jct., the junction with the Atlantic City RR (later PRSL); to Atlantic City. Map here.

(Before the G-3 Pacific-powered Blue Comet, CNJ ran an Atlantic City Special, circa 1916. Probably Atlantic-powered, doubt it was as fast as the Blue Comet!)
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