by pumpers
I recently read what I guess should have been obvious, but I never thought about it -- before the Aldene plan, eastbound CNJ passenger trains on the NY & LB north of Perth Amboy did not diverge to go through Woodbridge to the PRR , but stayed straight to go up what we now call the Chemical Coast to Elizabethport, and then on to Communipaw (not Newark Penn Station.) (I forget what the CNJ called the Chemical Coast - was it just the NY&LB?
What was I'm writing about is that the post said that the CNJ trains did not go straight up Chemical coast, but diverged east through local industrial tracks (the northern part of which was the Sound Shore branch) to rejoin the Chemical Coast at Bayway. Presumably there was passenger traffic for the many industries in the area. Does anyone know more about this? Where exact did they leave the Chemical Coast? - The NJ had a few connections coming off the Chemical Coast to the east. Maybe they even went through the Port Reading yard (since the Reading controlled the CNJ ). Maps show you could connect through Port Reading yard to the CNJ local tracks in the Carteret area, although I don't know if there was a connection in the SE quadrant of the CNJ/Port Reading line crossing.
Does anyone have a copy of a passenger timetable showing this or know of a link to one? Did all trains do that? I can't imagine the NY Bankers coming up from the shore towns liked the time it took to poke along on those tracks with the extra stops.
Related, did any trains go straight through at Elizabethport, all the way up to the CNJ Newark and NY Branch (I think that location is Brills), and then turn left to go direct to Newark CNJ station? Or did you have to go to Communipaw and change there if you wanted to get to Newark? (Or maybe if you wanted to go to Newark, you just took the PRR on the NY&LB)
Jim S
What was I'm writing about is that the post said that the CNJ trains did not go straight up Chemical coast, but diverged east through local industrial tracks (the northern part of which was the Sound Shore branch) to rejoin the Chemical Coast at Bayway. Presumably there was passenger traffic for the many industries in the area. Does anyone know more about this? Where exact did they leave the Chemical Coast? - The NJ had a few connections coming off the Chemical Coast to the east. Maybe they even went through the Port Reading yard (since the Reading controlled the CNJ ). Maps show you could connect through Port Reading yard to the CNJ local tracks in the Carteret area, although I don't know if there was a connection in the SE quadrant of the CNJ/Port Reading line crossing.
Does anyone have a copy of a passenger timetable showing this or know of a link to one? Did all trains do that? I can't imagine the NY Bankers coming up from the shore towns liked the time it took to poke along on those tracks with the extra stops.
Related, did any trains go straight through at Elizabethport, all the way up to the CNJ Newark and NY Branch (I think that location is Brills), and then turn left to go direct to Newark CNJ station? Or did you have to go to Communipaw and change there if you wanted to get to Newark? (Or maybe if you wanted to go to Newark, you just took the PRR on the NY&LB)
Jim S