by james1787
My wife, my parents and I went to Bahr's yesterday. While waiting to be seated, I noticed a topographical map of the area probably from about the 30's. On this map I saw there was quite a bit of Rail lines in the area. It looks like Central of NJ served the area? I was amazed to see that there was rail that went out to sandy hook, and also what looked to be a small rail yard up a bit on a pier. I also noticed that there was some double track in quite a bit of the area. There were several sidings on Sandy Hook as well. I definitely spent a while staring at the map. When we sat down to dinner I looked out to the end of the bridge on the Sandy Hook side and saw what looked to be the remains of a bridge that was probably part of the ROW. Was this all Central of NJ? What kind of service was there? Does anything remain?
On our way home we were taking Route 36 to the Parkway. Off to my right I noticed what is now a bike train was probably a ROW some time ago? I don't remember if I saw it on the map, but I wonder if it was a ROW and what used to run there?
On our way home we were taking Route 36 to the Parkway. Off to my right I noticed what is now a bike train was probably a ROW some time ago? I don't remember if I saw it on the map, but I wonder if it was a ROW and what used to run there?
James Kern