by Dcell
It’s been a good 10 years since so read Grants book about the EL and it’s death but I do recall it stating that the pre-and post merger EL and other railroads in NJ paying the cost of NJs public school system thru the taxes the railroads paid. Does anyone have any more knowledge whether the railroads paid this tax thru the 1960s and up to 1976 when the NJ property tax was established to fund public schools? I find it somewhat incredible that the railroads could pay such an exorbitant tax during a period of decline. And the EL starting getting state subsidies for commuter services around 1966 so I don’t see how it could pay taxes to N J.