Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

BIG PROBLEM.

JB2 will be tying down at Monmouth Battlefield. I'm not sure how but the bridge there has shifted to one side and the rails on top moved with it. Looks like the top concrete blocks the bridge sits on have moved slightly as well. Bottom of the bridge is severely dented and one side of the bridge looks like it was hit by something.

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As far as clearing Lakewood - Lakehurst, brush removal was in the grant, towards the aim of re-connecting Clayton's track to the Southern. I suspect due to the amount of trees growing through the track, more than brush clearing will be needed to make the track servicable. Perhaps they will pick up enough customers to make it worthwhile, or perhaps there is another grant application in progress. We should know more about that in the March - April time frame.
As to the bridge over Wemrock Road, I did not notice any signs on the steel of a hit, might have missed something. The top row of blocks on the east end of the abutment do appear to have been shifted.

Bridge damage. Ouch!

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Ouch, indeed. They may start routing thru Red Bank sooner than expected, guess it depends what turns up during the bridge inspection.

Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:06 pm Bridge damage. Ouch!

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That's an expensive repair to re-seat/re-align the bridge

If it's even salvageable. I have pictures from a friend showing the underside. Will post after I get home.

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Hoooo boy, it's been an interesting (and pretty wacky) day for Central Jersey trains.

First up, what's left of the main building at Dinaso Lumber. Had a chat with the firefighters about the homeless lighting fires in there. They thanked me as that was something they weren't aware of. Last picture is where I think they laid hoses across the tracks.

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Next up, the bridge at the Battlefield. Unfortunately i forgot to take pictures of the underside, but here's the damage on one side. Notice the top concrete blocks are no longer flush with the rest.

Strangely though, some of this damage was already here previously. Did this bridge shift when the train went over this morning?

Edit: JB2 was still sitting just before the bridge as of 5 PM

Here is Google Street view. The top course of stones always did stick out an inch or so (on both sides). And in the linked image, the bridge sure looks like has taken its whacks.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xSVu6jLQL7ZbsTsH7
Jim S

That bridge gets hit more often than you think. It'll be fine

jdh823 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:35 pm That bridge gets hit more often than you think. It'll be fine

I'm guessing you're correct. They may need to reset it and the top blocks, but for that span, that's a heavy bridge.

Apparently a chain saw in needed in Spotswood. Reports coming in if large tree across tracks. Conrail gets a taste of the storm.

3rd unfortunate railroad event in NJ over the past 24 hours. Apparently NJT hit a tree on the AC line last night too.

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That one is true. Tree split the train in half and had to be hauled back in 2 separate sections.

Go to Thread # 1439517 in the NJ Transit rail and light rail operations forum, Atlantic City Line thread. That bridge strike in 2017 was far worse and the line was back in service 5 days later.