by JJMDiMunno
Hello everyone,
On April 11th, other business took me down into Cape May County from my local of Camden County. While down there, I decided that a Woodbine construction update was in order and long overdue, and so I stopped by the junction to check things out. Not expecting to see anything else done since January, I was surprised at what I saw.
We'll start out with a view of the industrial leads and their connection to the Cape May Branch. This was finished as of my last update. We see the Cape May Branch on the far left, and the two industrial leads in the middle and to the right. The center rail is on the original ROW of the Woodbine Secondary, abandoned around 1970:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... strial.jpg
Moving down to Friedrickstadt Road, we see more of an overview of the junction. This is still facing north. Once again, the Cape May Branch can be seen on the far left, with the leads in the middle and curving off to the right by that power pole:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... rial_2.jpg
Continuing down the ROW for the old Woodbine Secondary lead, we come to the end of the currently laid track. The roadbed continues for some distance beyond here to Heine Avenue:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodbine/RailEnd.jpg
Taking a little bit of a walk, we come to Heine Avenue. Facing south-east, we can see where this industrial track will eventually go. This is the ROW for the original Woodbine Secondary from the days of the PRSL:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... ed_End.jpg
Crossing Heine Avenue and looking back to the north-west, we can see more of an overview of the currently ballasted ROW:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodbine/Heine.jpg
Taking a walk up Heine Avenue and back to Friedrickstadt, we can see that more of the Modern Gas spur has also been completed. This spur curves off sharply from the Woodbine Secondary lead just past the switch for the Cape May Branch. While the crossing over Heine has not been completed here either, maybe a hundred feet of rail has been laid on the east side of the junction of Heine and Friedrickstadt:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... rn_Gas.jpg
And just for fun, I found that the PRSL mechanical switch machine is still on the ground by the Cape May Branch switch there at Woodbine. It can be seen in a close view here:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... achine.jpg
Hope this gave everyone a decent update on what's happening at Woodbine...take care everyone.
Mike DiMunno
www.SJRail.com: All about South Jersey Railroads!
On April 11th, other business took me down into Cape May County from my local of Camden County. While down there, I decided that a Woodbine construction update was in order and long overdue, and so I stopped by the junction to check things out. Not expecting to see anything else done since January, I was surprised at what I saw.
We'll start out with a view of the industrial leads and their connection to the Cape May Branch. This was finished as of my last update. We see the Cape May Branch on the far left, and the two industrial leads in the middle and to the right. The center rail is on the original ROW of the Woodbine Secondary, abandoned around 1970:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... strial.jpg
Moving down to Friedrickstadt Road, we see more of an overview of the junction. This is still facing north. Once again, the Cape May Branch can be seen on the far left, with the leads in the middle and curving off to the right by that power pole:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... rial_2.jpg
Continuing down the ROW for the old Woodbine Secondary lead, we come to the end of the currently laid track. The roadbed continues for some distance beyond here to Heine Avenue:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodbine/RailEnd.jpg
Taking a little bit of a walk, we come to Heine Avenue. Facing south-east, we can see where this industrial track will eventually go. This is the ROW for the original Woodbine Secondary from the days of the PRSL:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... ed_End.jpg
Crossing Heine Avenue and looking back to the north-west, we can see more of an overview of the currently ballasted ROW:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodbine/Heine.jpg
Taking a walk up Heine Avenue and back to Friedrickstadt, we can see that more of the Modern Gas spur has also been completed. This spur curves off sharply from the Woodbine Secondary lead just past the switch for the Cape May Branch. While the crossing over Heine has not been completed here either, maybe a hundred feet of rail has been laid on the east side of the junction of Heine and Friedrickstadt:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... rn_Gas.jpg
And just for fun, I found that the PRSL mechanical switch machine is still on the ground by the Cape May Branch switch there at Woodbine. It can be seen in a close view here:
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/Woodb ... achine.jpg
Hope this gave everyone a decent update on what's happening at Woodbine...take care everyone.
Mike DiMunno
www.SJRail.com: All about South Jersey Railroads!
~Mike DiMunno
CSAO Beesley Point Secondary - MP 8.69 (Magnolia, NJ)
Moderator: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines :: Penn Central
CSAO Beesley Point Secondary - MP 8.69 (Magnolia, NJ)
Moderator: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines :: Penn Central