by JJMDiMunno
Hey guys,
Wondering if someone can help me out with a few questions about some abandonment dates on the Reading Gloucester Branch / PRSL Grenloch Branch.
I'm inquiring about the portion shown here, highlighted in red.
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/GloucesterBranch.jpg
This was a portion of Reading's Gloucester Branch, which should have carried the Grenloch Branch passenger trains before they were abandoned. I'm asking when the last train to traverse these tracks might have been. A portion of this branch would become part of the Holt Manufacturing spur eventually. I'm questioning the segment to the east of King Street up to the diamond that used to cross the Millville Branch.
Was this ever used for freight service even after the connection to the WJS was constructed? My other question is exactly when the connection was actually built between the Grenloch Branch and the WJS? It had to be post-1933, but I don't have an exact year.
Some of these rails continue to exist, in the form of a remaining portion of the wye near King Street (at the former Gloucester City station location), and some rails in a road near the site of the diamond. Does anybody have any formal record of the abandonment date of these tracks?
Thanks in advance for any assistance guys.
Mike DiMunno
Wondering if someone can help me out with a few questions about some abandonment dates on the Reading Gloucester Branch / PRSL Grenloch Branch.
I'm inquiring about the portion shown here, highlighted in red.
http://www.sjrail.com/DailyPhotos/GloucesterBranch.jpg
This was a portion of Reading's Gloucester Branch, which should have carried the Grenloch Branch passenger trains before they were abandoned. I'm asking when the last train to traverse these tracks might have been. A portion of this branch would become part of the Holt Manufacturing spur eventually. I'm questioning the segment to the east of King Street up to the diamond that used to cross the Millville Branch.
Was this ever used for freight service even after the connection to the WJS was constructed? My other question is exactly when the connection was actually built between the Grenloch Branch and the WJS? It had to be post-1933, but I don't have an exact year.
Some of these rails continue to exist, in the form of a remaining portion of the wye near King Street (at the former Gloucester City station location), and some rails in a road near the site of the diamond. Does anybody have any formal record of the abandonment date of these tracks?
Thanks in advance for any assistance guys.
Mike DiMunno
~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