Central Railroad of New Jersey: Festival 2007
In Liberty State Park in the 1886 Railroad Terminal Building
Jersey City NJ: NJ Turnpike exit 14-B (directly into park)
Admission is FREE
Sunday, October 7: 10:30am – 4:00pm
All Day:
• Historic Railroad Exhibits on the concourse and in waiting room.
• Railroad and Model Railroad flea market on the concourse and in waiting room.
• Model railroads operating on the concourse.
• Free rides on authentic and restored “track cars”, once used by railroad men to maintain the tracks. (in the vicinity of Track #1)
• Displays and information on New Jersey’s many railroad historical organizations.
• Railroad employees from the Jersey Central will be displaying and explaining various railroad artifacts, explaining their operation, and answering your questions about working on the railroad and railroad history in New Jersey.
• Books on the Jersey Central RR written and illustrated by railroad former Jersey Central employees on sale in the waiting room at the Railroad Employee’s Tables.
• Miniature Train Rides on the Brandywine Northern RR near Track 20.
• Unique “push train” models handmade with great detail from discarded old coffee cans and other cans; on concourse.
Presentations thruought the day will include -
1pm - Cost : Free -
Movie (1946, color and sound) showing the days of steam locomotives and early diesel locomotives thundering on the rails of the Jersey Central. It includes a trip on a freight train from the coal mines in Scranton to Jersey City. In the movie you visit railroad yards, round houses, ride a ferryboat, and much more. Many of the scenes were taken in what is now Liberty State Park, once a railroad Mecca. This is the BIG Little RR movie produced for the railroad.
1:45pm - Cost : Free -
"A Photographic Look at the CNJ's Marine Operations in New York Harbor, 1900-1976" by Ralph Heiss, noted railroad historian.
2:30pm - Cost : Free -
"A Photographic Look at the Lehigh Valley RR's Marine Operations in New York Harbor, 1900-1976" by Ralph Heiss, noted railroad historian.
Railroad Sales Tables: $25 each (Non-Profit RR Groups – Free)
Contact Ken Miller at: [email protected] and [email protected]
Mailing Address: P O Box 147, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865-0147
This event is sponsored by Liberty State Park
and the Friends of Liberty State Park
In cooperation with the
Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey Veteran Employees Association
(membership open to former CNJ employees and their immediate family)
P O Box 6421; Bridgewater NJ 08807-0421
and the
Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey Historical Society
(dues are $20 per year and anyone may join)
P O Box 2246; Dunellen NJ 08812-2246
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION on Festival and these RR Groups contact Frank Reilly at: [email protected]
In Liberty State Park in the 1886 Railroad Terminal Building
Jersey City NJ: NJ Turnpike exit 14-B (directly into park)
Admission is FREE
Sunday, October 7: 10:30am – 4:00pm
All Day:
• Historic Railroad Exhibits on the concourse and in waiting room.
• Railroad and Model Railroad flea market on the concourse and in waiting room.
• Model railroads operating on the concourse.
• Free rides on authentic and restored “track cars”, once used by railroad men to maintain the tracks. (in the vicinity of Track #1)
• Displays and information on New Jersey’s many railroad historical organizations.
• Railroad employees from the Jersey Central will be displaying and explaining various railroad artifacts, explaining their operation, and answering your questions about working on the railroad and railroad history in New Jersey.
• Books on the Jersey Central RR written and illustrated by railroad former Jersey Central employees on sale in the waiting room at the Railroad Employee’s Tables.
• Miniature Train Rides on the Brandywine Northern RR near Track 20.
• Unique “push train” models handmade with great detail from discarded old coffee cans and other cans; on concourse.
Presentations thruought the day will include -
1pm - Cost : Free -
Movie (1946, color and sound) showing the days of steam locomotives and early diesel locomotives thundering on the rails of the Jersey Central. It includes a trip on a freight train from the coal mines in Scranton to Jersey City. In the movie you visit railroad yards, round houses, ride a ferryboat, and much more. Many of the scenes were taken in what is now Liberty State Park, once a railroad Mecca. This is the BIG Little RR movie produced for the railroad.
1:45pm - Cost : Free -
"A Photographic Look at the CNJ's Marine Operations in New York Harbor, 1900-1976" by Ralph Heiss, noted railroad historian.
2:30pm - Cost : Free -
"A Photographic Look at the Lehigh Valley RR's Marine Operations in New York Harbor, 1900-1976" by Ralph Heiss, noted railroad historian.
Railroad Sales Tables: $25 each (Non-Profit RR Groups – Free)
Contact Ken Miller at: [email protected] and [email protected]
Mailing Address: P O Box 147, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865-0147
This event is sponsored by Liberty State Park
and the Friends of Liberty State Park
In cooperation with the
Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey Veteran Employees Association
(membership open to former CNJ employees and their immediate family)
P O Box 6421; Bridgewater NJ 08807-0421
and the
Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey Historical Society
(dues are $20 per year and anyone may join)
P O Box 2246; Dunellen NJ 08812-2246
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION on Festival and these RR Groups contact Frank Reilly at: [email protected]
M.P. 28.5 On The NY Division
