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Junction in Morristown, New Jersey between New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex line and the Morristown and Erie (M&E) main line. It has been fully operational for over 100 years and currently remains in service to provide connections for the shortline M&E to the national rail network. Barnegat City Junction. TRR, PRR.
The Essex–Hudson Greenway is a planned state park and greenway in the northerneastern New Jersey counties of Essex and Hudson. It will follow an abandoned railroad right of way (ROW) across the New Jersey Meadowlands, over the Hackensack and Passaic rivers, as well pass through densely-populated neighborhoods.
The Pequest Fill is a three-mile (4.8 km) railroad embankment on the Lackawanna Cut-Off in northwestern New Jersey, touted at its 1911 completion as the largest railroad fill and the highest railroad embankment in the world. [1][2][3] Thought to have been the brainchild of Lackawanna Railroad president William Truesdale, the Pequest Fill was ...
A fishplate joins two lengths of track. A fishplate, splice bar or joint bar is a metal connecting plate used to bolt the ends of two rails into a continuous track. The name is derived from fish, [1] a wooden reinforcement of a "built-up" ship's mast that helped round out its desired profile. [2] The top and bottom faces taper inwards along ...
List of counties in New Jersey. There are 21 counties in the U.S. state of New Jersey. These counties together contain 564 municipalities, or administrative entities composed of clearly defined territory; 252 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 241 townships, and 4 villages. [1] In New Jersey, a county is a local level of government between the ...
Cape May Seashore Lines. Cape May Seashore Lines (reporting mark CMSL) is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey that operates both freight trains and excursion trains. It offers two excursion services: a 30-mile (48 km) round trip between Richland and Tuckahoe along the Beesley's Point Secondary railroad line and a 14-mile (23 km) round ...
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey. There are more than 1,700 listed sites in New Jersey. Of these, 58 are further designated as National Historic Landmarks. All 21 counties in New Jersey have listings on the National Register. This National Park Service list is complete ...
Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, Nevada: 2053 4-6-0: October, 1890 Union Pacific Railroad 1242 Lion's Park, Cheyenne, Wyoming: 2054 4-6-0 October, 1890 Union Pacific Railroad 1243: Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, Nebraska: 2197 4-6-0 April 1892 Texas and New Orleans Railroad 314 Center for Transportation and Commerce, Galveston ...