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Monmouth Park Siding |
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This is all that is left of the Monmouth Park Race train siding after its abandonment in 2006. According to the Monmouth Park Racetrack NJ Transit has officially abandoned the siding in favor of the NJCL station so that NJT doesn't have to bring special diesel hauled trains to the race track during the racing season. |
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8/4/2006 Upload Date: 1/4/2007 1:51:51 PM |
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Oceanport, NJ |
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| Title: |
Builders General Lumber Yard Siding Close Up |
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Here is a Closeup shot of the Lumber Yard Siding. |
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8/14/2006 Upload Date: 1/7/2007 5:50:57 PM |
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Little Silver, NJ |
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| Title: |
Lost in the Weeds |
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This is all that is left of the Actual Siding going into the Builders General Facility. The rest of the siding going into the loading area of the lumber yard is still intact. |
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8/14/2006 Upload Date: 1/7/2007 5:53:26 PM |
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Little Silver, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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Builders General Lumber Yard Holding Track looking south |
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Here is a view of the Lumber Yard Holding track looking south towards the Little Silver Train Station. Signal/Milepost 18.8/18.7 is in the distance. |
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8/14/2006 Upload Date: 1/7/2007 5:52:33 PM |
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Little Silver, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
2 Tracks to nowhere |
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Here is a Photo of the 2 Tracks at the Builders General Lumber Yard Facility The track to the right is the Holding track. The track to the left is the track that the freight cars would be unloaded on. |
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8/14/2006 Upload Date: 1/7/2007 5:48:40 PM |
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Little Silver, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Buliders General Lumber Yard Siding |
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This track was used for the shipping of Lumber to the Builders General Lumber Yard in Little Silver NJ. The lumber yard switched to shipping by truck about 5 to 6 years ago and has not seen trains since. |
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11/5/2006 Upload Date: 1/3/2007 10:40:11 PM |
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Little Silver, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ ROW to Jersey City |
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This is the original Central Railroad of New Jersey Line to Jersey City NJ. This route was abnondoned in the early 1970's thanks to the Aldene Plan which shut down the Jersey City Terminal which is now part of Liberty Sate Park. |
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11/5/2006 Upload Date: 1/3/2007 10:41:49 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
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| Title: |
Broad St. Overpass |
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Here is a photo of the CNJ right of way and overpass over Broad St. in Elizabeth NJ. This photo was taken from the NJ Transit Station Platform. |
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11/5/2006 Upload Date: 1/3/2007 10:42:47 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the Past |
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I was surprised to see this section of track still intact at the site of the Elizabeth train Station. |
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11/5/2006 Upload Date: 1/3/2007 10:43:55 PM |
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Elizabeth, NJ |
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| Title: |
One Track Remains |
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Here is a photo of the CNJ Right of way and overpass over Broad St. in Elizabeth NJ. If you look hard you can see that the center track on the left side is still fully intact. |
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2/18/2007 Upload Date: 2/19/2007 10:00:34 AM |
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Elizabeth, NJ |
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| Title: |
CNJ Track |
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Here is a photo of the CNJ ROW looking west from the Broad St. Station. |
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2/18/2007 Upload Date: 2/19/2007 9:59:44 AM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Track To Ciba Giegy |
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This is the track that goes to Ciba Giegy in Toms River. The track is of course abandoned. |
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2/25/2007 Upload Date: 2/25/2007 5:23:01 PM |
| Location: |
Toms River, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Track To Ciba Giegy looking south |
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Here is a photo of the tracks looking south towards the Southern Secondary. |
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2/25/2007 Upload Date: 2/25/2007 5:23:42 PM |
| Location: |
Toms River, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Monmouth Park Siding Junction |
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This is where the siding to the Monmouuth Park Race Track comes off of the North Jersey Coast Line. The little yellow box on the track is a derail. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/11/2007 8:41:17 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Two tracks One Remains |
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This switch is located just off of the Bridgewaters Drive Crossing in Oceanport. The track to the left was the one used for trains going into the race track. Track on the right was used as a runaround track for trains prior to NJ Transit to turn the train around and ends about a few hundred feet away. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/11/2007 8:43:04 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Switch Stand |
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Here is a photo of the Switch stand used for the Monmouth Park Running track. I don't think its used. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/14/2007 3:02:24 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Monmouth Park Siding Looking towards the Bridgewaters Dr.Crossing |
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Here is a photo of the 2 tracks on the Monmouth Park Siding. This time I'm looking towards the NJCL. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/11/2007 8:45:13 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
The end of that Siding |
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Here is where the right hand track ends. The Left hand track continues to the racetrack. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/11/2007 8:47:17 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
End of one track |
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I wonder what that sign said before it got into the shape that its in. Notice that there is only one rail on the right hand track. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/11/2007 8:50:28 PM |
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Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Crossbuck Pole |
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Here is a photo of one of the poles that the Crossbucks stood up on. The crossbucks were removed and now only the pole remains. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/12/2007 9:37:21 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Rail Service on this track is OVER! |
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This is where the track ended going into the racetrack. Compare this photo with the one I took last summer. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/11/2007 8:53:04 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Another Switch |
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In this photo you can see that there was another switch located here. Even the old swich stand reamains. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/12/2007 9:39:00 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Broken Switch point |
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This is where the switch was located. I guess they will never use that one again. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/12/2007 9:40:46 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
| Author: |
Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Section of Rail 1926 |
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This section of rail I was surprised to see as it was dated 1926. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/14/2007 3:00:38 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Monmouth Park Siding Derail and Switch Stand |
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Here is a photo of the Derail on the Monmouth Park Siding and the switch stand for the derail. |
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3/11/2007 Upload Date: 3/14/2007 3:01:37 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Freehold Branch ROW |
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This is where the CNJ Freehold branch divirted off of the North Jersey Coast Line. This photo was taken from inside a commuter train that I was on. |
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5/5/2007 Upload Date: 5/6/2007 4:01:54 PM |
| Location: |
Matawan, NJ |
| Author: |
Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Toms River Industrial Track |
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Here is a photo of the Toms River Industrial Track in Lakehurst NJ. |
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6/24/2007 Upload Date: 6/24/2007 7:05:09 PM |
| Location: |
Lakehurst, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Southern Division ROW |
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Here is a photo of the CNJ Southern Division ROW down to Bridgeton. I guess there won't be trains on that track ever again. |
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6/24/2007 Upload Date: 6/24/2007 7:06:56 PM |
| Location: |
Lakehurst, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Scissors Bridge Piers |
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This is all that remains of the CNJ Scissors Bridge in Atlantic Highlands NJ. |
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9/15/2007 Upload Date: 12/7/2007 10:54:08 PM |
| Location: |
Atlantic Highlands, NJ |
| Author: |
Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Scissors Bridge Piers |
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Here is another view of what is left of the historic CNJ Bridge. |
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9/15/2007 Upload Date: 12/7/2007 10:54:50 PM |
| Location: |
Atlantic Highlands, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ ROW |
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This section of rail is located along the CNJ Seashore Branch in Monmouth Beach NJ. This track went up from Long Branch to the Atlantic Highlands. Its amazing that the rail is still in the roadway considering that the tracks were removed in in the 1940's. |
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2/3/2008 Upload Date: 2/3/2008 2:13:49 PM |
| Location: |
Monmouth Beach, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ ROW |
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Here is a photo of the ROW looking towards Long Branch. |
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2/3/2008 Upload Date: 2/3/2008 2:15:32 PM |
| Location: |
Monmouth Beach, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Abandoned Railroad Siding |
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This track is located just before the Pine Brook Rd. Crossing in Tinton Falls NJ. |
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3/1/2008 Upload Date: 3/1/2008 4:28:17 PM |
| Location: |
Eatontown, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Abandoned Railroad Siding |
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Here is a photo of the tracks looking toward the Conrail Southern Secondary |
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3/1/2008 Upload Date: 3/1/2008 4:28:45 PM |
| Location: |
Eatontown, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Abandoned Railroad Siding |
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Here is a photo of the tracks looking at the Conrail Southern Secondary. The switch is long gone. |
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3/1/2008 Upload Date: 3/1/2008 4:29:31 PM |
| Location: |
Eatontown, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Freehold Branch ROW |
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A photo of the former CNJ Freehold Branch ROW in Matawan NJ. |
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3/16/2008 Upload Date: 3/19/2008 9:34:54 PM |
| Location: |
Matawan, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Abandoned Railroad Siding |
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This track is located near the Abdereen-Matawan Phase Gap on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. |
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3/16/2008 Upload Date: 3/19/2008 9:38:14 PM |
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Matawan, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
The Abandoned Wye |
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A photo of where the switch came off looking back towards the North Jersey Coast Line. |
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3/31/2008 Upload Date: 5/7/2008 10:27:30 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
The Abandoned Wye |
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This is where the north leg of the Wye was located on the Monmouth Park siding. The wye was used during the steam era to turn steam locomotives around at the Monmouth Park Racetrack. |
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3/31/2008 Upload Date: 5/7/2008 10:26:58 PM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ ROW |
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This track is located in Long Branch NJ on North 5th Ave. This trackage was abandoned in 1980. |
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4/6/2008 Upload Date: 5/7/2008 3:41:20 PM |
| Location: |
Long Branch, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Matawan Creek Trestle |
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This bridge once carried CNJ trains over the Matawan creek on the CNJ Freehold Branch. |
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2/20/2009 Upload Date: 2/21/2009 7:03:07 PM |
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Matawan, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Bridge |
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A photo of the tracks on the trestle. |
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2/20/2009 Upload Date: 2/21/2009 7:04:03 PM |
| Location: |
Matawan, NJ |
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| Title: |
CNJ Freehold Branch ROW |
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This was once the Right Of Way for the Central Railroad Of New Jersey's Freehold Branch. The overpass in the distance is Atlantic Ave. |
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2/20/2009 Upload Date: 2/20/2009 10:06:08 PM |
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Matawan, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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CNJ Southern Division ROW |
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2/28/2009 Upload Date: 2/28/2009 6:28:49 PM |
| Location: |
Lakehurst, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
CNJ Freehold Branch ROW |
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This is where the CNJ Freehold Branch Comes off of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. |
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3/1/2009 Upload Date: 3/1/2009 9:22:31 PM |
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Matawan, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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CNJ Freehold Branch ROW |
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3/1/2009 Upload Date: 3/1/2009 9:22:48 PM |
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Matawan, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Matawan Creek Trestle |
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3/1/2009 Upload Date: 3/1/2009 9:23:08 PM |
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Matawan, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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| Title: |
Paved Over |
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Tracks that went to the Asbury Park Press printing plant once crossed the road where it was paved over. |
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3/11/2009 Upload Date: 3/11/2009 9:49:09 PM |
| Location: |
Bradley Beach, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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RXR for Nothing |
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Its amazing that they still have pavement markings for a crossing that no longer exists. |
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3/11/2009 Upload Date: 3/11/2009 9:49:25 PM |
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Bradley Beach, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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Section of track |
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3/11/2009 Upload Date: 3/11/2009 9:49:50 PM |
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Bradley Beach, NJ |
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Eric Kreszl |
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