Jersey Central

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My CNJ Commuter races to Jersey City:



Bryce

Have a lot of CNJ. A few of the engines i took pics of.

Central Railroad of New Jersey #107 on my 10’-by-5’ layout. USRA 0-6-0 steam engine model by Atlas O.

MELGAR

My CNJ …

Tom

I like the CNJ and Baldwin diesels ( sometimes you have to make your own )

@Krieglok posted:

My CNJ …

Tom

What a sharp looking camelback Tom, hope all is well!

Bryce

Here, a Jersey Central "New York Clocker" from Allentown is approaching 'Edgewater' on the Baltimore & New York a few years back.  There were several of these trains by that name in a CNJ timetable listed in the May 1954  "Official Guide of the Railways". Westbound runs to Allentown were the "Raritan Clockers."

S. Islander

I'm from Chicago, so never was familiar with CNJ, but, this is one of my favorite locos, because it is so "Lionel".

I recently bought this Lionel CNJ illuminated caboose fro my LHS:

With my long and narrow layout with 031 curves and reverse loops on the ends of the 2 main lines, I tend to prefer traditional  (as opposed to scale) train cars and caboose so I can run longer trains.  IMO, the size, style and colors of this CNJ caboose is ideal for my layout.

This is an easy question to answer: what is the Jersey Central most famous for?

@Oscale_Trains_Lover_ posted:

What a sharp looking camelback Tom, hope all is well!

Bryce

Hi Bryce! Doing great! The camel back is a MTH PS3 version. Can’t wait to run it one of these days…

A bit more CNJ…a car I painted..

Tom

"This is an easy question to answer: what is the Jersey Central most famous for?"

Last mainline RR to use Camelbacks?

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

This is an easy question to answer: what is the Jersey Central most famous for?

These puppies that I'm working on?

JET and Magicland, for all I know about the CNJ, which isn't much, you may be right, but this is what I had in mind:

Would love to see the other Blue Comets out there, including the real thing and the pre-war Standard Gauge and tinplate models, among others.

A neat Blue Comet, Arnold! The former roadbed for the Central, and the Blue Comet is now a hiking trail, literally outside my daughter’s backyard gate in Barnegat,NJ. It’s a nice trail surrounded by pine trees. Two of my six granddaughters on the trail.

Artie, thank you for sharing that lovely photo of your granddaughters and the info about the Blue Comet and CNJ.

I have strong ties to NJ, which is part of the appeal for me of the CNJ, and everything about NJ, for that matter.

I had very enjoyable visits during my childhood with my late aunt and uncle, who lived in beautiful home on a 5 acre estate in Pennington, NJ, and I usually spent 2 weeks during summer vacations visiting them with my mother at their beach home on Long Beach Island (LBI).

Coincidentally, long before I met my wife, who is originally from the Troy, NY area, she also had family get togethers for 1 week every August at LBI. We literally criss-crossed every summer during our childhoods for 20 years, and never met until a cousin of mine (who was a co-worker of my wife at the time) introduced us in 1977.

Since 1978 my wife and I have had family reunions for 1 week every August at LBI, where we rent a home. Other relatives rent other homes in LBI, and we gather every day on the beach in a group of 50 or more of us.

Arnold

Arnold, great story. I’ve fished the Jersey shore all my life, and my daughter is only about 20 minutes across the causeway to LBI. I used to fish the other side of the inlet at Island Beach State Park, too. I love the railroad history of NJ.

Fun fact; Last night I ran on the ex CNJ Southern secondary....

Another great thing about NJ: the best corn and tomatoes in the World, IMO.

I saw this Plasticville Farm Stand not long ago at my LHS, and I had to have it on my layout, and so it is.

There happens to be a similar looking farm stand in Beach Haven on LBI.