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Post by rockymountaineer on Oct 19, 2020 4:20:51 GMT
Title says it all... I've actually been to quite a number of these NJ train stations throughout very different chapters of my life. Enjoy!!!
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Post by josef on Oct 19, 2020 8:19:24 GMT
Thanks for posting. Very interesting article.
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Oct 19, 2020 11:25:04 GMT
Neat article. Been to many of them myself.
I used to get my paycheck in Madison Station, via company mail that was carried out from Hoboken on a train. The interiors of these stations tend to be just as awesome at the exteriors.
Hoboken Terminal is not quite as pristine as the others. The ravages of hurricane Sandy are still evident through out the terminal...many years later.
Tom
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Post by Adam on Oct 19, 2020 11:52:53 GMT
Great article. I grew up in the Amboys and only learned about the historic Camden-Amboy years later. Really fun to learn more about NJs railroad history.
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Post by laz57 on Oct 19, 2020 14:30:44 GMT
Great article and nice pics of those stations.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2020 16:17:00 GMT
Very interesting. Some beautiful buildings. Thanks!
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Post by Yellowstone Special on Oct 19, 2020 16:36:35 GMT
Never realized New Jersey had so many and still quite a few well-maintained and looking good today. Good article. 👍
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Post by RLM on Oct 19, 2020 19:07:52 GMT
Great article, with wonderful stations.
thank you for sharing.
Andre.
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Post by ptc on Oct 19, 2020 20:05:51 GMT
Terrific article, David. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by joeh on Nov 14, 2020 2:48:44 GMT
Just saw this. I'm VERY familiar with the Bernardsville station since I attended high school there from 1956 to 1960. We rode the train from Peapack-Gladstone every day, then took the half-mile walk to Bernards High. My house was a quarter-mile walk to the Peapack station (one station away from the end of the line). The Gladstone station was used in the movie "The Miracle Worker", and my mother had a bit part as a nun on board the train.
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Post by pebo on Nov 14, 2020 19:33:54 GMT
Great article, David........here are 2 more from South Jersey: Cape May  Bridgeton....  Peter |
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Post by rockymountaineer on Nov 15, 2020 2:42:52 GMT
Just saw this. I'm VERY familiar with the Bernardsville station since I attended high school there from 1956 to 1960. We rode the train from Peapack-Gladstone every day, then took the half-mile walk to Bernards High. My house was a quarter-mile walk to the Peapack station (one station away from the end of the line). The Gladstone station was used in the movie "The Miracle Worker", and my mother had a bit part as a nun on board the train. Joe, it’s a small world indeed. I grew up in Bernardsville in the 1960’s, and my Mom would often visit her sister in Peapack. So we always took the train. Her sister’s house was like yours — just a short walk from the Peapack Station. Those trips were my first exposure to REAL trains... and the rest as they say is history. 😉 |
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Nov 15, 2020 4:10:09 GMT
Cool. Riding the old “Wicker Liners” , the DL&W MU electrics. Before the installation of the newer signal systems in the 1980’s, the Gladstone Branch was mostly operated by time table authority. It was pretty complicated and the train crews and station operators really had to know their stuff to keep the trains moving and apart! A few years ago, I held the first passenger job out of Gladstone that started at 4:00am. We ran between Gladstone and Summit as a shuttle. The Gladstone branch is one of the nicest lines to run on. Very scenic. We used to get lunch at the Bernardsville station that was converted into a restaurant.  Tom |
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Post by Joe Saggese on Nov 15, 2020 11:09:05 GMT
This is a great article. The Red Bank and Matawan stations were both built in 1875 and were the same exact structures. Time wasn't kind to Matawan.  |
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Post by joeh on Nov 15, 2020 18:36:03 GMT
Just saw this. I'm VERY familiar with the Bernardsville station since I attended high school there from 1956 to 1960. We rode the train from Peapack-Gladstone every day, then took the half-mile walk to Bernards High. My house was a quarter-mile walk to the Peapack station (one station away from the end of the line). The Gladstone station was used in the movie "The Miracle Worker", and my mother had a bit part as a nun on board the train. Joe, it’s a small world indeed. I grew up in Bernardsville in the 1960’s, and my Mom would often visit her sister in Peapack. So we always took the train. Her sister’s house was like yours — just a short walk from the Peapack Station. Those trips were my first exposure to REAL trains... and the rest as they say is history. 😉 Would love to know her name. It's a VERY small town. If you made a left onto Main St., and walked toward the center of town, our's was the first street on the right... Highland Ave.
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