PRR and PRSL in South Jersey (Mid 50s)

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2 ай бұрын

Delair Bridge to Atlantic City and Cape May in the 1950s. Camden was the last stronghold for steam on the entire Pennsylvania Railroad, which is probably why it was visited.
0:34 - Jersey side of Delair Bridge (Jersey tower)
6:54 - downtown Camden
14:08 - Haddonfield & West Haddonfield
15:38 - Winslow Jct.
20:50 - Atlantic City
21:46 - Cape May

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@karlfey 2 ай бұрын

What a gold mine! I grew up @2 blocks from the Clementon station, spent my entire childhood(1960s-70s) watching PRSL freights. One mixed freight and one coal train seemingly every day. I was too young to remember the end of passenger service. Now live very close to where the old Haddonfield station once stood. Good to see that so much of the PRSL infrastructure is still in use today under Conrail and NJTransit. Thanks for posting this terrific video.

@mtasubwaymartasubway 2 ай бұрын

Conrail is gone

@trainman5513 Ай бұрын

@@mtasubwaymartasubway funnily enough… not exactly. Look up ‘Conrail Shared Assets’, or CRSA. On paper, its still around as a shared switching company for CSX and NS. Big Blue ain’t what it used to be, though, that’s for sure. They don’t even use their own paint scheme anymore as far as I know.

@christopherbuckley94 2 ай бұрын

It's interesting to see how much is recognizable to this day. The shot of the church in Cape May on Washington St would put the station where the current Acme supermarket and parking lot is now!

@PhilBender612 2 ай бұрын

The footage of the B6 with the slope back tender switching is so cool. You don't happen to have any footage of the Ocean County region of N.J. do you? I'm constantly looking for pictures of the old PRR line that crossed the Barnegat bay in ocean gate or pine beach area. This bridge was supposably burned down. You can still see many signs of this especially where it crossed over to Seaside Park. Hard to find photos of any of this.

@erie910 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this. My only experience on the PRSL was in 1957, riding the train from downt o wn Ocean City to a station south of there, maybe 34th St. I was 9 at the time. Train either an RDC or a single coach pulled by a switcher. The end of passenger service couldn't have been long after that.