Steve Barry’s Favorite South Jersey Rail Photos

WJC member and Editor of Railfan & Railroad magazine Steve Barry presents his favorite personal South Jersey rail photos of the past 40 years, followed by a question & answer session. Railroads covered include Conrail, NJ Transit, PATCO, Amtrak, Southern Railroad of NJ, and Winchester & Western.
This presentation was recorded live at the January 25, 2021 virtual meeting of the West Jersey Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
For more of Steve's photography see: www.railroadphotographer.com/
00:00 Presentation
52:24 Q&A

[@railbug6281]

Amazing photos and commentary, thanks to you all for sharing😊

[@therailcinema]

Beautiful collection of images and great commentary. Thanks for sharing

[@craigfazekas3923]

Great collection !! I have several photos from the "Back Road" line from Camden to Mt. Holly from 30+ years ago. Several include stuff that isn't there any longer.... Like a GP-15 up on the plate girder bridge at "Dead Man's Curve" in Moorestown. Another is of end cab switchers over the A.C. line in Pennsauken. Those rails were still in place & serving the lumber yard at Cove Rd. at the time. Me & my brother both witnessed a derailment just outside of that lumber yard. The engine skipped the rails (rear trucks) and went right back up onto the rails- thereby pulling the 1st boxcar behind it off the rails......weird. But true !! 🚬😎

[@kge420]

You wouldn’t happen to have any photos of the Rich Bros coal towers at 36th St in Pennsauken?

[@craigfazekas3923]

@@kge420 No, sorry I don't. Check out the West Jersey Rail Society videos on KZbin. They are GREAT & might have what you're after.... 🚬😎

[@Signal1072]

Anything from the end of line in mount holly per chance?

[@Signal1072]

Or any info on the older businesses in the industrial park? I’m sorry I’m desperate the forums and chat rooms have not delivered what I’m looking for.

[@kevinb9327]

I enjoyed this very much. I was working in Moorestown, and attended Rutgers Camden. I bought my first railroad set at Pennsauken "Mall". Early 70s.

[@rickschell7874]

I liked it. Very educational. Well presented .

[@tmann8725]

Awesome photos, thanks!

[@MarkInLA]

Bet few are cognisant of the absence of tagging/graffiti/spray paint all over everything as it is today ! What a pleasure seeing rolling stock and locos the way they should be !!.. I oft wonder if spray paint could be licensed by paying, say, a one time ( if over 18), $25 fee at DMV for a plastic card to present at paint store.. My belief is it could cut down the tagging by 80% say... Don't even know why these kids waist their $$ and time standing there doing the same 3D style over and over when they should be out chasing chicks !! Anyway, thanks for fabulous fotos !!

[@LearnwithJanice]

Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸

[@Eye_Exist]

i don't know about others but to me trains are a very weird combination of such sad dystopic ugliness they look they crawled straight from orwell's 1984, and the inexplicable beauty in it.even passenger trains excluding bullet trains follow this very same pattern. it's such an uniform pattern it really looks like the railroading industry alltogether wants to look bad=D