The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey's Jersey City Terminal

Thanks for posting!

Opening scenes of the 20th Century Fox movie From the Terrace, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Myrna Loy, were filmed in Jersey City Terminal on December 2, 1959. Reading T-1 2124, fresh from the first three Iron Horse Rambles, pulls in with a string of 2000-series semistreamlined ("blimp") coaches. Seats have blue upholstery, so these cars were used on the WALL STREET between Jersey City Terminal and Reading Terminal, Philly, or on the KING COAL between Reading Terminal and Shamokin.

A caption identifies the location as PHILADELPHIA 1947. But 2124 was too big for Reading Terminal. Sharp eyes can catch names of author John O'Hara's fictional places on a destination board (Gibbsville, for example).

That is cool. Love the bus turntable.

Bob,

That is an excellent, informative and enjoyable video.

I also model the tree RR's. in this video.

Thank you,

Ralph

That's nice footage.

Here in New Jersey, the state government blew an opportunity to provide seed funds for a transportation museum in Phillipsburg. The CNJ terminal on the Jersey City waterfront is a perfect location to house that museum. The platforms and canopies are in restorable conditions and the terminal itself is in beautiful condition.

Historically, 90% the NJ side of the North (Hudson) River waterfront from Jersey City to Fort Lee contained railroad property. Of course now the state is in deep debt so there's no funding on any horizon.

I recall those blue B&O busses "Train Connection" roaming Manhattan to pick up passengers, then take them via ferry to the Station over in NJ.  Of ocurse, Penn Station was more convenient and quicker access, so B&O Washington service died.

Nice video, very interesting with a lot of different motive power. I attached a photo of our humble station in Wilkes-Barre Pa, about 80 miles or so west.

Don

Thanks for posting that, it sure brings back very fond memories of the CNJ. During my "early years", early 1940s thru mid 1950s, I was raised in Cranford, NJ, and once old enough, was able to ride the Jersey Central into Jersey City Terminal, and railfan there. I even have some 2 1/4" square B&W negatives, plus some rare color negative photos of the good old Jersey Central. I remember seeing LOTS of steam, and even the famous Reading Crusader, with that streamlined Pacific hauling that double observation, stainless passenger train.

Thanks again.

Great mix of eras there !   Beano's finest...EMC EA/EB and CNJ's best...H24-66 in two phases and two paint schemes.  Hopefully you also got over to the Lackawanna and the NY&LB !

rail,

Is that the RR station across, or near the Stegmaier Brewery, in Wilkes-Barre, Penna.?

Ralph 

There is another bus turntable still in existence from that era in the basement of a hotel in Manhatten on the south side of 43rd street between 8th avenue and Broadway. It is welded so it can no longer turn. The area is now used as a parking lot.

Yes Ralph, It's currently owned by Luzerne County, which has no funding to do anything with it. The county is trying to find a developer, but so far no interest. The Wyoming Valley historical Society has expressed interest, but they are only interested if it is donated. The county paid just over 5 million for the property which also includes a small strip mall and the land formerly used as a motel which used box cars as rooms, and a diner car as a diner. The property is assessed at 1.2 million, so no matter what they do, it will be a loss to taxpayers.

Don

It's a shame that all of it is going by the way side, as is, here in Long Island, N.Y.

My Wife's Maternal Grandparents, then her Mother, have a house in Nanticoke.

My wife's Maternal Grandfather was a Coal Miner and worked for the Susquehanna Coal Co., before the mines closed.

And most of the folks in Nanticoke liked and drank Stegmaier beer, more than Gibbons' beer!

Ralph

CNJ 3676, that was a nice look at everyday railroading on the Jersey side.  I would have enjoyed being a CNJ Engineer and running all those different diesels.  I believe that CNJ engine crews also handled the B&O passenger engines, which would have added even more types of locomotives.

Very interesting.  They probably could not fit any of today's buses on it if they wanted to use it for its original purpose.

RJR,

As, a child, I lived in Mann., N.Y.C. and I, too, remember the B&O blue buses running by S. Klines on the Square, etc.

Ralph

Excellent vid!  Has some stock footage from CNJ's "The BIG Little Railroad", but all of it good.