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Exploring the Out of Service CNJ Mainline 

High Iron Productions
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The CNJ Mainline from NJ to the anthracite fields of PA was an important passenger and freight artery for much of the 20th Century. With the advent of Conrail in the 1970s however, the line became surplus owing to the nearby Lehigh Valley mainline. Surviving as a commuter line, service beyond the small community of High Bridge ceased in 1983, however, the tracks have remained in place, and both NJ Transit and Amtrak have expressed interest in using the ROW.

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@garykuipers2696
@garykuipers2696 Год назад
I worked as a trainman for Ross Rowland's High Iron Co. based at Lebanon, NJ. I'm a retired conductor from NJ Transit and remember when there was train service from Phillipsburg east on the Raritan Valley Line. This was a great presentation, thank you.
@intercityrailpal
@intercityrailpal Год назад
Rode this on a 6 hour all stop mail train in 1966! In daylight hours we did pick up people going to work in Allentown. Open window coaches left Jersey City at 3am. Loss of this mail and packages to GM trucks bankrupted the private passenger service of the CNJ and thousands of others! Thanks bailed out Government Motors!
@Pensyfan19
@Pensyfan19 3 года назад
Very good footage! Great to hear that Amtrak may be reutilizing this main line again.
@_mynewcareer
@_mynewcareer Год назад
Great video. This line travels through some beautiful areas of NJ. Would be cool to see it back in service
@denault3985
@denault3985 3 года назад
Great footage of a historic mainline.
@de-fault_de-fault
@de-fault_de-fault Год назад
I ride the last couple hundred active yards of the old CNJ line at the other end (between Cranford and Aldene, before switching onto the Lehigh line) every day. It would be cool to see more of the line put back into service, and I can only assume Amtrak hypothetically using it would be occasion for improving some of the pinch points that can limit RVL service currently.
@PeterT1981
@PeterT1981 3 года назад
Very meticulously videoed! Great production value. Thanks for taking such care to craft this informative video
@jackwilliams5474
Man they need to get this all going again!
@kennyspry5189
@kennyspry5189 Год назад
Sooooooo sad to see abandoned rail it's like loosing a part of America...
@cats0182
@cats0182 Год назад
Always tough for me to see these abandoned rights-of-way. Nice to hear that NJT and AMTRAK know the tracks are there. I doubt that I'll see a video of the reopening of the line in my lifetime. Money just ain't there.
@dennisb-trains23
@dennisb-trains23 Год назад
Very nicely done. I love Railroad history from all over. Thanks for sharing 👍
@DelcoImagery
@DelcoImagery 2 года назад
Wow this documentary was incredible your abandoned railroad videos are top notch!
@Rexyboygamer-Vlogs
@Rexyboygamer-Vlogs Год назад
I remember going to this place called blueberry hill, and while we were parking, I saw some tracks along side the road. I checked them out, seemed like they were abandoned for a good while as they had massive pine trees growing in them. I was so excited I forgot to look for a date on the rails.
@northpennvalleysteamrailroad
@northpennvalleysteamrailroad 3 года назад
Nice video! Good that it isn’t abandoned!
@armandoperez7967
This line should definitely be restored to railroad service. I have had enough of lines ripped up and turned into trails. We know that once they get ripped apart that it becomes thousands if not millions of times harder to restore them for rail use.
@jimmimlitsch3425
The tracks are still in place in alpha as well. A couple years ago I was waiting for medication for my dog and we went over to crestwood park. Followed the line almost out to the CNJ ‘s bridge over main st. Tons of ticks on both the dog and I.
@TheManwhorailfansrarely
@TheManwhorailfansrarely 2 года назад
It used to stretch all the way to Scranton PA when the cnj had it before it was cut to Phillipsburg and then high bridge there’s more parts of the original pre Aldene connection cnj mainline in roselle pk
@doctorbob85
@doctorbob85 Год назад
Very nicely done.
@StephenCarlBaldwin
@StephenCarlBaldwin 2 года назад
Wonderfully evocative.
@NikonF5user
@NikonF5user Год назад
I'm constantly sickened by how many rail lines are abandoned or unused in the US; all I see is countless opportunities to get cars and trucks off the roads. I keep up hope that US passenger rail will see a resurgence in the face of the realities of climate change...
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