Newark's many rail road stations

 

Central Rail Road of N.J. train passing Ballentine's in the Ironbound. 

East Ferry Street station near Saint Francis Street. 

East Ferry Street Central RR station in a 1912 map. 

Central RR of NJ path crossed Union St., Prospect St., Congress St., Jefferson St. up to Saint Francis Street where there was an elevated station. 

Broad Street Station.

Great Logo! It should be called, PRR & PATH Joint service.

Shown in this image is a vintage PATH (formerly H & M) PRR (Pensylvannia Rail Road) MP-52 / MP-51 K - Class in action seen departing from Newark's Penn Station, New Jersey, in the early 1960s. photo by Frank Pfuhler.

John Ruth wrote in Facebook:  Several background features confirm that the train is departing Newark. Who remembers when that giant enclosed gas holder in Harrison, was demolished? It was still standing into the late 1990's.

Nicholas Christy wrote: These cars arrived in 1957, with air conditioning and incandescent lights - an unusual combination. NYCTA was trying to get A/C to work at that time and was not successful.

Richard T Warn wrote: They were operated by PRR crews.

Keith Schaffler added: Surprised PRR crewed the trains to Newark. I recall PRR also provided about half of the equipment used on the joint segment. My neighbor, who retired from PATH in the late 1970s, told me that the Joint Service operators were H&M (and later Port Authority after 1962) employees. Don't recall crew change to PRR operators from Jersey City to Newark even though PRR owned the tracks. I might have misunderstood him. I was on a Newark bound train that he operated but that was in the early 1970s.

Richard T Warn replies to Keith Schaffler: Positive. Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) crews and engineers operated trains on the shared line between Newark and Journal Square for many years. PRR crews continued joint operation and fare/ticket collection on this stretch well past the Port Authority's initial takeover of the H&M in 1962, lasting until around 1967, when full operational control transitioned to the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH). Also I am a retired Engineer who worked for the Penn.

Nathan James wrote: Only the cars with PRR livery, were equipped with cab signals, for use when running between Journal Square and Newark on the Northeast Corridor. In those days, there were track connections between the H&M, and the national rail network.

Keith Schaffler retorts: They ran on the Harsimus line that ran to the former PRR Harborside Terminal in Jersey City, today's Exchange Place. The NEC joined the line just east of the former Manhattan Transfer location, now next the PATH.

CNJ 2408 FM H-24-66 Trainmaster is seen here in Jersey City, under the NJ Turnpike Extension bridge, with an RPO and baggage car in the consist. What would be the name of this train?

Curtis Brookshire replied: Most likely The Queen of the Valley from Harrisburg, Allentown, Bethlehem etc.

Kevin Brady added:  Very likely the baggage car was for express or newspapers, not passengers' baggage.