I know there was a large coal gondola classification yard in South Amboy along the amboy secondary. Looking at historicaerials I can't even believe how massive it was.
But my question is with the facility south of there over the bridge, near the NJT station. I know that trains had to switch from electric to diesel before NJT electrified the line going south. But it looks like in the 40s-60s that it was much more than a engine switch around. Looks like a major locomotive shop and yard. I think it was part of the coal operations.
Can anyone clarrify. Wow this area sure is a ghost of its former self.
The location of this facility: if you are standing in the current NJT parking lot looking north toward where the coal yard used to be, look to your immediate right. It was huge...and it was all coal gondolas parked in the yard. Looks like the yard and buildings survived into the 1980s but now nothing but sand.
But my question is with the facility south of there over the bridge, near the NJT station. I know that trains had to switch from electric to diesel before NJT electrified the line going south. But it looks like in the 40s-60s that it was much more than a engine switch around. Looks like a major locomotive shop and yard. I think it was part of the coal operations.
Can anyone clarrify. Wow this area sure is a ghost of its former self.
The location of this facility: if you are standing in the current NJT parking lot looking north toward where the coal yard used to be, look to your immediate right. It was huge...and it was all coal gondolas parked in the yard. Looks like the yard and buildings survived into the 1980s but now nothing but sand.
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