CNJ in Carranza

I was looking over the CNJ Track Diagrams, 'Carranza' shows up as a town it passes through. Had some time to kill tonight, drove up to where the tracks cross Tuckerton Rd, all that Carranza appears to be is a monument. Was there some sort of industry there the CNJ served that it shows up on thier maps?

rrbluesman wrote:I was looking over the CNJ Track Diagrams, 'Carranza' shows up as a town it passes through. Had some time to kill tonight, drove up to where the tracks cross Tuckerton Rd, all that Carranza appears to be is a monument. Was there some sort of industry there the CNJ served that it shows up on thier maps?

I don't believe so. The CNJ probably included it as part of the tribute to the aviator who lost his life there. Probably were special trains to the dedication of the monument and even periodic anniversary trips from time to time.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Carranza

Hi Are the tracks still there?

Yes, but they are heavily overgrown with trees and brish

If you go to http://mapper.acme.com/ and enter "High Crossing", NJ and then go to "topo mode" and zoom in until you get the high resolution topos (takes a few minutes for the server to respond sometimes), it shows the exact memorial location just NW of the tracks at the crossing of "Carranza Rd", about a mile NE of High Crossing. From the satellite photo, there doesn't seem anything at High Crossing either, at least these days. JS

I found Carranza on a hike up the railroad tracks from Elm. I have been hiking the division in pieces the ROW doesnt make a lot of sense to e in places.