Jersey City Terminal - Operations

Dear all,

I would like to understand the operations that once appeared in the Jersey City Terminal.
- Was there a coach yard where coaches were stabled, serviced, maintained and prepared for service in long distance trains?
- Where was a long-distance consist turned?
- When was a consist turned, after passenger disembarked and before the cars were switched to the coach yard or where they switched to the coach yard and turned prior to boarding of passengers in the terminal?
- Does one know of a good source of pictures of the station throat / interlocking area? Maybe one of the Morning Sun Books?

I will have more questions but let's leave it for now.
Thanks for your answers!

Best regards, Andrew

This may be of some assistance: http://www.lhry.org/Images/Aerial/M_COMMUNIPAW.jpg

See the aeriel photo. I believe, but am not certain, that the long distance passenger train yard is the trackage to the right of the slip switch area that expanded to the 20 track train shed. I do recall seeing the CNJ business cars serviced there in the mid-1960's. Observation cars were probably turned on the roundhouse turntables, though there was a wye formed by the Newark and New York Branch just west of the terminal area.

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Ken W2KB wrote:This may be of some assistance: http://www.lhry.org/Images/Aerial/M_COMMUNIPAW.jpg

GReat picture! Any idea what the date is?
Jim S

pumpers wrote:

Ken W2KB wrote:This may be of some assistance: http://www.lhry.org/Images/Aerial/M_COMMUNIPAW.jpg

GReat picture! Any idea what the date is?
Jim S

Up a level or two at the website, the caption says 1941. The main site is http://www.lhry.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; has lots more info and photos.

thanks. Any speculation what all that smoke is back by the roundhouse? Seems too much for one locomotive but I really don't know. Was there some kind of ash pit or dump which was always smoking that much - also seems unrealistic. JS

Great photo and great website! Wow.... I DO wish there was a more thorough look at everything. My first thought was perhaps a Morningside book, as well, as those have great CNJ coverage. I had no idea it was a HUGE as it was, I'd only ever seen bits and pieces...

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If anyone has any other good references for the JC terminal, please do pass along. Would love video.

How did trains from the terminal access the nj coast line? My guess is the crossed the bridge from Bayonne to the main land and turned south following the turnpike to Perth Amboy.

Yes--the route turned south at Elizabethport and followed what became the Conrail "Chemical Coast" line to a flying junction a short distance north of Perth Amboy where it joined the PRR line from Rahway.