firthorfifth06 wrote:as I Promised, I'm posting with the given answers:
(edit: 8/23/08 7:40 PM) Barnegat Branch: end passenger in 1950's
I am personally researching, but could still use help on:
Freehold Branch
Mt. Hope Branch
Bridgeton/Bowentown (Southern Secondary in all)
Bivalve Branch
Deerfield Branch
Barnegat Branch Weekday Passenger Service (Monday-Saturday then): Last Saturday in October, 1952, according to "Red Bank - 1951, Twenty-Four Hours at the East End of the CNJ's Southern Division," by Robert G. Hoeft, published in "Flags Diamonds and Statues," Volume 13, No. 2. In their last years, these trains ran as connecting service from NY&LB CNJ and PRR trains at Red Bank. Route was Red Bank, Farmingdale, Lakehurst, Toms River, and Barnegat.
Barnegat Branch Sunday Passenger Service - Through Train to and from Jersey City, via Elizabethport and Red Bank. Last Sunday in April, 1953, according to Hoest in the above reference. Or March 1st, 1953, according to "The Unique New York and Long Branch," by Don Wood, Joel Rosenbaum, and Tom Gallo."
Barnegat Branch Freight service: Line from Lakehurst railroad west towards Toms River appears inactive, but the automatic crossing on the road towards Manchester High School is not marked "exempt" as of August 2008, so the RR plans to have some activity some time in the future, possibly down to the tank car customer on Rte. 37 or to the nearby lumber yard. OCtrainguy has some nice photos of trains to that lumber yard when it still had active freight service.
More about Barnegat Branch service
here.
The Southern Secondary from Lakehurst north (railroad east) still sees freight service, once or twice a week, by the ever elusive SA31.
Freehold Branch Passenger Service: April 25, 1953.
Freehold Branch freight service: 1973 (from Freehold). A small segment of the Freehold Branch to a brick yard just west of Matawan had freight service longer. Perhaps until Matawan received cantenary?
Atlatic City Passenger Service: Fall 1941, with the demise of the
Blue Comet.
Bridgeton Passenger Service: 1929 or so, and was cut back to Winslow Jct. with the introduction of the
Blue Comet in 1929.
Winslow Jct. Passenger Service: Between 1937 and 1941.
A 1908 schedule shows passenger trains all the way to the end of the Southern Division at the Delaware Bay.
Southern Division Freight Service from Bridgeton: 1976 for regular service and last freight in 1978.
http://www.thebluecomet.com has details.