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These photographs were taken from the Robert K. Durham collection, and were photographed by Mr. Durham between 1935 and 1938. They depict the main types of motive power used at that time. Most of these pictures were taken at the Communipaw Avenue terminal, at the Hudson River, Jersey City, N.J. Some were snapped on the main line running out of the terminal. The Communipaw Avenue terminal was located on the west side of the Hudson River, with ferry service to New York City, at the ferry slips adjacent to the passenger terminal. The terminal served the New Jersey Central, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Reading; each having its own passenger sheds and terminal gates. The right of way from Jersey City to Boundbrook was New Jersey Central; from Boundbrook to Wayne Junction was the Reading; and from Wayne Junction to Washington was on the Baltimore and Ohio's own rails. Around the turn of the century, the Baltimore and Ohio inaugurated a series of fast trains known as The Royal Blue Trains, running six trains a day between New York and Washington. The Royal Blue Line was a combination of the Baltimore and Ohio, The Philadelphia and Reading, and the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The fastest of these trains ran on a five hour schedule, carried Pullman cars and a diner, and parlor cars and smoking cars. Reading engines were used prior to 1935 to haul the trains between Jersey City and Philadelphia, and later the Baltimore and Ohio used its own motive power; this was to complete with the powerful Pennsylvania.
Softcover; From the Collection of: Robert K. Durham |
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