The Pennsylvania Railroad Company’s New York Bay Railroad in Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey
This publication was produced in 2023 by Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc. (CHRS, Inc.), of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement among the Federal Railroad Administration, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office Regarding the Amtrak Passaic Towers Replacement Project in the City of Newark, Essex County and the Town of Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey. This document serves as partial mitigation for the Project’s anticipated adverse effect on the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) New York Bay Branch Historic District.
West Jersey Chapter has agreed to host this document on our website. It covers the history of the New York Bay Railroad and the development of other nearby lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Newark, Harrison, Kearny, and Jersey City. You can download a copy of this document by clicking on the title or the image of the publication.
Haddon Heights Rail History Highlights.
This webpage recounts the history of the railroad and trolley line that served Haddon Heights, N. J. Shown at left is the Haddon Heights passenger station of the Atlantic City Railroad (the Reading’s South Jersey subsidiary), now the home of the Delaware & Susquehanna Model Railroad Club. Photo by John Burlage on May 26, 1986.