West Jersey Chapter member John Kilbride (at center, in orange) hosted a trip over the Princeton Branch on Saturday, March 8, 2014. After inspecting NJ Transit's new temporary station at Princeton, the group hiked to Milepost 3, now standing amidst the buildings of Princeton University on land that was once the PRR's terminal. The left side of the cast iron milepost reads 3, the distance to Princeton Junction. Originally the Princeton Branch was 3.2 miles long. Photo by Kevin Painter.
River LINE Shop Tour
West Jersey Chapter members and friends gather for a group photograph at the River LINE shop in Camden on the morning of Saturday, June 8. LRV 3503 had ferried our group from the 36th Street Station in Pennsauken to the shop complex, and is positioned over the inspection pit in this photo. After the tour, LRV 3503 took us back to 36th Street Station, where some members of our group rode the River LINE from there to Trenton and return. Photo by Dave Homer.
Wilmington Shop Tour
West Jersey Chapter members and friends gather for a group photograph beneath the date stone in the conference room of the Administration Building (Building No. 12) at Amtrak's Wilmington Maintenance Facility on Saturday, April 6, 2013. After hearing a brief history of the facility and given a safety briefing, our group toured the facility, which included visits to the locomotive shop and the wheel shop. Building No. 12 was built in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and currently houses the Facility Maintenance Staff, the headquarters for the Amtrak Bureau of Rolling Stock Engineering, and several other offices and departments. It sits between the Northeast Corridor and the Locomotive Shop. Photo by Kevin Painter.