West Jersey Rails Quarterly - 2005 to 2014
West Jersey Rails Quarterly is the official journal of West Jersey Chapter, featuring articles on railroad history, current events, and Chapter happenings. Issued four times per year, WJRQ is printed on coated stock (except Vol. 1, No. 1) in 8½" × 11" vertical format.
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Amos Haines - Engineer. Wentzel
Haddonfield Historic Rails. Vigrass
CNJ Album. Hoeft
Dinner in the Diner. Baile
Last Stands for Pullmans. Simon
Local Scene.
A Proposal to Extend PATCO Service to Atlantic City. Vigrass
How the West Jersey Chapter Started. Stanton
Monmouth Removed from Sandy Hook Steamer Service. Rosenbaum/Gallo
Local Scene.
The Most Interesting Job I Ever Worked. Hoeft
An Interesting Find. Allen
Family Fun on the Rails. Mountney
MAPPing PRSL's Future. Simon
Local Scene.
Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey. Schopp
“MAIN” Trains. Kozempel
Troop Train Recollections. Wagner
Traveling by Rail at the Army's Expense. MacDonald
Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey. Schopp
Pennsauken Transit Center. Seidelmann
Railroad Recollections of Harry “Teddy or Shoopy” V. Shoop. Young
Local Scene.
A Tale of Two Locomotives. Vigrass
Operation Lifesaver photos. Vogel
A Busy Night in 1951. Birch
The General... And Now the Rest of the Story. Lee
Local Scene.
New York & Long Branch Album. Hoeft
Taking the Train to the Shore in the War Years. Brazel
Reader's Comment-LCL Freight (Vol. 18, No. 3). Baer
Well, How Did I Get Here? Marian
The PATCO Hi-Speed Line Was An Accident of History. Vigrass
Down to the Shore in Comfort. Simon
Local Scene.
Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey. Schopp
LCL (Less Than Carload). Hoeft
Nathan J. Cope, Jr.
Memories of Military Railroad in World War II. Greenstein
Local Scene.
Pennsylvania Railroad Album.
Railroad Recollections of Howard Bedwell, Jr. Young
A Visit to Beesleys Point. Kozempel
Is Railroading or Railfanning in the Blood? Baile
In the Good Old Summertime. Seidelmann
Local Scene.
Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey. Schopp
PRR South Amboy Electrification. Rosenbaum, Gallo
Theodore C. Munkascsy - A Special Man. Stanton
South Amboy Engine Change Routine. Hoeft
Phoenix Steam on the PRSL. Cook, Kozempel
Local Scene.
Rapid Transit Planning in Southern New Jersey (An Explanation of Why the PATCO Hi-Speed Line Has Not Been Extended). Vigrass
Seasonal Employment on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Lee
TRANSCAER Emergency Response Training. Baile
Oops, The Brakes Stuck. Kozempel
Local Scene.
Southern New Jersey Railroad Album: Cape May Point. MacDonald
Manahawkin Bay Trestle Photo Search and the Rossell Family of New Jersey Railroaders. Brazel, Rossell
Discussion Box (Mystery Photo). Coxey
When the Phone Rang at 4:45 A. M. Alloway, Marian
Local Scene.
When Jersey City Terminal Became Reading Terminal: The Filming of From the Terrace. Rosenbaum
On the Road to Cape May. Kozempel
Recalling Railroad Experiences. Young
Absolute Stop Signals at Williamstown Junction. Lee
Local Scene.
Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight SJ-2, Circa 1955. Hoeft
A Challenge for Our Members. Marian
Lansdale Day Special. Seidelmann
Local Scene.
Southern New Jersey Railroad Album: Budd's SPV-2000. Vigrass
PRSL No. 239: A Unique Train. Cook
National Train Day 2011. Seidelmann
So You Rode the PRSL? Marian, Driesen
J. Elfreth Watkins. Lee
Two Fort Dix Troop Train Stories. Stanton, Birch
Local Scene.
Central Railroad Of New Jersey Album: Broad Street Terminal, Newark. Hoeft
PATCO's Search for More Cars 1971-80. Vigrass
In the Garden: C. Austin Miles. Stanton
Cape May Seashore Lines in 2010. Baile
Local Scene.
Fond Memories [of the PRR Back Road]. Kozempel
A Tribute to E. Lewis Pardee. Stanton
Local Scene.
EA CTE - The End of Steam. Cook
Caboose Cooking. Hoeft
Conrail Southern New Jersey Arranged Freight Service.
Errata for Evolution of PRSL Freight Train Service (WJRQ 15-4).
Local Scene.
PRSL Album, Labor Day, September 6, 1976 MacDonald.
Evolution of PRSL Freight Train Service. Lee
Worth Every Penny. Marian
Memories of the Fisherman's Special. Etris
Local Scene.
Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey. Schopp
William Joyce Sewell: His Military, Political and Transportation Legacy. Lee
Railroad Company Magazines. Marian, Mountney
Just Another Member of the Crew. Baile
Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey Santa Train. Schwarz
Tracks, Trains and Travel 2009: A Summary of the Past Year's Informal Outings.
American Freedom Train. MacDonald
Local Scene.
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Passenger Equipment. Simon
A Tribute to Alfred H. Eldredge, Jr. Lee
A Fast Trip on a Metroliner. Stanton
The Pennsylvania Railroad's War Memorial. Mayover
Local Scene.
The Grand Old Reading Terminal. Marian, Mountney
Red Bank Retrospect - 1950. Hoeft
Absecon Station Improvements: A Public Works Agency Project (1939-40). Kozempel
CNJ's Southern Division Oyster Business: Bayshore Discovery Project - Bivalve Restoration.
Local Scene.
Newark & New York Branch Passenger Service. Hoeft
High Crime in Haddonfield (1902). Lee
My Z-Scale Train Layout. Marian
The Summer of 1954. Brazel
Local Scene.
Blue Comet Nostalgia Fan Trip. Rosenbaum
Carfloat Incident. Lee
Atlantic City Line News.
Local Rail Related Anniversaries. Kozempel
Pemberton Accommodation Crashes into Atlantic City Flyer (1907).
Tracks, Trains and Travel 2008: Summary of the Past Year's Informal Outings. Homer
Remembering North Woodbury 1945 through the 1950s. Niedt
Local Scene.
Electric Trains to Ocean City. Stanton
A Tribute to Donald B. Wentzel. MacDonald
Last Ticket from Haddonfield. Lee
A Ride Aboard the Hickory Creek. Baile
John Alloway's 42 Years with No Regrets. Marian
Local Scene.
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Album.
Labor Day Weekend 1951. Hoeft
Contributing to the Quarterly.
A Very Early Chapter Trip. Stanton
Recollections of a Teenage Rail Fan. Lee
Not So Great in Fifty Eight. Marian
Past and Present - The Delair Bridge.
Local Scene.
WJ&S Passenger Service: The Halcyon Years. Kozempel
Remembering Lou Mountney. Magee
Woodbury, N. J., Passenger Train Service, Effective April 27, 1924. Kozempel
Fifty Years from Five Mile Beach. Marian
Light Self-Propelled Gasoline Driven Motor Car.
A Trip to Atlantic City. Baile
Local Scene.
Toms River Fan Trip, March 1972. Rosenbaum
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Album: Sam Etris Photos.
NORAC Operating Rules.
Informal Railfan Event Report. Duke, Homer, Painter, Vogel
Brownies. Hoeft
Video Review: Pennsylvania Train Stations Restored and Revitalized. Marian
Local Scene.
Southern New Jersey Railroading During the Civil War. Marian
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Electric MU Car Memories. Dyre
Why Color Searchlight Signals on the PRSL? Lee
Kerr Glass, Circa 1974. Sheppard
Buena Day and the SRNJ. Young
Local Scene.
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Album.
A Night on Jersey Central's JS-1 Circa 1955. Hoeft
The Forgotten Bumper. Baile
What's in a Name? Lee
Locomotive Dedication Honoring Ed Weller. Vogel
Local Scene.
Llanerch Murals. Marian
Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive Numbering System. Kozempel
The Wreck of the Penn Central [commentary]. Marian
Local Scene.
River LINE Update. Kozempel
Seashore Lines Ticket Offices. Lee
Atlantic City Railroad Album. Baile
Philadelphia's Route 15 Trolley - Return from the Dead - Part 2. Russell/Vogel
Rail to the Fair 2006. Eisenberg
Pennsylvania Railroad's Broad Street Station Closes. Mayover
Proposed Changes to Suburban Station. Baer
Local Scene.
The Observation Car [commentary]. Marian
Southern New Jersey Train Operations.
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Album.
Operating Rules - A Way of Life. Hoeft
West Jersey Chapter Informal Railfan Events. Homer
Burlington, N.J. Train Service. Kozempel
Riding the “O&W”. Stanton
Local Scene.
Route 15 Return from the Dead - Philadelphia's Trolley Background. Russell
Chapter Archive Announced. Magee
Plymouth Switcher Identified.
Cape May Seashore Lines.
My Ride in a Caboose. Baile
NJ Transit Inaugurates New Newark Light Rail Service. Burlage
A Digest of Studies of Rail Transit for Southern New Jersey 1931 to Date. Vigrass
Local Scene.
Saturday Afternoon at Gate Block Station. Lee
Tribute to G. Lester Whitfield. Hoeft
World War II and Dreamville, Ohio. Lee
Railroad Anniversaries. Kozempel
A Brief History of the Winchester & Western Railroad.
A Trip to Boston via NJT and Amtrak. Seidelmann
New York & Long Branch Railroad Freight Operations. Hoeft
Local Scene.
Childhood Memories of Aldene. Albury
Our Gang Rides at Richland. Marian/Coxey
Wartime Salem and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Githens
The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines at War. Baile
Jersey Central Monmouth Park Trains. Rosenbaum
Local Scene.
A Dutch Treat. Williamson
The 1943 Delair Wreck. Stanton
Pine Street. Stanton
My Adventures with Thomas the Tank Engine. Baile
Local Scene.
The Pennsylvania Railroad L1s Mikado Revisited. Kozempel
The Seven-Day a Week Afternoon Assignment. Hoeft
Restoration of Trolley Service to SEPTA's Route 15. Ciocciola
Pennsylvania Railroad Monmouth Park Trains. Rosenbaum
Movie Review: The Station Agent. Marian
A Connection. Stanton
Arbitraries. Hoeft
Rainy Days and Towers. Marian
Local Scene.
In-Place Rail Welding on Conrail's Beesleys Point Secondary. Ciocciola
CTE Turntable Pit Blaze. MacDonald/Peters
Engineer Eddie Fell's Last Time Book. Lee/Long
Route 55/Gloucester Corridor DRPA/PATCO Assessment Study. Vigrass
Movie Review: Human Desire. Marian
He Knew 'JOHN BULL'.
Local Scene.
The Reading G3 in Southern New Jersey. Kozempel
Absecon Grade Crossing Elimination Project.
Living with and Working for the CNJ (Atsion, et al). Young, Gerber
An Incident in Gloucester (Runner 22A). Stanton
Camden Terminal Enginehouse (CTE): Sam Etris Photos. Kozempel
The Local to End All Locals (CNJ Freehold Branch passenger train). Hoeft
West Jersey & Seashore RR (1907 financial review).
Local Scene.
Arranged Conrail Southern New Jersey Freight Service schedule as of December, 2004.