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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Vol. 20, No. 1 - Fall 2014

  • Amos Haines - Engineer. Wentzel

  • Haddonfield Historic Rails. Vigrass

  • CNJ Album. Hoeft

  • Dinner in the Diner. Baile

  • Last Stands for Pullmans. Simon

  • Local Scene.

Vol. 19, No. 4 - Summer 2014

  • 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.

Vol. 19, No. 3 - Spring 2014

  • 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

Vol. 19, No. 2 - Winter 2014

  • “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.

Vol. 19, No. 1 - Fall 2013

  • 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

Vol. 18, No. 4 - Summer 2013

  • 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

Vol. 18, No. 3 - Spring 2013

  • LCL (Less Than Carload). Hoeft

  • Nathan J. Cope, Jr.

  • Memories of Military Railroad in World War II. Greenstein

  • Local Scene.

  • Pennsylvania Railroad Album.

Vol. 18, No. 2 - Winter 2013

  • 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

Vol. 18, No. 1 - Fall 2012

  • 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.

Vol. 17, No. 4 - Summer 2012

  • 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

Vol. 17, No. 3 - Spring 2012

  • 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.

Vol. 17, No. 2 - Winter 2012

  • 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.

Vol. 17, No. 1 - Fall 2011

  • 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

Vol. 16, No. 4 - Summer 2011

  • 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

Vol. 16, No. 3 - Spring 2011

  • 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.

Vol. 16, No. 2 - Winter 2011

  • Fond Memories [of the PRR Back Road]. Kozempel

  • A Tribute to E. Lewis Pardee. Stanton

  • Local Scene.

Vol. 16, No. 1 - Fall 2010

  • 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.

Vol. 15, No. 4 - Summer 2010

  • 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

Vol. 15, No. 3 - Spring 2010

  • 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.

Vol. 15, No. 2 - Winter 2009

  • 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.

Vol. 15, No. 1 - Autumn 2009

  • 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.

Vol. 14, No. 4 - Summer 2009

  • 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.

Vol. 14, No. 3 - Spring 2009

  • 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.

Vol. 14, No. 2 - Winter 2008

  • 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.

Vol. 14, No. 1 - Autumn 2008

  • 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.

Vol. 13, No. 4 - Summer 2008

  • 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.

Vol. 13, No. 3 - Spring 2008

  • 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.

Vol. 13, No. 2 - Winter 2007

  • 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.

Vol. 13, No. 1 - Autumn 2007

  • 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

Vol. 12, No. 4 - Summer 2007

  • 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

Vol. 12, No. 3 - Spring 2007

  • 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.

Vol. 12, No. 2 - Winter 2006

  • 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.

Vol. 12, No. 1 - Autumn 2006

  • 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.

Vol. 11, No. 4 - Summer 2006

  • 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.

Vol. 11, No. 3 - Spring 2006

  • 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

Vol. 11, No. 2 - Winter 2005

  • 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

Vol. 11, No. 1 - Autumn 2005

  • 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

Vol. 10, No. 4 - Summer 2005

  • 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.

Vol. 10, No. 3 - Spring 2005

  • 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.