Our Famous Railroad Men
This man is well known for his public steam excursions and his ownership of C&O 614
Who is Ross Rowland?
There's a legend that this man haunts the old CNJ High Bridge Branch, looking for his lost hand.
Who is the Hookerman?
Before Penn Station New York was built, this served as the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminus for New York City
What is Exchange Place?
After serving in and around Chicago, these cars were operated around Philadelphia until they were retired in 1978
What are Electroliners?
Thanks to Hurricane Diane and the Knox Mining disaster, this railroad would come out of a merger in 1960.
What is the Erie Lackawanna?
In 1965, the PRR's Flemington Branch saw a new company run passenger trains for the first time since The Great Depression.
What is the Black River and Western?
This man served as President of the Pennsylvania Railroad during its expansion in the 19th century.
Who is J. Edgar Thomson?
The Erie Lackawanna was ruined and never recovered from this natural disaster in 1972.
What is Hurricane Agnes?
While only served by the Raritan Valley Line, up until 1926 one could take a train to Chicago from here.
What is Bound Brook?
Freight operations on the West Side of Manhattan for the New York Central were handled by 5 of these engines.
What are boxcab shays?
On March 29th, 1957, this rail line became the first major northeast railroad to be abandoned.
What is the New York, Ontario, and Western?
This railroad connects to the Lackawanna's Morris and Essex Division in its namesake town.
What is the Morristown and Erie?
This man is credited for the consolidation of what became the New York Central System.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
One of these legacy HO modellers calls Hillside, New Jersey home.
What is Atlas?
Prior to the construction of the World Trade Center, eastbound Hudson and Manhattan trains terminated at this station.
What is Hudson Terminal?
General Electric and ALCO would build 41 of these revolutionary locomotives in the 1930's, which were powered by either diesel, electric, or batteries.
What are the GE three powered box cabs?
This railroad was ordered by the federal government to take over the Delaware and Hudson after Guildford Transportation abandoned it.
What is the New York, Susquehanna, and Western?
This interurban was originally planned to be built as a bid to get the Western Maryland into Philadelphia
What is the Philadelphia and Western Railroad?
This guy who hired with the Lehigh Valley and retired with the Reading and Northern is now a well-known narrator.
Who is Mike Bednar?
The Reading Company's tunnel underneath this stadium gave it the nickname "The Hump"
What is the Baker Bowl?
Before the Nets moved into the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the site was occupied by this railyard and served this station.
What is Vanderbilt Yard and Atlantic Terminal?
This famed inventor was present for the Lackawanna Railroad's activation of it's new Electrified track.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Although leased out in 1872, this company name would last on paper until 1976
What is the Camden and Amboy?
Gladstone, NJ was connected by the Gladstone Branch of the Lackawanna, and this short line which ran from White House to Morristown.
What is the Rockaway Valley Railroad?
This man retired on July 20th, 2021 as the last engineer hired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey
Who is Frank "Jethro" Strunk?
The nickname of this baseball team was attributed to how fans avoided getting ran over by the trollies serving the stadium.
Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Before being incorporated into the New York City Subway System, this line was operated by the New Haven until the line was liquidated.
What is the New York, Westchester, and Boston Railway?
The PRR is credited for creating this signal system in the 1920's
What is pulse code cab signalling?
This Erie Lackawanna was close to merging with this famous system, until it was bundled into Conrail
What is the Chessie System?
This 10 mile line was owned and used entirely by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
What is the Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New England Railroad?