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Forgotten History of the RRRR

 

 

 


The RRRR in South River

 

RRRR as seen in aerial maps from the 1930s - South Amboy

 

Forgotten traces of the RRRR as seen in aerial maps from the late 1920s

Philadelphia & Boston Face Brick Company

J.C.Appleby Sand and Clay Company

 

Sayreville Passenger and Freight Station

Serviss Branch Lyles Station

New Brunswick Turntable

South River’s other station – Summer Hill

 

The Raritan River Railroad in the Newspapers

1922-1983

 

Floods and Wrecks 1971-1978

The Wisconsin Connection

 

Last Passenger Train

 

Forgotten traces of the RRRR as seen in the three official Raritan River Rail Road Company maps from 1910-1915, second set from 1948-1958, and the last set from the late 1960s

 

Ducks Nest Pond in Sayreville

 

World War I sabotage on the Raritan River Railroad!!!

Axis Powers at work in New Jersey; intentionally derailing a Raritan River Railroad Passenger Train in 1915!

 

 

 

 

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