STOCKTON SLIDE
AND
PIZZA PARTY An evening of slides, videos, movies and more!
Hosted by Railfan & Railroad Magazine
Back Home Again
National Railway Historical Society
and Friday, March 9, 2012
Scottish Rite Temple (Winterail Venue) Stockton, California
Railfan presentations, door prizes and raffles ADMISSION PRICE
INCLUDES PIZZA & SODA!
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT RAILROAD PRESERVATION PROJECTS!!
For information on the event or to be a presenter contact Steve Barry at 973/383-3355
e-mail:
steveb@railfan.com
Admission $7.00 (All sales at the door) Pizza served at 5:00 p.m. Shows start 6:00 p.m.
GET YOUR
WINTERAIL WEEKEND OFF TO A GREAT START!
12 FEBRUARY 2012 •
RAILFAN.COM
IT’S BEEN ALMOST 16 YEARS since I moved from southern New Jersey to the northern part of the state to join the R&R staff. One of the things I miss about my old home area is the easy access to a variety of short lines with interesting motive power. Sure, there are short lines up here, but the challenge of fighting morning traffic takes some of the fun out of a day of photography. Down south within a few short miles of
home I had the Salem Branch of the former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines which, in the last two decades, has been known as the West Jersey Short Line, West Jersey Railroad and Southern Railroad of New Jersey (it is currently operated by U.S. Rail). I have been back there a few times as the motive power changed — “Jersey Cen- tral” F3s (the pair currently painted “Lack- awanna” at Steamtown) and an F7 painted in New York, Ontario & Western colors worked for SRNJ, while Alco RS3s were the workhorses for the West Jersey. The other short line in the area I just nev-
er seemed to get back to visit, mostly be- cause while there was an abundance of change on the Salem Branch, this railroad was as steady as it gets. I finally got back to the Winchester & Western’s New Jersey Di- vision on November 18, and it was like visit- ing an old friend. The WWNJ has been a stronghold of older four-axle EMD power, a lot of it running as EMD intended — with high short hoods. My trip back home did not disappoint, as the lead power for the Bridgeton-to-Millville train was GP9 No. 811 (aboveat Vineland). As an added bonus, the one thing that has changed — six-axle power on the railroad — was also on the train in the form of SD9m No. 954 (also sporting a high nose, below at Millville). The WWNJ works the northern fringe of the
Garden State’s pinelands on ex-PRSL and Jersey Central tracks, with sand a large com- modity (southern New Jersey was full of glass plants at one time; a few still exist). Change comes slowly to this part of the world, and that’s just fine with me. — STEVE BARRY
TWO PHOTOS: STEVE BARRY
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