WHOA! Cool! What a great find!
Thats what I thought

Was it in the place you first suspected Guy, or was it closer to the supermarket complex.
I was 100 feet off

Guy
WHOA! Cool! What a great find!
Was it in the place you first suspected Guy, or was it closer to the supermarket complex.
Nice find Guy,that site is pretty impressive,huge.I am wondering where jerseyman said there was another turntable in lakehurst(which is buried)has a historic sign depicting the site?
Thats what I thought
I was 100 feet offIt really did not extend into the road, but it would have come close and they have a large shoulder there so I guess they did what they had to do. I would love to remove the half that is destroyed and see what it would look like with just the one half and the center stone.
Guy
Guy:
A most excellent job of finding the old Whitings Junction turntable. It has been many years since I last saw it, but it appears things have not changed all that much!. I think I indicated in a previous post that the turntable existed there primarily for the Tuckerton Railroad to turn their old and diminutive 4-4-0 American-type locomotives. The extra bulky sections of concrete in the circular wall represent where the running tracks approached the turntable. I think I'll have to provide you with locations for other turntables--or at least some other unusual railroad-related structures--to keep your winning streak going!
Best regards,
Jerseyman
So you are saying the full turntable is there underground?
Guy
Guy:
I think you are taking my previous note too literally--when I say "the Whitings turntable" I really mean the remains of the turntable pit and retaining wall. The railroad scrapped the bridge girders that comprised the turntable itself many years ago. Sorry if I misled you with my verbiage concerning what remains at Whitings.
Best regards,
Jerseyman
Well, my wording was incorrect also. I should have said the full circular edge of the pit.
The one half disappears into the ground, and it looks like it could not be complete. But I may be wrong. They could have just filled it in and the cement is what you say it is.
Guy
Guy:
The concrete retaining wall should constitute a complete circle
We found the turntable at Atsion this weekend. Coolness!![]()
I read about this site a while back and I never thought it would still be there until I talked to a friend about the place. I checked it out and sure enough, there it all was. Here is a link to my set of photos on it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinhooa/sets/72157607802209836/
Kevin