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Badfish: The 29 August 1855 Camden & Amboy wreck just north of Burlington proved to be the worst disaster of the company's checkered history. The down train was running late and the up train from Camden was operating on "smoke signals," i.e., when he saw the smoke from an opposing train, he...

Guy: The concrete retaining wall should constitute a complete circle; I have seen some turntables without complete pit walls, but these are generally for light narrow-gauge locomotives. I suspect someone has placed overfill at the site that obscures the original configuration. Best regards...

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...

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...

James: No one has required the property owners to place historic markers at the turntable/roundhouse/shop complex site in Lakehurst, so none are present. If I understand correctly, the landowners have reactivated the condo project. The original plans for the project back in the 1980s was to...

Guy: Ben needs a smilie for embarrassed, because that's what I am right now! Thanks for the vote of confidence. Best regards, Jerseyman

Brookside: What I wrote represents accumulated knowledge from a variety of sources--some rather obscure. Sorry I cannot provide you with a title for a single work on the topic. Best regards, Jerseyman

Guy: Thanks for the kind words. The contamination in and around the plant stems not only from Superior processes, but also from subsequent operators at the plant like Pioneer. Best regards, Jerseyman

Brookside: Welcome aboard! I hope you enjoy being a member of these forums. Here is what I can tell you on the zinc smelter at Chatsworth: Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the Superior Zinc Company of Bristol, Pennsylvania sought to enlarge its capacity for wartime...

Possible charges for charging I understand from an article in today's Courier Post that Corzine's driver, a State Trooper, may be charged with a criminal offense pending the outcome of the investigation. Amazing--within the span of five days we've gone from an all-out manhunt for the driver...

Onehand: Thanks for the URL to a nice selection of Central Railroad of New Jersey steam locomotive images! Regarding Camelback engines pulling the Blue Comet, this change of motive power occurred as the Great Depression wore on and the CNJ could make better use of the big Pacific engines on...

James: Whitings did, indeed, feature a turntable--a 60-foot "Armstrong" turntable primarily for the use of Tuckerton Railroad locomotives. With the construction of larger locomotives during the twentieth century, many smaller turntables became obsolete. Such was the case in Lakehurst. As the...

Guy: I deliberately used the word "seldom" because there are always exceptions to standard operating procedures. I never say "never"! For the sake of those unfamiliar with railroad operations, I just wanted to clarify that railroads--or at least these railroads--did not normally turn cars on...

Guy: As you note, railroads used turntables to turn locomotives, but seldom used them to turn cars unless you are talking about self-propelled cars, which the R&DB, VRR, and the NJS did not use. Passenger cars featured "walkover" seats--seats where a trainman could reverse the position of the...

Pinelandpaddler and Guy: Plainville is definitely the location of Union Clay Works; I have a newspaper article in my files that document moving a stationary steam engine to the works "at Plainville." I have a brick in my collection impressed with the wording: "Ocean County 1850," celebrating...

Tom: AFAIK, Meader's books are all children/young adult works of literature. However, that should NOT discourage you from borrowing the volume from the library and still reading through it. Children's books of yesterday are like some adult books of today. The grammar and prose represent a...

Tom and Ben: Stephen Meader lived in Moorestown, New Jersey, during much of his adult life. He served as president of the Board of Trustees of the Moorestown Public Library from 1937 to 1963. He became interested in children after graduating from Haverford and obtaining a position with the...

Jeff and Bob: Bob, you have a good idea to show this to the folks at the Batsto sawmill. In viewing the above image, my initial reaction to the item is a guide and delimiter spring for an up-and-down saw blade, the typical type of equipment used in most Pineland sawmills. The invention of a...

Boyd: The operative word here is "colonial," so Scott adopted the proper word/spelling of "hennweigh." :) :) :) Jerseyman

Wow--almost 230 years later, and the British still win the massacre with a final score of 10-4. What a revoltin' development this is!! :) :) :) Best regards and with a warped sense of humor, Jerseyman P.S. Nice photos, YETI; I always enjoy images of the boys in full reenactment garb...