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I took a quick look on Google Maps and noticed it had some property lines in that general vicinity. They are not always 100% accurate speaking from previous experience though.

Attached is the track diagram of the WJS Newfield Branch - ACRR Cape May Branch at Richland as sketched by former railroad employee Eddie Fell. Looks like double track over double track. Although built around the 1870's-1880's, I think I remember reading the electrification on the Newfield...

Maggie, Some areas seemed to have more blazes than others. I'm sure they might be maintained by different folks in different areas, especially as help comes and goes over the years. This trail intersects with so many roads, I really didn't mind the frequency of the blazes so much. I did see...

Thanks for the additional replies folks. We parked at the ranger station at Bass River and left the cars there. It was 1.2 extra miles to the trail head but not a big deal. We hiked the first 10+ miles with a full moon up to Evans Bridge. This part of the trail I wished we could have hiked in...

Thanks for the replies. Always good to have an up-to-date notice on water sources. Although with a pump, it's much less of a worry. And really, like you said Ecampbell, we could always stash water if we needed. Thanks again.

Hey Everyone, I've spent quite a bit of time in the past reading about this trail, and a lot of the details associated with it, but I still had a couple questions. I keep reading that the Bass River trailhead is at Coal Rd. Is there overnight parking by the Bass River ranger station? I see...

Yeah, interesting area for sure. If I remember right, the old base for the mile post that used to be at Hampton is down the NW embankment near the edge of the swamp if anyone is interested. I have heard of the station that used to be at Hampton, but I have no idea of what kind of structure it...

Morning all. I've spent a decent amount of time over at the Riders Switch location, both on the road that shoots straight to the former Hampton location, and along the tracks themselves just SW of the Batsto Trestle. I know there has been quite a bit written about the cranberry operation here...

Hey Guys, sorry long time, no post. So I came across a building plan for Pineland Gardens while at work today and found something I thought maybe some folks here would find interesting. Attached is a basic image of what the plan looked like with the name on the side as it was shown on the...

Kbright64 - this should provide some insight as to what is / was going on with the former CNJ when you posted. http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=31458&sid=7a45c65f036f03972edcfe5fd8dbe6da

Gabe, I believe what you are referring to are manholes. Like mentioned above the sewage system went out north out of town and bounces along before getting to what looks like "settling ponds" which are still lined with wood to this day. The system continued north heading towards Indian Cabin Rd...

It seems we live in more of a destructive world now than ever before. 10-20 years ago in order to look for something to explore, a person had to research it in the library, or drive around and actually look for it. Now there are whole groupings of places on the net where someone can scan through...

Thanks for the info Guy! I looked for this station a couple of years ago, and couldn't really find any positive indications of where it could have been. Now I know why... I was still 100 or so too far North!

I think the first frost usually knocks them out pretty good, but sometimes it takes several before they're completely gone. Chiggers have been hit or miss in different areas for me this year. Nice looking ride there TurboDan. Needs more orange spattered underneath! Lol

Bob, you are talking about this road, correct? - http://binged.it/OlHwYd That's what we were talking about above, with the pipe that has been fixed. Also talked about in this post here - http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/crossing-is-out-constable-bridge-road.6792/

Little late responding to this post... but I just happened to pass through that road back in early Aug myself to see if that pipe had been fixed. It's been washed out since 2010, and has been in various states of cross-ability (with my cycle) due to people piling stuff and dirt up there. I was...

What a cool photo! Thanks for sharing Guy.

So after checking some maps again, it looks as though this bridge could have at one time connected Atsion & Lower Forge. So I guess slag could have been brought from both Atsion furnace and forge, and possibly even Lower Forge to help reinforce the earthworks. I missed the forge slag when I was...

Makes sense only having one dam. And after I thought about it a bit, this is how I read Weymouth worked with the furnace on one tailrace from the river, and the forge on another about 100-150' South. I just can't remember if I've ever read of this combined furnace/forge operation at Atsion...

I still stop in every now and then Gabe! Very interesting that Atsion had both a Forge and a Furnace. Running off of the same waterpower I presume? Atsion doesn't really have the pick of streams/rivers like Batsto did with the furnace on the Batsto and the forge on the Nescochague. I guess...