Coxey, William & Kozemplel, Frank & Kranefeld, James. Train near station, 1966, Egg Harbor City, NJ. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3HQ411C
DescriptionThis locomotive pulling a passenger car is seen near the Egg Harbor City Train Station in December, 1966.
This photo, taken by William Coxey, was taken from the book "The Trains to America's Playground", Along the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines to Atlantic City 1933-1976". The book was authored by William Coxey, Frank Kozemplel and James Kranefeld and was published by the West Jersey Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1988.
The caption to the photo is: "The engineman has just opened the throttle of Baldwin 6009 without making the scheduled stop at Egg Harbor as there were no passengers to get on or off train 1001 on a cold morning in December 1966. Egg Harbor, 41.1 miles from Camden, was the least busy of the three main stations between Winslow Junction and Atlantic City. The wooden station was a rather unusual looking depot, which was located just north of the Route 54 crossing in the foreground. In the background is a tank car consigned to the nearby L. N. Renault & Son winery". Note: Route 54 is in Hammonton. The printed entry is in error.
CollectionEgg Harbor City Historical Society Photographs
Organization NameEgg Harbor City Historical Society
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