Iron Rails in the Garden State: Tales of New Jersey RailroadingIndiana University Press, 2008 - 190 pagina's Iron Rails in the Garden State is a sampler of unique and fascinating stories about railroading in New Jersey, culled from archives and independent research. It is a collection of historical vignettes, and because it is not tied to a particular time or railroad line, Anthony J. Bianculli is free to move from one story to another, entertaining the reader with anecdotes of New Jersey railroad pioneers, sacred sites, and expensive mistakes. Included in this book are tales from railroad literature that have not been told at length until now. |
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1 The Colonel Takes to the Rails 1825 | 1 |
Fare 3 1833 | 5 |
3 Isaac Dripps and the John Bull 1831 | 10 |
4 Ashbel Welch Railroad Man 183674 | 14 |
From New Jersey to the World 18371926 | 18 |
6 Piercing the Palisades 18381910 | 25 |
Crossing the Hudson River 1838Present | 31 |
8 The Railroad and the New Jersey Bedroom Communities 18402006 | 39 |
20 The Hoodoo Trolley Car and Other Streetcar Tales 18871940s | 99 |
21 A Pair of Majestic Railroad Terminals 1889 and 1907 | 106 |
22 A Cape May Speedster 1895 | 113 |
23 The Not So Fast Line 190137 | 116 |
24 Catastrophe at the Thoroughfare 1906 | 125 |
25 Making Tracks in New Jersey 1914Present | 128 |
26 The Outlaw Railroad Strike and the Indignation Specials 1920 | 132 |
27 Modern Light Rail in the Garden State 1929Present | 137 |
9 The Jersey Central 18491976 | 44 |
10 The PJB a Really Short Shortline 1865Present | 53 |
11 The Rascals at Bay in Fort Taylor 1868 | 58 |
12 Henry Drinker and the Musconetcong Tunnel 187275 | 64 |
13 The Railroad King of Blairstown 1876 | 67 |
14 The Great Frog War at Hopewell 1876 | 71 |
15 Frog Wars Redux 1879 | 75 |
Electric Locomotive Pioneers 188083 | 78 |
17 A Railroad Bicycle and a Bicycle Railroad 1880 and 1892 | 82 |
18 Death of a President at Elberon 1881 | 88 |
19 William F Allen and the Day of the Two Suns 1883 | 93 |
28 T he Dirigible Railroad at Lakehurst 193237 | 140 |
29 Calamity at Woodbridge 1951 | 145 |
30 Railroad Retreat and Renaissance in the Garden State 1950Present | 149 |
A Little Paint Some Elbow Grease and a Lot of Love 1980Present | 157 |
Riding the Golden Oldies Present | 160 |
33 And in Closing | 163 |
Notes | 167 |
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