Jacques Lillie

in 3, Hoboken, Map, Monday

Map Monday 3 Hoboken

"3 Hoboken" G.M.Hopkins Co. 1933 (collection of author)

Miyerkules, Nobyembre 19, 2014

in 5, Hoboken, Map, Monday

Map Monday 5 Hoboken

"5 Hoboken" G.M. Hopkins, Co. 1933 (collection of author)

Martes, Agosto 26, 2014

in 1911, Jersey, Junction, Map, New, RR

New Jersey Junction RR Map 1911

1911 map of the New Jersey Junction Railroad

Some of the notable directors on the board of the New Jersey Junction Railroad in 1911 were William Rockefeller, William and Frederick Vanderbilt, and J.P. Morgan. So there must have been something of interest going on along this part of the Jersey Shore before Snooki. Taking a look at the vitals in the image below, the line ran from Weehawken headquarters to Jersey City for a grand total of 4.44 "main line" miles and .34 "branch line" miles. The cost of the road was $367K per mile and the stock price was $100/share.

Turns out that all the shares belonged to the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company (hence the big names involved), but there was certainly already lots of business to be had on the West Shore of the Hudson in 1911, and probably more importantly, the need for the connection between the West Shore RR (also owned by the NYC) in Weehawken to Jersey City and another access point to Manhattan, etc. Along the way the NJJRR ran across the Erie and the DL&W that went to the Hudson as well. The line ran right alongside the Erie's Weehawken Branch line, and I believe became part of Conrail's River Line branch.

The vital statistics of the NJJRR of 1911

Miyerkules, Pebrero 12, 2014

in A, And, Map, Midland, of, Op, Railroad, Session, The, Virginia, yesterday

Op Session yesterday and a railroad map of the Virginia Midland

Visited Mike Pulaski's model railroad, the Mohawk and Hudson near Richmond yesterday. This is the second time I have visited his amazing double decked layout in his basement. He models about the same time period as me( mid 1990's). Most of his crew did not show up but that meant more trains to run! If I were to ever get house with a basement, his layout is the perfect size. Not too big and not too small. Did not take a bunch of pictures, but here are a few:

This was a stack train I ran all the way around the layout.

His backdrops set the upstate New York scene.

This is a great looking feed mill on the upper deck.

Gotta love some Susie Q!

Here's a map of the railroads of Virginia. CLICK ON IT FOR A LARGER VIEW. The VMID trackage runs west out of Fredricksburg to Orange with the Mine Run branchline in western Spotsylvania County. The F&NN trackage runs east out of Fredericksburg. The F&NN trackage is not modeled on the layout.