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74-460: In 1871, The railroad was brought to Tuckerton largely thanks to Tuckerton natives Archelaus Pharo and Tehophilus T. Price. The train initially ran a short track including West Creek, Manahawkin, Barnegat, Beach Haven and Whitings. It later was expanded on with tracks connecting to New York, Trenton and Philadelphia. Tuckerton Railroad (TRR) was built from Whitings to Tuckerton with 50 lb. rail. Two 4-4-0 wood burning engines were ordered. Track

148-520: A caboose. In 1889, Locomotive No. 4 was ordered, another 4-4-0 coal burning engine. Engine No. 1 has been converted to coal. No. 2 needed to be rebuilt and got sidelined. No. 3 was reported overworked. Combine No. 5 and Coach No. 6 were purchased used from the PRR. In 1891, Engine No. 2 was not rebuilt, and instead the TRR purchased another 4-4-0, No. 5 In 1892, TRR owned 9 box cars and 11 flat cars. LBI traffic

222-788: A few were painted in white with blue and red stripes during the SEPTA era. Three cars transported train crews and other railroad employees from Washington, D.C.'s Union Station to the Ivy City yards in the blue and white scheme of the Washington Terminal . The MU coaches were assigned to commuter service along both the Keystone Corridor on the Main Line and the Northeast Corridor . They were also found on

296-480: A final batch of 45 MP54 coaches were delivered, resulting in a total fleet of 626 coaches, 15 baggage cars, 52 combines and 230 unpowered trailers for a grand total of 923 MP54 type cars in service on the LIRR. The LIRR MP54 coaches came in three general styles. Classes MP54, MP54A and MP54A1 were delivered with a "railroad" style clerestory roof. Classes MP54B and MP54C were delivered with a smooth, "arch" roof. Finally

370-480: A fire in Tuckerton damaged Engines No. 3 and 4, leaving only Engine No. 5 in service. In 1900, through passenger service was established by the PRR between Camden and Beach Haven. Fare was set at $ 2 for a round-trip ticket. Among the people riding the train to Beach Haven in subsequent years was the family of author Catherine Drinker Bowen . She described her family's annual June trip to their summer house as "...

444-447: A grade crossing accident which put her out of service for good. Scheduled freight train service ended; all movements on the line were now by train order only. In 1932, some TRR passenger trains only recorded an average of 2 passengers per day. In 1933, the TRR was mortgaged and the banks’ name " Camden Safe Deposit & Trust Company " was painted under the railroad's name on most equipment. Weekday passenger service to Long Beach Island

518-443: A move that would add fifteen minutes of travel between Bamber Lake and Whiting that could have been two minutes. Kokes would build six more villages and his family continues to plan more. Leni Lenape The original natives of this area have left their mark. They would have acre lots with a post oak with three trunks surrounded by a series of Pitch Pine, Scarlet Oak, and Sassafras trees with forked tops encircling them on one side and

592-406: A new engine No. 6, 4-4-0 American style, replaced 25-year-old Engine No. 3. In 1912, freight receipts began to outpace passenger receipts. In 1913, there were now three round trips scheduled between Whitings and Beach Haven as passenger traffic slowly increased. PRR cooperated with the TRR and installed a block signal system between Whitings and Beach Haven for the summer months. In winter months,

666-407: A post oak with a single oak on the other side, surrounded again by forked trees. On their properties, they would bend trees like lightning bolts or stunt them and make swaying bonsai-like trees out of the pitch pine. Their lots would have wintergreen, scrub oak patches for acorns to eat, and mountain laurel hedges. Manchester Township provides K–12 education, with Whiting School being the only one in

740-583: A problem that was exacerbated by the frequent stops the MP54s would make in local commuter service. While the 99 E5 and E6 units rebuilt in the 1950s had better performance and a stated top speed of 65 mph (105 km/h), older E1 and E2 cars would struggle to reach 55 mph (89 km/h). A further design flaw in the propulsion gear of the E1 and E2 models required that if power was taken off at speeds above 30 mph (48 km/h), it could not be reapplied until

814-575: A single car was used on a run between South Amboy and Trenton via Jamesburg, mainly to transport high school students. For popular events, particularly the Army-Navy football games in Philadelphia, MP54 cars were used to make up some of the special trains to provide the needed transportation. During World War II, the PRR was often short of passenger equipment on weekends so trains of MP54 cars were used as advance sections of long-distance trains in

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888-562: A steel suburban MP54 coach from PRR, which becomes No. 7. In 1917, World War I caused a major drop in passengers to the shore. In 1918, federal control of all railroads in America due to World War I affected the Tuckerton Railroad. Engine No. 7, a 4-6-0, was ordered. Engine No. 4 was sold. In 1923, Barnegat Railroad was officially abandoned. Tracks were quickly removed. Passenger volume slowly fell. In 1925, freight tonnage

962-578: A subdivision of Baldwin Locomotives , on the location of Lakehurst Naval and Air Engineering base. Fire Company 33 The Whiting Volunteer Fire Company No.1 was incorporated in 1937. It was the only fire company in Manchester Township until 1955. The first fire engine was kept in the garage at Allegrinia's Bar (a popular Italian restaurant that was open from the 30s-70s), located at the end of Lakewood Avenue. Their first fire station

1036-660: A turntable. Just off of the train yard was the Lancewood Hotel. Also in town in the 1920s was Nature's Rest Nudist Colony, built on the old Jersey Pines Poultry Farm . In the Fox Hollow region, prior to Jersey Pines Poultry Farm, was the Hydraulic Press brick Company that closed operation in Whitings the year that T.S. Eliot's father took over the company and left the area a wasteland . Harry L. Neal leased

1110-707: Is an unincorporated community located on the west side of Manchester Township in Ocean County , New Jersey , United States. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone with an elevation of 180 ft. It is home to various retirement communities. The ZIP Code Tabulation Area for the Whiting 08759 ZIP code has a population of 33,180 as of the 2019 Population Estimates Program from the United States Census Bureau . The majority of

1184-941: The Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad after the war. At some point during the Penn Central era, several cars were de-motored and used in commuter service behind a GG1 locomotive. A single pantograph was retained on one of the cars to provide heat and lights. Unpowered MP54 cars (and/or combines and baggage mail cars) were built for or sold to a number of other railroads. These included AT&SF (Santa Fe) , BC&G (Buffalo Creek and Gauley) , B&M (Boston and Maine) , Erie , Lackawanna , Ligonier Valley Railroad , NYS&W (New York Susquehanna and Western, Susquehanna) , N&W (Norfolk and Western) , Piedmont and Northern and Tuckerton . Additional road names reported as possible: CR (Conrail), Union Transportation (Pemberton & Hightstown) , Consolidades de Cuba, and

1258-642: The Leni Lenape this acreage was owned by General John Lacey to provide enough water sources to mine bog iron to be processed on location into pig iron and brought back to his Ferrago Forge on Forge Pond ( Bamber Lake ). Dupont had a gun powder factory behind the Whiting Bible Church prior to WWI and the proving ground they sold to the Russian Imperial Army used to test Russian 3" shrapnel shells from Eddystone Ammunition Company ,

1332-633: The Midland Continental . In 1907, prior to the purchase of its MP54D's, the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad expanded its wooden interurban fleet operating its electrified service from Camden to Atlantic City and Millville with an order of porthole-window cars, designated MP2. These were still of wooden construction, but came with stronger steel ends, had passenger compartments 46 ft (14 m) long, overall length 55 ft (17 m), 58 seats, and were otherwise similar to

1406-525: The Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad taking passengers to and from South Amboy, New Jersey where the New York and Long Branch Railroad began. A set of MP54 cars also served as the shuttle between Princeton Junction and Princeton , and was known to generations of Princeton students, faculty, residents and visitors as the "dinky" or the "PJ&B" (Princeton Junction and Back). For many years

1480-486: The Philadelphia -based network of low frequency AC electrified suburban lines in 1915. Eventually the cars came to be used throughout the railroad's electrified network from Washington, D.C. to New York City and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . The cars became a commuting tradition during their long years of service in several major cities and were known as "red cars" or "red rattlers". The cars ran in service with

1554-508: The 1950s alongside their MU siblings. While these cars were more commonly seen in commuter service in the Pittsburgh area, they were also used over the entire PRR and perhaps even off-line in troop train service during World War II. Also during this time, several combine style cars were converted to completely coach seating by the addition of seats and porthole windows to the baggage and mail sections. Two of these converted cars were sold to

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1628-633: The Gambino Mafia and the garbage industry in NYC) and his brother Frank (Roosevelt City Land Development Company) during a time of many failed or outright land development schemes during the 1920s, planned to build a city to rival that of his home in NYC. On maps in the Ocean County Clerk office, you can find his planned community built on the old General John Lacey lot. On the map, it shows where

1702-480: The Hudson River tunnels and west to Manhattan Transfer , just east of Newark for use by the PRR proper. Between 1908 and 1915 the LIRR received a total of 225 MP54 type DC powered coaches and 65 other powered MP54-type cars. To supplement these, between 1915 and 1927 a total of 230 T-54 class trailer cars were added to the fleet along with a further 320 DC powered coaches between 1920 and 1927. Finally in 1930

1776-613: The Jersey Pines Poultry Farm and Nature's Rest nudist colony. A spring water company was established there too. In the field at the dirt section of Newark Ave. you can still find the foundation of the chicken coop, horse stable, house, water tower (windmill that sat on top is behind Sloan's Market now), outhouses, arboretum, and hotel. A local story says the locals didn't like their kids looking at them. Then, in 1976, Scarborough developed Fox Hollow, and soon later, Roosevelt City developed beyond Parisi's efforts. Parisi and

1850-602: The MP54 design. Later some of the original all-wooden MP1 cars were upgraded with steel ends matching the MP2 cars. The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad obtained some cars with porthole windows in 1911, designated MP38, for their line to Newark . The cars were partly owned by PRR, were painted in PRR colors, had 46 foot passenger compartments, 48 ft (15 m) overall length, 44 seats, and had additional center-entrance doors. The H&M cars not operated over PRR trackage to Newark had

1924-502: The MP54D and MP54D1 classes were former steam coaches converted to electric operation with clerestory roofs. Unlike the later PRR cars, the LIRR units were primarily constructed by American Car and Foundry with a few made by Pressed Steel Car Company or Standard Steel Car Company . In 1910, the PRR received its first group of MP54-type cars. Six of the coaches and two of the combination cars were provided with DC electrical equipment, and

1998-459: The PRR construction project to build tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers and build Penn Station , the PRR announced that all new passenger cars would be made of steel and that wooden cars would not be allowed in the tunnels due to the hazard of fire. A design for a steel suburban car with a 54 ft (16.46 m) passenger compartment, 64 ft (19.51 m) overall length, and 72 seats

2072-461: The PRR decided to extend the life of the MP54 cars instead of buying new equipment. The MP54s were rebuilt at PRR's Wilmington, DE electric shops with an initial batch of fifty 450-horsepower (340 kW) cars in the class MP54E5. A follow-up batch of fifty 508 hp cars in the class MP54E6 were rebuilt at the Altoona shops (for unknown reasons, the designation MP54E4 was skipped). In addition to

2146-543: The PRR started adding AC electrical equipment to 93 MP54-type cars at the Altoona shops for use in this service. Each car received a pantograph , a transformer , a power truck , a motorman's cab and controls at each end, and MU circuits. These cars were then designated MP54E to distinguish them from non-electrified cars. The Paoli line opened with electrical service in 1915 with great success, and other Philadelphia suburban lines were electrified in succeeding years. By 1933

2220-574: The PRR until the Penn Central merger in 1968 at which point they were already being marked for replacement by new technology railcars such as the Budd M1 and Pioneer III . After the bankruptcy of the Penn Central the remaining MP54s found themselves being operated by Conrail under contract with local commuter rail authorities. The last MP54 cars were retired in 1980-81 while engaged in Philadelphia suburban service with SEPTA . In 1906, during

2294-558: The TRR for about 2 miles. In 1881, PRR built a line from Whitings to Toms River and across the bay to Seaside Park and Bay Head Jct. to connect with the NY&;LB . This opened up resorts north of Long Beach Island to Philadelphia traffic. In 1884, Engine No. 3, coal burning instead of wood, was ordered from Baldwin to handle the planned construction of the Long Beach Railroad. From 1885 to 1886, Long Beach Railroad

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2368-591: The area that offers education up to the third grade. Parochial education is offered by St. Mary Academy near Manahawkin , a K-8 school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton , is in the area. From 1997, until 2019 it operated as All Saints Regional Catholic School and was collectively managed by five churches, with one being St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Whiting. In 2019 St. Mary Church in Barnegat Township took over control of

2442-412: The assembly line 28 years later, the design did more to suit the PRR's desire for standardization than the comfort of the passengers that rode them. Each motor car was powered by a single truck at the pantograph end which in turn was equipped with two 200-horsepower (150 kW) 25 Hz series wound AC motors . Using AC motors of this type resulted in poor acceleration compared to equivalent DC motors,

2516-568: The cars were sent to the LIRR. In addition to the cars built for the PRR and LIRR, the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (which later became part of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines ) received a small fleet of eighteen 650 V DC powered MP54 cars for use on its electrified interurban line between Camden , Millville , and Atlantic City in 1912. These cars, officially classified as MP54D, came equipped with both third rail and also trolley poles for

2590-470: The coaches to Tuckerton. In 1940, due to minimal traffic, and expected traffic that had converted to trucks, an application for abandonment of SNJ was submitted. The last revenue box car for Tuckerton on SNJ was shipped August 20. Scrapping of the line began. Engine No. 5 pulled the scrapping train towards the CNJ's Barnegat interchange. When the scrapping was finished, old Engine No. 5, 50 years old at this point,

2664-637: The coast traverses part of the Pine Barrens region. In 1872, Toms River and Waretown Railroad (TR&W) was built and physically connected with the TRR at Waretown Jct. and was leased to the NJS. From 1872 to 1874, Tuckerton RR ran through trains 55 miles from Tuckerton to Toms River via rights over the TR&;W. In 1874, TRR officials discussed options of building track to Trenton . In 1879, TR&W built an extension to Barnegat , running parallel with

2738-478: The company's first active adult community, Crestwood Village in Whiting, starting in 1964. Portash had Harry Wright Lake carved out of the Davenport Branch just opposite the old Tuckerton railroad on Lake Road, made two new ponds behind it, and cleared out for parking. Though Portash stopped Lacey Road from joining Lake Road at a county zoning meeting, traffic had to go past Kokes shopping plaza on Rt. 530,

2812-633: The county. Schmertz owned the Boston Celtics. Schmertz bribed him $ 25,000 to approve his land deal on the county level. A year later, Portash is indicted for extortion and conflict of interest. Turning evidence against Schmertz, Portash put him in jail, and when they used his testimony against himself, he set a US Supreme Court precedent that you cannot incriminate yourself while providing testimony against another. Afterward, they removed him as mayor of Manchester, elected his wife, and made him town administrator. By 1990, he had stolen over $ 20 million from

2886-496: The electrified PRR area. During these years, the PRR also used solid trains of MB62 and MBM62 cars to carry express from Penn Station to various locations. In the days of Penn Central the MP54s ventured onto former New Haven tracks solely during railfan charters, in particular a June 14, 1970 fantrip from Penn Station to New Haven which included the New Canaan Branch . Steam-hauled P54 cars served well into

2960-448: The entire PRR line from Philadelphia to Penn Station had been provided with AC electrification and the lines from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. and Harrisburg were subsequently electrified as well. MP54 cars then provided local service throughout this area. Large numbers of MP54 MU cars were obtained both by electrifying existing non-electrified MP54 cars and by purchasing and building entirely new cars. As improved electrical equipment

3034-406: The equipment was removed and stored for the next season. The track in Whitings was reconfigured and the wye was eliminated. A turntable was installed to be able to turn engines. Speed limits on the line from Whitings to Manahawkin were set at 60 MPH to match the PRR's line from Camden. In 1914, the first automobile bridge was completed from the mainland to Long Beach Island. In 1915, TRR purchased

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3108-573: The island. The gondola car was retrieved by truck, one trip for the body and a second trip for the trucks. In 1936, Tuckerton Railroad requested abandonment proceedings. Alternatives to TRR operations were considered by the on-line businesses. The most likely carrier would have been the Central Railroad of New Jersey ( reporting mark CNJ ), operating the line from its Toms River branch which terminated in Barnegat. The CNJ declined, stating

3182-416: The map to be on Block 6, Lot 66 right behind the planned city hall. He sold about eight concrete houses and 20 acres (8.1 ha) to a married couple of masseuses from his Brooklyn neighborhood, which Doctor's Pond is named after. The masseuses opened a nudist colony called Nature's Rest that burned down in the 1970s. At Doctor's Pond, you can see the bridge and foundation of the pump house that served water to

3256-651: The masseuses owned the Arsarco property and its checkered past, along with many others. Joe Portash Joe Portash a Democrat member of Mayor Hague 's machine in Jersey City moved south and became a Republican Ocean County Freeholder. Soon he met Robert J. Schmertz of the soon-to-be Leisure Technology that developed the Leisure Villages in Manchester when he was mayor and still holding a position in

3330-513: The members of a fire call. In the past, Whiting was one of the first communities in the country to elect an African-American judge. Andrew M. Battles won his seat when most of the white settlers of the area were out in the woods during deer season. He would hear court on the porch of his gas station and adjourn when he had a patron at his pump. Roosevelt City A plan of mobster Joseph Parisi (of Murder Inc. through Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and later by Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia , and later

3404-416: The new, more powerful propulsion gear, other new equipment was installed including roller bearing equipped equalized trucks , new windows, and recessed transit-type lighting In 1951 there were a total of 481 AC MP54 cars of all types in service, consisting of 405 MP54, 42 MP54T, 10 MPB54B, 9 MPB54, 7 MB62, 4 MBM62, and 4 MBM62T cars. While state of the art in 1908, when the last brand new MP54 rolled off

3478-655: The next highest hill being Crow's Hill, where you can still see Hangar 1 and the site of the Hindenburg Disaster and tracer fire at night from firing ranges on Fort Dix . Industries in Whiting Tehophilus T. Price had built the Tuckerton Railroad with yards in Whiting and Tuckerton . Here he built Wye where the Tuckerton Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad , and Central Jersey Railroad could interchange tracks. Later replaced by

3552-411: The normal 400: 34 (MP54E3+MP54T) + 4 (MP54E3+MBM62T) + 8 (MPB54BE3+MP54T). These special trailer motors could be identified by a small golden keystone above the number on the side of the car. They also had larger louvers on the side due to the greater demand for cooling air. In time it was apparent to better distinguish between the non-electrified and electrified cars aside from the letter E, thus it

3626-601: The property to Eliha J. Granger of the Philadelphia office of the Hydraulic Press Brick Company (incorporated in 1866 in St. Louis, first president steps down in 1905 to travel) for $ .10 per cubic yard of clay with a minimum rent of $ 250 a month. Under the stipulation, he built an operation that will produce 5,000 'stiff mud’ bricks a day to be delivered to a siding on the Tuckerton Railroad where they would have their own box car. Originally bought or taken from

3700-608: The rest were for service in trains pulled by steam or electric locomotives. Penn Station opened September 8, 1910, with service to Long Island points being provided by LIRR MP54 cars. PRR service out of Penn began November 29, 1910 primarily using electric locomotives . The eight electrified PRR MP54 cars were used for shuttle service between Penn Station and Manhattan Transfer, an island station that facilitated passenger transfer with PRR trains going to or from Exchange Place in Jersey City . This shuttle service ended in 1922, and

3774-495: The rich neighborhood, the poor, the churches, city hall, factories, and train stations were to be built. All built alongside the Tuckerton Railroad, which would connect to rails going to Atlantic City, New York City, and Philadelphia. The roads were all laid out, including a central grand boulevard named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt with a fountain (which to this day is the only road not paved). One church can be seen on

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3848-675: The same overall length, body shape, and characteristic round end windows often referred to as porthole or owl-eyed windows and large roof-level headlights. The passenger-baggage combination cars (52 seats) were designated MPB54. In 1911, baggage cars with 62 ft (18.90 m) baggage compartments were added and designated MB62. In 1913, baggage-mail cars with the same dimensions were added and designated MBM62. In 1914, passenger-baggage combination cars with longer baggage compartments and 40 seats were added and designated MPB54B. In 1915, passenger-baggage-mail combination cars with 24 seats were added and designated MPBM54. The first group of MP54 cars

3922-496: The school, which remained on the same Manahawkin campus, and changed its name. The other churches no longer operate the school but may still send students there. Also, Monsignor Donovan and Saint John's School are offered. People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Whiting include: This Ocean County, New Jersey state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . PRR MP54 The Pennsylvania Railroad 's MP54

3996-537: The segments of the line that made use of overhead lines. These cars were used until electrified service on the PRSL was ended in 1949. In late 1912, PRR engineers recommended large-scale electrification of PRR lines with alternating current (AC) at 11,000 volts and 25 cycles, starting with the suburban service along the Main Line between Philadelphia and Paoli . This project was authorized soon thereafter. In 1914,

4070-568: The southern section to Beach Haven was reorganized as the Philadelphia and Beach Haven Railroad. This line was then leased to the PRR. The northern portion was reorganized as the Barnegat Railroad. The PRR owns all the rolling stock. The Manahawkin and Long Beach Transportation Company was created to run trains from Barnegat City Junction to Barnegat City, since the PRR (and thus TRR) would not run trains to Barnegat City anymore. In 1894, TRR Engines No. 1 and 2 were scrapped. In 1895,

4144-407: The time to get to Barnegat was already 8 hours, and a trip further to Tuckerton and back would have required overtime hours, and that would have not been profitable for the little traffic moved. On January 31, 1936, the last train ran on the TRR. On March 26, 1936, H. E. Salzberg Co , a salvage firm bought the assets of the TRR with intent to operate or salvage the line. In 1937, the new operator

4218-666: The town when he died in Bridgton, Maine , on Long Lake where the town veterinarian signed his death certificate. Two weeks after his closed casket funeral, his twin brother would be seen in Harrison on top of the lake where his house was. The township went into receivership, and the FBI took control of the town. Their investigations stopped before reaching the county level. After working with Schmertz and Leisure Technology, Portash joined forces with Miroslav “Michael” Kokes, who built

4292-492: The township's population of 43,070 lives here. Whiting was once a station stop on the southern branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey , a line known for the Blue Comet express. Whiting Station was located at the intersection of Diamond Road and Station Road. The town and the train station were named after Nathaniel Whiting's lumber mill. The highest point in town is Halfmoon Hill, with an elevation of 205 feet, with

4366-840: The train slowed back to 30 mph lest arcing damage the motors. The 1908 truck design provided little in the way of ride quality, and friction bearings on unmodified cars retarded performance further. Noise from the primitive toothed gear drivetrain (a characteristic common to contemporary MU cars on other railroads) could become quite loud at high speed which made the relative quiet of unpowered trailer cars (if utilized) attractive to some regular riders. The MP54 cars ran from 1915 until 1981 on many lines, through many years of PRR service and into Penn Central , Conrail , New Jersey Department of Transportation , and then SEPTA and New Jersey Transit service. They wore several PRR Tuscan paint schemes as well as Dark Green with white lettering in PC times and

4440-466: The trip down began for us in a ferryboat from Philadelphia to Camden, then the dusty, cindery cars, very stuffy until we reached the bridge and the bay, when a life-giving air came suddenly, as if someone opened a door." In 1908, PRR canceled the Manahawkin & Long Beach Transportation Company's lease of Barnegat Railroad due to track conditions. The TRR will now operate this line again. In 1910,

4514-405: Was a class of electric multiple unit railcars. The class was initially constructed as an unpowered, locomotive hauled coach for suburban operations, but were designed to be rebuilt into self-propelled units as electrification plans were realized. The first of these self-propelled cars were placed in service with the PRR subsidiary Long Island Rail Road with DC propulsion in 1908 and soon spread to

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4588-444: Was almost doubled with moving cement, sand, fill, and stone for the new NJ State Highway No. 9 which is parallel to the TRR. In 1926, passenger volumes declined rapidly. In 1927, Coach No. 7 returned to PRR to become PRR No. 389. In 1929, passenger totals for the year were only 20% of 1920 figures. The TRR had higher than average freight tonnage due to building of the automobile causeway to Long Beach Island . A second hand engine

4662-411: Was already under development, along with one for a corresponding passenger-baggage combination car. Anticipating that many of the cars would eventually be used in electrically powered multiple-unit (MU) services, the cars were designed to accommodate electrical equipment and were designated MP54 where the M is for motor and the P is for passenger. Additional types of these cars were developed, all with

4736-419: Was built and located on Central Avenue, between Manchester Blvd. and Cherry Street, which housed their first new fire truck, which was a 1947 Ward La France. The building was basically a two-bay garage with no other rooms; the trucks had to be pulled out for any function. A wood-burning stove in the rear of one bay supplied heat to the building. They had a large metal ring that was hit with a sledgehammer to alert

4810-632: Was built past Tuckerton station to the waterfront at Edge Cove for connections to steamships that took vacationers to Long Beach Island during summer months. Connections with the Pemberton and New York Railroad, later part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), and the New Jersey Southern Railroad (NJS), later part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey , (CNJ) were made at Whitings. The route from Whitings toward

4884-622: Was cut up on site in Barnegat. In 1941, the last shipment from SNJ, consisting of three cars of scrap, left Barnegat January 16. In 1973, the last piece of TRR track, used in Barnegat as a siding by the CNJ, was taken up in the spring. In 2007, the Jersey Shore Live Steam Organization, a 501c non profit organization, planned to rebuild the Tuckerton Railroad in 1/8 scale in a 64-acre park in New Gretna, New Jersey . Whiting, New Jersey Whiting

4958-413: Was decided to make the initial M be a "small" capital letter for the non-electrified cars. Small capital letters are awkward to use, so many books have used the LIRR scheme of omitting the initial M for the non-electrified cars (P54) while less commonly a lower-case m is used instead of the small capital (mP54). In 1950, faced with the need for expensive new equipment for unprofitable suburban service,

5032-461: Was delivered to the PRR subsidiary Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in 1908 which was already operating a 650-volt DC electrified service to terminals on Long Island with its fleet of MP41 cars. Some were used for a while in non-electrified service until the East River tunnels were completed allowing service into Penn Station. Simultaneously, the same electrical system was being installed for use in

5106-457: Was developed in later years, a numeral was added to signify the type of this equipment. Between 1926 and 1930 a further 144 cars were delivered from PRRs main shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania and Standard Steel in the class MP54E2. Between 1932 and 1937, a total of 46 married pairs were constructed by Altoona that consisted of an unpowered trailer (designated T) that was towed by a motor car (designated E3), with 736 total horsepower compared with

5180-425: Was graded and a trestle was built from Manahawkin to Long Beach Island. It was built with 60 lb rail on the island connecting Barnegat City to Beach Haven , and leased to the PRR. In 1887, dissatisfaction with the long route via Whitings lead to planning for a 32-mile shortcut from Medford to Manahawkin to shorten the time to Long Beach Island, but the line was not built. During the same year, TRR purchased

5254-521: Was named as Southern New Jersey Railroad Company, Inc. (SNJ), as repairs to Engines No. 5 and 6 stored in Tuckerton began. The connection at Barnegat with the CNJ was used, enabling abandonment of the Barnegat to Whitings part of the line. Rails were removed from Long Beach Island. In 1938, SNJ showed a small profit of $ 616. There was a NRHS railfan trip on the SNJ on April 16, 1939. CNJ Blue Comet equipment showed up in Barnegat and SNJ Engine No. 5 and 6 took

5328-543: Was noted as being less than expected and caused a drain on resources for the TRR. In 1893, a shortcut was planned again. The panic of 1893 terminated any future discussions regarding new routes. The Barnegat City branch was foreclosed by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), and all train service on it was terminated. In 1894, Long Beach Railroad was officially dissolved and broken into two pieces. The connecting track from Manahawkin to Barnegat City Junction and

5402-474: Was purchased, No. 14, a 4-4-0 type. Remaining passengers were accommodated on borrowed PRR MPBM54 passenger-baggage-mail combine, usually No. 5208. 1930 was the last year of TRR profitability. In 1931, bus service was coordinated with the PRR for trains at Manahawkin to Beach Haven. TRR combine No. 5 was dismantled. Coach No. 6 was used as a caboose but eventually got sidelined and never used again. Engine No. 14 flipped on her side but got repaired, only to have

5476-475: Was terminated. Weekend service continued. On November 16, 1935, a nor'easter storm struck the Long Beach Island area. Engine No. 7, with a freight train made its way from Beach Haven across the bridge to the mainland despite waves breaking over the rails. The next day, a tidal swell washed away the bridge to Long Beach Island, effectively ending all service, and stranding a lone, empty gondola car on

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