The Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station in Scranton, Pennsylvania was the western terminus of the Central Railroad of New Jersey line, 192 miles (309 km) from its base of operations in Jersey City, New Jersey. Located on West Lackawanna Avenue, over the Lackawanna River from downtown Scranton, near Steamtown National Historic Site, it is to be distinguished from the other legacy Scranton station, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Scranton Station, where service persisted to January 6, 1970.[2]
Additional passenger train stations in Scranton were those of the Delaware and Hudson Railway and the Erie Railroad.[3]
History and architectural features
Built in 1891 in a Romanesque Revival style, it was at first an unusual instance of a freight terminal being more visually striking than its corresponding passenger terminal. The station was a site for trains from Allentown in the south via Wilkes-Barre, to Jim Thorpe in the north. Through trains such as the Philadelphia Flyer, which went south from Scranton via Allentown to Philadelphia, and the Scranton Flyer, making this same route but northbound, or connections were available at Allentown for Jersey City and Philadelphia.[4]
Service ended at some point between 1950 and 1954.[5][6]
When the railroad shut down its Pennsylvania-based operations in 1972, during bankruptcy proceedings, the terminal was closed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which took it over, and has remained unused since that time.[7]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Sanders, Craig (2003). Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34216-4., 145–149
- ^ "Index of Railroad Stations, 1480". Official Guide of the Railways. 74 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1941.
- ^ "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 74 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1941.
- ^ "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.
- ^ "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 87 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1954.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John T. Cognetti (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.
External links
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