| RRRR New Brunswick Station Yard from 1986 |
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| Joe,
In 1986 when I moved back
to New Jersey, the RRRR Freight Station was still standing on Sanford
Street in New Brunswick. Luckily, I took pictures of all 4 sides. I
was going to go inside to look around when my Mom mentioned that this
was now an area drug dealers and users hung around, and I could walk
in and surprise someone and get shot. So I thought that outside shots
were good enough. I looked in a window that wasn't boarded up. It was
dirty and deserted, so we left.
From what Dad tells me,
there was a Railway Express Agent here and RRRR freight. According to
"Rails Up The Raritan", passenger service ended on April 16,
1938 with one passenger and officials leaving South Amboy. This book
also shows the location of the tracks and structures. According to it,
the building I have pictures of with the "Freight" sign, was
at one time the passenger station.
Lou Luczu
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