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| Shane Blische posted PRR South Amboy engine terminal around 1957 with ALCo switchers and Baldwin DR-6-4-2000 sharknoses #5783 and #5781. The engine terminal was by the old coal dock slips just east of the current Radford Ferry Rd. overpass. The sign on the engine shed behind the sharknoses read Safety First. As late as 1987, the engine shed and coaling tower remained standing but sadly they were demolished not too long after. Some abandoned track is all that remains here today. An Al Chione duplicate slide from my collection. Bob Sherwood Most likely after 1957. Note the E-7 in enginehouse. Shane Blische There isn’t a year written on the slide actually, that was just an estimation on my part. Patrick Updike Forgive my ignorance. Are the sharks tuscan or brunswick. I did not know the single whisker was applied to tuscan paint. Mike Salvatore the dip paint scheme was the last for them that I am aware of. Dennis DeBruler It is also a good view of the skip hoist on the coaling tower. |
The coal docks still existed in this Global Earth image.
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| April 1995 Global Earth |
In fact, in the middle of that image the coaling tower and engine house still stand.
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| April 1995 Global Earth |
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| 1954 South Amboy Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
Neil Becker shared Jack Bobby Lou Mulreavy's post of three photos with the comment: "People often ask what was in South Amboy during the PRR's heyday, so I present these aerial shots that show the size and scope of the facilities there, including the coal dumpers, thawing sheds, engine house, storage yards and more."
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