Sunday, February 1, 2026

Monmouth Junction, NJ: Amtrak(NEC)/Pennsy Midway Tower: Pennsy vs. Pennsy

(Satellite)

Patrick O'Connor posted
Midway Tower on the NEC, which controlled Monmouth Junction
Philip Donnelly: Not just the Midway point between PSNY and MP76 but ML connection point of the Amboy branch east to the South Amboy coal docks.
Only tower i had to hoop up 19 orders, for the sand train against the grain and when we diverted psgr trains on the Amboy branch around the Wreck in Lincoln interlocking.
Jerry Gorla: Philip Donnelly I held the nites there for awhile back in my Operator days. I also remember working "SA" on the NY&LB when a ship hit the Raritan Drawbridge & I had to issue orders for.
I copied orders for the MUs to run that line over to Midway so they could get them running over to Wood where they were busing commuters to.

Bill O'Neal commented on Patrick's post
I held down a job there for a spell. Here's C&S maintainer Joe Reed standing near the doorway.

I included the substation behind it. It takes a lot of electricity to power the NEC locomotives.
Street View, Sep 2013

1954/56 Monmouth Junction Quad @ 24,000