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The Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, 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. It is 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] Yet additional passenger train stations in Scranton were those of the Delaware and Hudson Railway and the Erie Railroad.[3]
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| Central Railroad of New Jersey Station | ||||||||||||
 Vacant station building in 2007 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | 602 West Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, PA | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°24′42″N 75°40′16″W | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | Central Railroad of New Jersey: Lehigh and Susquehanna Division | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Disabled access | No | |||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||
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Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station | ||||||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1891 | |||||||||||
| Architect | Wilson Bros. | |||||||||||
| Architectural style | Romanesque | |||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 79002250[1] | |||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | 1979 | |||||||||||
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 the south, from Allentown via Wilkes-Barre and Jim Thorpe. Through trains (such as the Philadelphia Flyer (Scranton-Allentown-Philadelphia) and the Scranton Flyer, making the northbound trip, 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 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
- Wilson Brothers & Company
- List of stations on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
References
- "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. National Railway Publication Company. 74 (1). June 1941.
- "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 74 (1). June 1941.
- "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 82 (8). January 1950.
- "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 87 (7). 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
Media related to Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station (Scranton, Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons
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