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Issue Contents Order
Volume 1, No. 1
September 1995
Quantity Limited		 * PRSL Work Equipment.
* Demise of the Broadway Limited.
* Current Events.
Volume 1, No. 2
December 1995		 * Cape May's Harbor Branch.
* Childhood Memories.
* Current Events.
Volume 1, No. 3
March 1996		 * Conrail Office Car Special Trip.
* Current Events.
Volume 1, No. 4
June 1996		 * A Railfan's Delight.
* Penns Grove Enginehouse Fire.
* Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey.
* Current Events.
Volume 2, No. 1
September 1996		 * South Amboy Engine Change.
* PATCO from a Different Perspective.
* Circus Move on the Southern.
* Current Events. 		SOLD
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Volume 2, No. 2
December 1996		 * A Ride on the Cape May Seashore Lines.
* From the Trainmaster's Scrapbook.
* PRSL Passenger Service Discontinuance Dates.
* Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey.
* Current Events.
Volume 2, No. 3
March 1997 		* Quinton Branch.
* Regiosprinter.
* Memories of the Reading (PRSL).
* Somewhere in the Woods Around Egg Harbor City.
* PRR Engine No. 7279.
* Current Events.
Volume 2, No. 4
June 1997		 * Camden & Amboy Railroad Ferries.
* Commuting on the Atlantic City Line.
* On the Boardwalk in Atlantic City: The World's Largest Miniature Railway.
* Current Rail Scene in South Jersey.
* Current Events.
Volume 3, No. 1
September 1997
Quantity Limited		 * Dark Territory: No Signals, No Blocks, No Radios.
* Camden & Atlantic Survey.
* Notes on PATCO Since 1990 to Supplement the BookThe Lindenwold Hi-Speed Line.
* Current Rail Scene in South Jersey.
* Current Events.
Volume 3, No. 2
December 1997		 * Hanging Around the Railroad.
* Quirks of a Traffic Control System.
* Growing Up by the Railroad.
* Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey.
* Current Events.
Volume 3, No. 3
March 1998		 * A Look at the Current Scene.
* The Dispatcher Is Looking All Over For You Guys.
* Backward Compatibility.
* URHS.
* Ride Till You Drop.
* Clamtown Sail Car.
* An Electric Railway to Atlantic City.
* Current Events.
Volume 3, No. 4
June 1998		 * Dark Territory: No Signals, No Blocks, No Radios (Part II).
* Summer Traffic on the ACRR.
* Current Rail Scene in South Jersey.
* Current Events.
* Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey.
Volume 4, No. 1
September 1998		 * An Awakening.
* Who Cries for Conrail?
* Shooting OCS104.
* The Wreck of the Blue Comet.
* Video Reviews.
* Current Events.
* Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey.
Volume 4, No. 2
December 1998		 * A Relationship: The C&A, Collingswood, and the West Jersey Chapter.
* Chapter Sponsored Film Restoration.
* Steam Locomotive Usage on the PRSL.
* My Ride on a Conrail Wayfreight.
* Atlantic City Observations.
* Current events.
Volume 4, No. 3
March 1999		 * Cape May Seashore Lines Reopens Line into Cape May.
* The Engine Needs a Couple Quarts of Oil.
* New York City Subway Railfan Trip.
* More on the C&O Portable Layout.
* Walkin' Talkin' Cape May Blues.
* Current Events.
* Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey.
Volume 4, No. 4
June 1999		 * My (Almost) First Ride Behind Steam.
* Last Run of the Broker from Jersey City.
* Something for Everyone.
* Video Review: "PATCO's Lindenwold Line."
* Current Events.
* Along the Iron Trail in South Jersey.
Volume 5, No. 1
Autumn 1999		 * Dark Territory - Reprise.
* On the Way to Cape May.
* Graybeards Review Lubin Philadelphia Films.
* New Jersey Railroad-Related Web Sites.
* James E. Strates Show Visits South Jersey.
* Current Events.
Volume 5, No. 2
Winter 1999		 * Growing Up by the Railroad.
* Master Plan Funded for N. J. Transportation Museum.
* Corrections to Dark Territory - Reprise.
* Current Events.
Volume 5, No. 3
Spring 2000
Quantity Limited		 * The Florence Branch.
* Middletown & Hummelstown Trip.
* A Day at Hamilton and Rahway With a Train Ride to Matawan.
* Current Events.
Volume 5, No. 4
Summer 2000		 * My First Trip on the Back Road.
* A Tale of Two Cabin Cars.
* Recollections of Eddie Fell.
* Background on the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex Line Controversy.
* Video Review: "The Pennsy in New Jersey".
* "I Tought Dey Vant Us to Call."
* Current Events. 		SOLD
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Volume 6, No. 1
Autumn 2000		 * Dim Prospects: The Delaware River and Atlantic Railroad.
* Oldest PRR Coach a Goner.
* A Ride on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line.
* Beesley's Point Power Plant Tour.
* Current Events.
Volume 6, No. 2
Winter 2000		 * Summers, Seashore Lines and the Sixties: Confessions of a PRSL Block Operator.
* WJC Picnic.
* Southern New Jersey Light Rail Line Report.
* Current Events.
Volume 6, No. 3
Spring 2001
Quantity Limited		 * Silver Cars to the Seashore: The 50th Anniversary Ceremony in Cape May.
* Memories of the PRSL Bridgeton-Camden Commuter Train.
* Southern New Jersey Light Rail Line Report.
* Current Events.
Volume 6, No. 4
Summer 2001		 * Named Trains of the PRSL and Predecessors.
* Southern New Jersey Light Rail Line Report.
* The Observation Car: Silver Anniversary.
* 'Mickey Mouse Rules.'
* Current Events.
Volume 7, No. 1
Autumn 2001		 * Salem Scene: the 40-A Drill Crew.
* Perth Amboy Connection.
* Farewell to the Newark PCCs Fantrip.
* Silver Card Redux: Budd Cars 2001.
* Local Scene.
* Light Rail Line Update.
Volume 7, No. 2
Winter 2001
Quantity Limited		 * PRR L1s Steam Locomotive in South Jersey.
* Recollection of the PRSL in Collingswood.
* WJC Tours SEPTA Shops.
* Snow Duty (on the CNJ Southern Division).
* Light Rail Line Update.
* Local Scene.
Volume 7, No. 3
Spring 2002		 * The Great Atlantic Coastal Storm of March 1962.
* Camden to Cape May by RDC in a Blizzard.
* Light Rail Line Update.
* Local Scene.
Volume 7, No. 4
Summer 2002
(Note: Dated
"Summer")		 * The Atlantic City Railroad Wreck at Winslow Junction.
* Cape May Seashore Lines Heritage Tour.
* Short Cuts.
* Delaware River Bridge Day.
* Light Rail Line Update.
* Local Scene.
Volume 8, No. 1
Autumn 2002		 * Over & Under (bridges on the Atlantic City line).
* My Golden Years of Railroading.
* My Trip to Baltimore.
* Light Rail Line Update.
* Local Scene.
Volume 8, No. 2
Winter 2002		 * Why the Cross-County Trolley Was Never Built.
* A Dream Fulfilled (riding CNJ observation car 1178).
* A Mystery Solved (BU Tower in Burlington).
* Light Rail Line Update.
* Local Scene.
* Conrail Southern NJ Freight Schedules.
Volume 8, No. 3
Spring 2003		 * PRSL Album 1937-1953 (Part I).
* SEPTA Route 15 Trolley.
* I've Got Heat.
* Bridgeton Branch Wreck of 3/14/1888.
* Light Rail Line Update.
* Local Scene.
* PATCO Rapid Transit Extension Assessment.
* Book Review: We Had a Shore Fast Line.
Volume 8, No. 4
Summer 2003
(Note: Dated
"Spring 2003")		 * Millville Headout (Philadelphia & Wildwood RPO).
* Light Rail Line Update.
* PRSL Album - Camden (Samuel Franklin Ertis photos).
* Yard Limits.
* Local Scene.
Volume 9, No. 1
Autumn 2003		 * When the PRR Returned to Hazlet.
* WJC publications policy.
* Light Rail Line Update.
* Local Scene.
* PRSL Album (Ertis photos).
* Cruising the Corridor.
* Conrail (CSAO), CSX, and NS Southern NJ local freight and unit train schedules.
Volume 9, No. 2
Winter 2003		 * Railroads, Business and Southern New Jersey (Address by Reading president J. A. Fisher, 11/3/53).
* Tribute to Walter A. Zackon.
* River LINE Update.
* The Frankford Swing.
* Beaneries.
* Local Scene.
* Christmas 1925 in Camden.
Volume 9, No. 3
Spring 2004		 * Growing Up with the PRSL in Salem.
* A Ride on the Southern Railroad of New Jersey's Salem Branch.
* Oldmans Creek Trestle Repair.
* Townsends Inlet Bridge Watchman.
* Cape May Seashore Lines Fantrip (11/1/03).
* NJT's Secaucus Junction.
* River LINE Update.
* Local Scene.
Volume 9, No. 4
Summer 2004
Quantity Limited		 * Equipment Manipulation on the CNJ and NY&LB.
* WJC visit to the Strasburg Railroad.
* 2004 Boy Scout Railroading Merit Badge Forum.
* Camden's Mysterious Bridge.
* The Day the Race Train Faltered.
* A Third Life.
* Local Scene.
* River LINE Update.
Volume 10, No. 1
Autumn 2004		 * Aldene and the Plan.
* PRSL Industrial Site Search.
* Train Time at Tuckahoe.
* Local Scene.
* Atlantic City Railroad Takes Part in Camden Civic Celebration (July 1916).
Volume 10, No. 2
Winter 2004		 * Military (GI) Railroading with the 706th Railway Grand Operating Division.
* Turner Classic Railroads?
* Local Scene.
* Refreshment Car Service on the North Jersey Coast Line.
* The Proper Method (Train Orders at Brown Tower).
Volume 10, No. 3
Spring 2005		 * Living with and Working for the CNJ (Atsion, et al).
* An Incident in Gloucester (Runner 22A).
* Camden Terminal Enginehouse (CTE) early 1950s photos.
* The Local to End All Locals (CNJ Freehold Branch passenger train).
* West Jersey & Seashore RR (1907 financial review).
* Local Scene.
* Arranged Conrail Southern New Jersey Freight Service schedule as of December, 2004.
Volume 10, No. 4
Summer 2005		 * Engineer Eddie Fell's Last Time Book.
* Route 55/Gloucester Corridor DRPA/PATCO Assessment Study.
* Movie Review: "Human Desire".
* He Knew 'JOHN BULL'.
* Local Scene.
* The Reading G3 in Southern New Jersey.
* Absecon Grade Crossing Elimination Project.
Volume 11, No. 1
Autumn 2005		 * Pennsylvania Railroad Monmouth Park Trains.
* Movie Review: "The Station Agent".
* A Connection.
* Arbitraries.
* Rainy Days and Towers.
* Local Scene.
* In-Place Rail Welding on Conrail's Beesleys Point Secondary.
* CTE Turntable Pit Blaze.
Volume 11, No. 2
Winter 2005		 * My Adventures with Thomas the Tank Engine.
* Local Scene.
* The Pennsylvania Railroad L1s Mikado Revisited.
* The Seven-Day a Week Afternoon Assignment.
* Restoration of Trolley Service to SEPTA's Route 15.
Volume 11, No. 3
Spring 2006		 * Childhood Memories of Aldene.
* Our Gang Rides at Richland.
* Wartime Salem and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.
* The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines at War.
* Jersey Central Monmouth Park Trains.
* Local Scene.
* A Dutch Treat.
* The 1943 Delair Wreck.
* Pine Street.
Volume 11, No. 4
Summer 2006		 * Saturday Afternoon at Gate Block Station.
* World War II and Dreamville, Ohio.
* Railroad Anniversaries.
* A Brief History of the Winchester & Western Railroad.
* A Trip to Boston via NJT and Amtrak.
* New York & Long Branch Railroad Freight Operations.
* Local Scene.
Volume 12, No. 1
Autumn 2006		 * Route 15 Return from the Dead - Philadelphia's Trolley Background.
* Chapter Archive Announced.
* Cape May Seashore Lines.
* My Ride in a Caboose.
* NJ Transit Inaugurates New Newark Light Rail Service.
* A Digest of Studies of Rail Transit for Southern New Jersey 1931 to Date.
* Local Scene.
Volume 12, No. 2
Winter 2006		 * Operating Rules - A Way of Life.
* West Jersey Chapter Informal Railfan Events.
* Burlington, N.J. Train Service.
* Riding the "O&W".
* Local Scene.
Volume 12, No. 3
Spring 2007		 * Philadelphia's Route 15 Trolley - Return from the Dead - Part 2.
* Rail to the Fair 2006.
* Pennsylvania Railroad's Broad Street Station Closes.
* Proposed Changes to Suburban Station.
* Local Scene.
* The Observation Car [commentary].
* Southern New Jersey Train Operations.
* Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Album.
Volume 12, No. 4
Summer 2007		 * Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive Numbering System.
* The Wreck of the Penn Central [commentary].
* Local Scene.
* River LINE Update.
* Seashore Lines Ticket Offices.
* Atlantic City Railroad Album.
Volume 13, No. 1
Autumn 2007		 * A Night on Jersey Central's JS-1 Circa 1955.
* The Forgotten Bumper.
* What's in a Name?
* Locomotive Dedication Honoring Ed Weller.
* Local Scene.
* Llanerch Murals.
Volume 13, No. 2
Winter 2007		 * Southern New Jersey Railroading During the Civil War.
* Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Electric MU Car Memories.
* Why Color Searchlight Signals on the PRSL?
* Kerr Glass, Circa 1974.
* Buena Day and the SRNJ.
* Local Scene.
* Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Album.
Volume 13, No. 3
Spring 2008		 * Toms River Fan Trip, March 1972.
* Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Album.
* NORAC Operating Rules.
* Informal Railfan Event Report.
* Brownies.
* Video Review: Pennsylvania Train Stations Restored and Revitalized.
* Local Scene.
Volume 13, No. 4
Summer 2008		 * WJ&S Passenger Service: The Halcyon Years.
* Remembering Lou Mountney.
* Fifty Years from Five Mile Beach.
* Light Self-Propelled Gasoline Driven Motor Car.
* A Trip to Atlantic City.
* Local Scene.
Volume 14, No. 1
Autumn 2008		 * Labor Day Weekend 1951.
* A Very Early Chapter Trip.
* Recollections of a Teenage Rail Fan.
* Not So Great in Fifty Eight.
* Past and Present - The Delair Bridge.
* Local Scene.