On Saturday, October 25, the south rail of the Camden & Amboy Railroad track display in Bordentown was leveled, aligned, and gauged to 4 feet 8½ inches (standard gauge) between the rails. Project leader and WJC member Pierre Lacombe and his team of volunteers started today’s work by raising and leveling the stone sleepers, which weigh 400-500 pounds each. Pry bars were used to raise the sleepers enough so that stone or concrete shims could be placed beneath the sleepers. This done, the six other types of C&A track construction were leveled and aligned. The display is just east of the NJ Transit Bordentown River Line station parking lot.

Meanwhile, on the River Line, northbound trains ended their runs at the Bordentown station instead of Trenton because of trackwork being performed this weekend north of Bordentown. NJ Transit shuttle buses were employed to take passengers from Bordentown to Trenton, and vice versa for southbound trips. Photos by John Burlage.